AlbieF15
F15 Ret/FDX/InterviewPrep
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Anyone out here have regular experience with SE GA type planes routinely going into large airports? What lessons/tips do you have?
I sometimes commute to MEM in my Navion, and getting in/out is a breeze. Wilson Air Center is great to little guys, and ATC is very helpful.
Last year I went to MIA on business, and decided to land at MIA vice the relievers. It cost me 40 bucks, but it was worth doing ONCE. Yesterday I went into ATL (yes...really) after calling tower the day before and asking about my proposed times and making sure it wasn't too daunting. Mercury FBO is gone--its now ATLantic--and they charged me a $6 airport fee and required 15 gallons at $6 /gallon to waive a 40 dollar ramp fee--a fair trade since I could walk to my seminar at the Renaissance Hotel and skip rental cars, parking, etc. Again--good weather--it was fine. However--if some of you guys --maybe 135 types for SAT, check flyers, or air charter guys regularly do this kind of stuff, I'd love to hear some of you tips to work within the system and stay out of everyone's way.
My tech for the flying part was simple...2 dots or more high--140 mph until 2 mile file--then dump gear/flaps and land 3000+ feet down. What concerns me MORE is just the general sequencing considerations and being a "good neighbor" when I do have reason to go to a large metro area.
I sometimes commute to MEM in my Navion, and getting in/out is a breeze. Wilson Air Center is great to little guys, and ATC is very helpful.
Last year I went to MIA on business, and decided to land at MIA vice the relievers. It cost me 40 bucks, but it was worth doing ONCE. Yesterday I went into ATL (yes...really) after calling tower the day before and asking about my proposed times and making sure it wasn't too daunting. Mercury FBO is gone--its now ATLantic--and they charged me a $6 airport fee and required 15 gallons at $6 /gallon to waive a 40 dollar ramp fee--a fair trade since I could walk to my seminar at the Renaissance Hotel and skip rental cars, parking, etc. Again--good weather--it was fine. However--if some of you guys --maybe 135 types for SAT, check flyers, or air charter guys regularly do this kind of stuff, I'd love to hear some of you tips to work within the system and stay out of everyone's way.
My tech for the flying part was simple...2 dots or more high--140 mph until 2 mile file--then dump gear/flaps and land 3000+ feet down. What concerns me MORE is just the general sequencing considerations and being a "good neighbor" when I do have reason to go to a large metro area.
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