Good stuff, kkina!!!

I haven't flown in a single-engine piston since November 2004. A buddy of mine (former student when I was a CFI-I) is renewing all his CFI stuff in a month or two when he comes back from overseas and I told him I'd go up with him. I have a feeling I'm gonna be scared outta my freakin' skull for some reason...

I haven't often flown in a small plane, but it is a blast. Best ride was in a Beaver on floats. Nothing like the sound of a radial engine.

There is a great camping spot on a small island on the east Texas coast. Several aircraft can get together and camp over the weekend. Did it once in my 182 but the salt air is no good on aluminum. Have owned 17 small aircraft but in all fairness we did aerial survey nation wide and aerial firefighting in our Bell 206 and 212 and the Air Tractor 802A SEAT I owned.

Idaho (Johnson Creek), Montana, Wyoming, Alaska and other states have some great fly-in camping and life long friendships.

N5103B was the first aircraft I bought in 1979, the next owner wrecked it. I don't remember the first girl I dated either.

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Originally posted by kimber1911:
I’ve only had one flight in a Cessna 182.
Took off but never landed in it.
I was young then.

I did that multiple times. That wasn't in Ada Ohio was it, 4047D?

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Originally posted by Krazeehorse:

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Originally posted by kimber1911:
I’ve only had one flight in a Cessna 182.
Took off but never landed in it.
I was young then.

I did that multiple times. That wasn't in Ada Ohio was it, 4047D?

Somewhere in Oklahoma.
1983 going through Aircraft Maintenance Tech School at Sheppard Air Force Base, TX some buddies said lets go parachuting this weekend.
And there I was after a 4 hour class hanging from a bar and practicing landing.
Turned over $75 and that was it.
Got a log book.
Yeah! First Jump, Inverted Arch, do again.

My one and only jump was from a Cessna 182.

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Love the 182...


Cessna 182 - 1 by kpkina, on Flickr

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One question I have...I noticed that the air traffic control tower had signs indicating that as a federal facility, no firearms were allowed on premises. Does that restriction apply to the entire airport, or just the control building itself?

has to be the building itself.... plenty of firearms at airports big and small..

speaking of small.. all my life I've known that folks build homes on golf courses, but up until recently I never knew folks built their home on a runway... or to be more precise... built a community along a private runway:


We have several of these in this area.

There are quite a few residential fly-in communities here in Florida. The best-known is probably Spruce Creek, just south of the Daytona Beach airport.

John Travolta had a home there for a while, but later moved to an airport about 15 miles north-east of Ocala. Here is an older photo of his residence compound just east of the runway, with his Boeing 707 at the lower right, and his Lear at the upper left.

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Originally posted by kkina:

the air traffic control tower had signs indicating that as a federal facility, no firearms were allowed on premises. Does that restriction apply to the entire airport, or just the control building itself?

Can't carry in ATC (Air Traffic Control) facilities, and if the airport serves airline traffic, can not carry in the secure area, past where TSA screens passengers.

Other restrictions might be by local regulation, but I have carried (legally) in the general terminal area, baggage claim, etc. Airports with no scheduled airline service, mostly unrestricted re firearms here in Florida, with the exception of ATC facilities.

Just FYI, Blume.....that pic is MASSIVE without being resized.