Howdy pilots!

bobcat Junior Member

Just checking in here with you all. I'm taking the ATSAT this week. I studied aviation flight at Ohio U and grad in 2005. My family owns a 2007 Cirrus SR-22 and I try to get it up as much as possible (not much lately, after starting a new business in February). I am planning a trip to Austin, TX for Thanksgiving and will be taking my 7 month old son for his first BIG flight. *fingers crossed*

My main focus right now is in the ATC forums, but I'll have to check things out in here as well.

Rosstafari Daaaang. /X

Welcome. Plenty of pilots around, GA and commercial.

Where you flying into when you come up (down?) here to Austin? I learned to fly in Georgetown, just north of Austin. Tie-downs and fuel are reasonably priced, about a 15 minute drive to downtown, which isn't much further if you fly into the more expensive Austin-Bergstrom Int'l.

bobcat Junior Member

Thanks for the tip. I'm planning on going to Lakeway (3R9) because the friends/family we're visiting live in Lake Travis. Airnav has their current fuel prices @ $3.99, which isn't bad.

Rosstafari Daaaang. /X

Lakeway's nice -- my grandparents used to live about a block from there when I was growing up. Did my first XC there too. Kind of a weird hilly runway. Watch out for sightseers over Lake Travis; there's occasionally a helicopter that likes to wander around at about 2000' or so.

bobcat Junior Member

We just made it back to Ohio from Lakeway, TX. The trip was a blast. The friends we visited live in a gorgeous ranch about a mile from the airport at the top of one of the hills. I logged 4 hours of IMC on the way down and had a BEAUTIFUL flight home with 20-40 KNOT tailwinds. Ya' can't beat a day like that! :-)

My 8 mo. old son did awesome too. He slept most of the flight.