Shipping vs. flying

[flylo]

Re: Shipping vs. flying

I'm in SW Michigan.If you get this way let me know. I've got a short strip & a little cabin your welcome to use. If you cut across Canada it will be right on you way.Might as well make it an international flight!

[wlas]

Re: Shipping vs. flying

On my trip of five weeks, I stayed in a tent under the wing, but now days airports probably wouldn't let you do that. Of course I went to the smallest airports I could find. also it was summer time and the living was easy.

[DannyDot]

Re: Shipping vs. flying

On my trip of five weeks, I stayed in a tent under the wing, but now days airports probably wouldn't let you do that. Of course I went to the smallest airports I could find. also it was summer time and the living was easy.

How did you feed yourself?

Danny Deger

[wlas]

Re: Shipping vs. flying

So many places I went people would let me take there car and drive to the closest town and I would go to the store or restaurant. some of the very small airstrips, went I told them I was from Alaska, I could hardly get out of there the next day, they wanted to talk airplanes and show me the sights. You meet a different kind of people along your way, people you would never ever meet driving, I am sure there people like that right here on this site.
Larry

[lawheelock]

Re: Shipping vs. flying

My brother lives in Southern Penn so that is one stop without a hotel on my way back from NY. I may post here and see if anyone would put up a T-craft traveller for a night. One of the problems is lack of rental cars at the small airports I like to land at. I have a cousin in Little Rock and a friend in Atlanta. Atlanta is too far south, but what the heck.

Danny Deger

Danny,
I brought my Stinson from Indiana to here in deep south TX (Raymondville) a few years ago in Jan or Feb and ran into bad weather just south of Little Rock. I staid 3 days and nights in the FBO office at Malvern, Arkansas waiting out the weather and they even put my plane in the hangar for the duration. Great folks and nice airport. Malvern is a good place to stop.

Larry Wheelock, T-Craft N96179 (not flying), Stinson N584LW, Mooney N79806, and a few more parts and restorables at Bell Airfield, XS56.
See: http://home.earthlink.net/~lawheelock/

[DannyDot]

Re: Shipping vs. flying

So many places I went people would let me take there car and drive to the closest town and I would go to the store or restaurant. some of the very small airstrips, went I told them I was from Alaska, I could hardly get out of there the next day, they wanted to talk airplanes and show me the sights. You meet a different kind of people along your way, people you would never ever meet driving, I am sure there people like that right here on this site.
Larry

I used to fly cross country in my T-craft and Vagabond. You are reminding me of one reason I want back in. The people that fly, and maybe especially the people at small airports, are very nice. I much prefer a small FBO with an old dog in front of the counter than a fancy FBO that catters to the jets.

Just "meeting" everyone on this group has been very nice for me.

Danny Deger

[alwaysoar]

Re: Shipping vs. flying

Where in New York?

[stormman]

Re: Shipping vs. flying

If you decide to ferry flight we can put u up in northeast Arkansas for the night or week

[Forrest Barber]

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I have met the greatest people just dropping in on them! I too ahve many tales. The Barber Airport is always open and ready, we have a sleeping room, shower, car great company if I am not too po'd that day.
always welcome at 2D1 www.barberaircraft.com

[Len Petterson]

Re: Shipping vs. flying

I'm in SW Michigan.If you get this way let me know. I've got a short strip & a little cabin your welcome to use. If you cut across Canada it will be right on you way.Might as well make it an international flight!

If you pass through Canada, clear customs in St Catharines and let me know when!
E-mail me phone # some days before.
Make a trip over Niagara Falls and have the camera Ready!(;f
NOTE, Special procedures in effect!
If you need mogas let me know.90 cent/L for 91octan lower octane has mandatory ethanol now in Ontario.
Avgas in St Catharines is $1.55/L Cdn
Welland 1.40/L St Catharines Welland is a 20 min flight
St Thomas about 1.40 as well. 1 US gallon = 3.785 Litres
Enter US again at St Clair Countny.
File a flight plan with adcus min 1 hr before arrival.
Do you have a passport? US custom may require you to have one at re-entry,
we need one to fly into USA now.
Call them and check it out. The rules are changing!
Len