Recent content by davec

Not sure who they were, but after several years flying up to OSH via KFLD (its just easier for a one day , there and back) - I finally saw some Commanders on my day trip Friday. One was in the North 40 parking/camping, and then two flew overhead departing 27 right after the air show (6:40 or...

So I am based out of northern Illinois, and this spring we are supposed to have a massive cicada population boom, especially in Central Illinois. Does anyone have experience or knowledge of issues with flight during these times? I am hearing stories of people shoveling Cicadas off their...

Yeah I plan to be based there for the week, just need to get a car first :)

Heading for our first time down to Dauphin Island this Thanksgiving. We realize there are really no services at 4R9, and we currently have a car reserved at Mobile KMOB, it now i am thinking it might be easier to get a car at KPQL just to avoid the back and forth to the terminal at KMOB and to...

Awesome Robert!

Thanks, we need to overnight, since her tour is at 8:30 am, so we probably can't use the courtesy car. Hoping that we can use Uber, and be ok....Thanks for the help!

Last weekend, my daughter and I had a chance to do a fun PnP flight with an arctic fox on it's way from St Louis area to Columbus OH. Picked up a hound mix in Bloomington for the trip home.... Cool all around trip....

Planning a trip in a few weeks, with a stopover in Auburn for a college tour for the daughter, and then heading to Sarasota area. I have a couple of questions : First, in Auburn is Uber prevalent enough fo just use them instead of a rental? We did an unexpected overnight here due to weather...

We encountered the same issue with high prices and scarcity of rental cars in our trip to Mississippi and Louisiana a few weeks ago. At some point paying $150-$200 a day for a rental car starts to outweigh the convenience of flying GA to get there....our rental car fees outweighed our fuel and...

Looks like we’re headed to Baton Rouge in a few weeks to do a college visit for the Peanut. Looks like two FBO’s , any preference ? We will need a rental car but looks like both have options... Any other suggestions for things to see , where to eat? I think we are staying right on campus ...

Thanks everyone, looks like Sedona is more likely based on everything I have heard...seems like most stuff around there is open, a quick flight up from Phoenix ....That crater sounds interesting too, might have to fly over that....we don’t get all this fun stuff in the Midwest...

Have a trip planned to see relatives in Phoenix area over holidays, and would like opinions of Grand Canyon ga flight vs Sedona. IMHO as a pilot the Sedona airport is a destination itself, but that doesn’t apply to the family. What are your opinions one vs the other ( I am thinking one advantage...

So I have been to OshKosh several times but just with a daily flight with the family (we are in Chicago) , flying up to Fond DuLac and taking the bus over...so my question is, is it worth it to stay for several days? I don’t know a lot of people in the aviation community so I am not sure what I...

Re: Oshkosh Pirep 2018 We generally fly in for a day and land in Fond-du-Lac and shuttle over....We always go on Friday or Saturday, and I would say that there always seems to be considerable amount of aircraft parking on Saturdays at OSH, and a decent amount on Fridays - but I just prefer to...

Re: Advice? A looker not an owner My annuals run a bit more as well, but I also don't do owner assisted annuals, and usually have a few small things I want taken care of during annual, or something comes up maintenance wise. My first few years of ownership were up around 5K, but now it's down...