plane rental on Oahu

I was out in HI in November on vacation and I was going to go flying so I
looked for FBO's on the net. I've flown out there before. It's a BLAST!
Some of the most beautiful flying you'll ever do. Unfortunately the FBO I
rented from before was out of business. There are several others though. I
called Anderson Aviation, but they didn't return my call until four days
into my vacation. Prior to that I went driving around the airport and found
Flight School Hawaii http://www.flightschoolhawaii.com/ one day
because I didn't hear from Anderson Aviation. Flight School Hawaii,
is right by the Honolulu FSDO on Nakolo Place. They seemed very
professional and they have NEW, repeat NEW Cessna's (2000-2003)!!
I scheduled a plane for a Monday afternoon, but the trade winds were
really strong that day, 16 KTS gusting to 25 KTS! So I didn't get to go
flying. I was BUMMED! Who ever heard of bad weather in HI? I had
planned to go with an instructor and my wife and do an ocean cross country
to Molokai (PHMK). If you just want to fly around Oahu most places will
let you do that with a rental check out. If you want to go island to
island, that is a special check out with an instructor before you can fly
island
to island solo.
You can also get a free booklet of "Hawaii Airports and Flying Safety"
from the FAA FSDO. HNL is the only class B airport I've ever flown out
of. All VFR departures have to have a clearance (like flying IFR) to take
off. At HNL runways 4-22 are pretty much for general aviation while
runways 8-26 are for the airlines. As far as I know, all of the FBO's
are located on what they call the "Scenic Ramp" (formerly Scenic Aviation)
on the East end of the airport.

Robert
PP-ASEL-IA (Wings Level V)
A&P


"Dahlin" wrote in message
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I will be in Hawaii on the island of Oahu over Christmas and was wondering
if anyone here had any experience with any of rental outfits there. Any
input would be appreciated.