It's been a sort of recent development that everyone is landing there. I
may be misstating the case with my previous comment.

They will likely be friendly enough to you as a person, they just would
rather not have so much traffic. OTOH, I don't think they really want to
stop people from coming because there isn't much else for people to do but
go to AUS which is not really close to where many people are going.

It's like they want to be friendly and let everyone come, but they are
attracting so many people now that I think its wearing on them.

"Fox Hound" wrote in message
...
I just got finished a 777 Tokyo trip with the most meticulous, cautious
captain I've seen in years.

He and another American pilot recently got caught up in Lakeway's New
Millenium version of a rural southern speedtrap.

My guy landed in daylight, having been giving sightseeing rides to
residents. At about 100 feet on short final, he heard a voice saying
that the airport was closed.

The comment made no sense, and he landed.

Ten minutes or so later, as he walked to his car, a constable pulled up
and issued him a $ 1 , 2 0 0 "citation" for landing after sunset.

Never mind the fact he'd been on the ground for some time: he had no
proof of actual landing time. It became obvious to him, as he
protested this injustice, that he'd uncovered a carefully planned
scheme to defraud hapless visitors to this community.

The general aviation community has no room for sleeze of this nature,
and its pilots need to be made aware that these types of miscreants
have somehow infiltrated our ranks.

Add Lakeway to Crawford as qualifying for the "black magic-marker
treatment" on your Texas sectionals!


If they are going to be such dickheads about it, and there is no FBO there
anyway, why don't they just make it a private airport instead of public
use
?