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re: Fiddymint field gone!
Reply to @ptomblin: Yes, it's still in the database, but if you look closely at the satellite pic, you can see a network of residential roads starting on the right, then fading out where an older picture of the airport is stitched in. Switch from satellite to map view, and the roads continue right onto the airport property. I think we have to conclude that the FAA record just hasn't been updated yet (nobody bothered to tell them). I'm going to switch the airport to 'closed', at least for now.
re: Fiddymint field gone!
It's still in the 02July09 FAA database.
Fiddymint field gone!
Condo's built over it!
Jim V/Freedom Field
Better
this is really close to my home i like it cause then i dont have to drive far
Fond-ish memories
I remember many evenings spent in LAX terminal 2 in the late 1990s, waiting to catch the red-eye back to Toronto to connect on to Ottawa and get back to my young family. I hear a lot of horror stories about LAX and Air Canada now, but back then, before the merger with Canadian, Air Canada never left me stranded or let me down. I'd fight my way back to LAX from Long Beach through the rush-hour traffic, drop off my rental car, then find a plug, huddle in a safe warm corner, and work on my computer for a few hours, generally grabbing a bite from the Wolfgang Puck franchise restaurant thingy and happy knowing that I was on the first stage of my trip home.
I've been through terminal 2 a few times since, but not for the red-eye. Air Canada still generally leaves on time, but I'm not rushing back to young kids and a tired spouse any more, so it's more leisurely, and the terminal is just another dingy terminal.
French Valley Airport
Great food.
Airports
This is one of the airports I have landed at.
re: Danby Is a Classified Installation
According to the FAA, it belongs to
FOUR CORNERS PIPE LINE CO
5900 CHERRY AVE
LONG BEACH, CA 90805
Phone 310-428-9282
and the manager is
BURTON VOSS
5900 CHERRY AVE
LONG BEACH, CA 90805
Phone 310-428-9282
re: Danby Is a Classified Installation
It's in the FAA data, so it's not very classified.
Danby Is a Classified Installation
I'm not sure you should have this on here.
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re: Disneyland?
This is the best airport for small GA for Disneyland from what I heard. We used it and liked it a lot!
re: It's closed
Thanks -- the Wikipedia article confirms that the base was decommissioned in 1999, and that, after a long debate, they decided to convert it into a park. I'm changing the airport status to 'closed'.
It's closed
It's closed
Mexican food
Last time I was there they had a great little Mexican restaurant on the field.
Airport Cafe
Nice little cafe on the east end of the airport.
Corsair Cafe
The cafe closed down last I heard. Post another comment if you hear it's open again.
Nancy's Cafe
On north end of field next to fuel pumps. Great pies. Lots of local color here.
Two Niner Diner
Nice little cafe on the field.
Deserted
No one here when I visited on Sunday, Jan 18th, 2009. What a beautiful place with flush toilets and a cool, secluded campground. I will definitely be back in a few weeks to do some camping and exploring.
re: Wrong coordinates!
Should probably mention: FAA coordinates are (34.7866666666667,-116.464333333333)
Wrong coordinates!
Neither this location nor the one that FAA gives are anywhere near Cathedral City. I wonder what's up?
Wrong ID?
FAA uses CA23 for Maguire-California Hospital.
Miramar Air Show on October 2008
I was there at Miramar Air Show on October 2008
a great Show!!!!
Wrong ID?
The FAA uses CA64 elsewhere.
Great restaurant on field
With a great view of the action on the field.
Beautiful approach
This airport has to have one of the most stunning visuals on approach. You have waves crashing up almost at the approach end of either runway. Just beautiful.
Often revisited
I love Palm Springs and had many landings at this real hot airfield.
Rented from Universal
I rented Archer N38700 from Universal Air Academy at El Monte for 1.4 hours dual around the L.A. basin. The price was reasonable, and the plane was worn but in good shape mechanically. They have two Archers and an Arrow in their fleet, together with a Seneca and a bunch of Cessnas for primary training.
Eats
They have a good restaraunt at the golf course across from the fuel. They let us use their car but you could also taxi over to the restarant. The fuel was cheap and easy to get to. Self serve
KIYK
This is an old Navy field on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Owen's Valley.
EAFB
This is where it happens. We test for the future.
Busy GA airport, rude controller
I flew in here as a passenger in a C152 a few years ago. We came in over the hills from the northeast, and the controller was very rude when the pilot didn't make first contact the way he wanted him to, to the point of asking sarcastically if the pilot had an emergency.
Whether the pilot was right or wrong about the way he made contact, the controller was definitely in the wrong to use the 'E' word over the radio without good cause.
Talk about closing
Some politicians in Santa Clara county want to close the airport and redevelop the land to make money, but the idea doesn't seem to have a lot of traction yet:
Beef
Harris Ranch is the home of the best beef in California. The restaurant is the best. You will find the CHP plane parked here getting lunch
Tanks
General George Patton museum is next to the cafe. If you look closely when flying in you can still see the tank tracks where they trained for North Africa
Excellent Restuarant
Cafe has excellent breakfast and lunch and it is located close to the trolley line that can take you all the way to Downtown San Diego or Tijuana, Mexico
Nice Restaurant
This restaurant is cute and open 24 hrs a day and the gas seems to be less expensive than the surrounding airports and the food was good.
Curfew
The airport authority is proposing a 10pm-6:59am curfew on most take-offs and landings at Bob Hope Airport:
One Six Right
The popular general aviation documentary "One Six Right" was shot at Van Nuys in 2005:
re: Attempt to ban large aircraft
The FAA has issued a cease-and-desist order to prevent the large-jet ban:
South County Airport Pilot's Association
Check out the local Pilot's Association Website http://www.southcountypilots.org/
Includes a couple of webcams.
Historic airport (kind of)
The Nut Tree shopping center is an easy walk from this airport. The Nut Tree was, in the 40's and 50's, a rest stop half-way between San Francisco to Sacramento on U.S. 40. That was when U.S. 40 was a 2-lane road. The Nut Tree was a "Destination" that boasted its own airport. Nowadays, the Nut Tree is just another shopping mall surrounded by suburbia and the drive from S.F. to Sacramento takes an hour and a half on I-80. Even still, it is a good place to go if you're looking for an easy flight to something more than a just a restaurant.
This is the "training airport" for the KSAC flight schools
This airport is about 10 nm S of KSAC. This is where the pilots flying out of KSAC (including me) go to practice touch-and-go's, emergency landings and so forth. It can be quite busy on VFR weekends.
Great place to take a date
The town of Columbia is a restore Gold Rush town and is a very short walk from the airport. Many restaurants and shops.
Need to be a little careful landing.. it's easy to come in too fast on final.
Midair collision near airport
Two Cessna collided a mile southwest of the Corona airport on Sunday 20 January 2008, killing all four occupants and one person on the ground:
VOR/DME 31 approach to be canceled
http://www.aopa.org/flightplanning/articles/2007/071031approaches.html
"Propeller park" planned
Since the FBOs are geared mainly towards turbine traffic now, the airport has plans for a "propeller park" to serve light piston aircraft:
http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2007/071107vannuys.html
Hi, I like your layout! Lon mentioned your aeropuerto and
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