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--> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Dennis & Lori Millsap" <dwmillsap@hyperlogic.net>
Dennis and Mallory (our 15yo dd) flew to Cape Hatteras yesterday afternoon,
landed, walked on the beach to gather some seashells, and flew home. What a
fun way to spend the Sunday afternoon "drive", huh?
Lori
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Dickson" <robert@thenews-journal.com>
Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Horace Williams IGX
> --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Robert Dickson
<robert@thenews-journal.com>
>
> well, I really didn't move too far - something like 57nm, I believe.
> I've been living in fayetteville for a long time and still have a T
> hangar there that I intend to keep for a while until I get more things
> finished on this flying project.
> The word I got on IGX was that apparently they'll let experimentals
> land and tie down but they can't be based there. Sounds a bit like the
> fbo will take the money but not much else.
> My "local" flying may be out of FAY for a while unless I can get
> something worked out at IGX better than $10 a day. For what it's worth,
> FAY, and SE NC in general, seem to be pretty experimental friendly. If
> you haven't blasted down for a coastal cruise I'd sure recommend it.
> We used to blast off out of FAY in my friend's Bonanza for a 1.5-2 hour
> trip around Cape Fear about sunset. Just gorgeous.
> I'll get out your way soon.
>
> Robert Dickson
>
>
> On Oct 17, 2004, at 12:52 PM, Dennis & Lori Millsap wrote:
>
> > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Dennis & Lori Millsap"
> > <dwmillsap@hyperlogic.net>
> >
> > Hey--nice to meet you!
> >
> > We've recently moved to NC also, and have found it to be decidedly more
> > difficult to fly in than Alabama--harder to find hangars, less
> > "friendly" to
> > general aviation, let alone experimentals. We hope we've just fallen
> > into a
> > bad crowd (ROFL) and that things will pick up. We have our RV-6A under
> > a
> > shed at Farmville (N08), and actually left our plane at IGX for a week
> > or so
> > when we were enroute in our move (weather socked us in during
> > Charley--talk
> > about nervous wrecks, leaving it sitting outside during a hurricane!).
> > No
> > one seemed to be surprised that we were there, or ever mentioned that
> > our
> > "experimental" couldn't use the field. They were pretty fanatical about
> > charging us the $10 per day, however. Pitt-Greenville is NOT general
> > aviation friendly at all, unless you've got a couple of jets on your
> > wings.
> > So plan on trying to find Farmville if you head this way...it's a nice
> > little grass strip, and a great group of guys flying out of there.
> >
> > Let us know when you want to do some local flying...seems like most of
> > the
> > flying stuff on the list thus far has been well east of us, and even
> > when
> > Dennis actually flew over to Mocksville one day, he didn't catch
> > anyone at
> > home. Our EAA chapter fly-in was a couple of weeks ago, but we'll be
> > doing
> > that again May 21, so plan on coming to see us then (if not before).
> >
> > Lori and Dennis Millsap
> > N464DM, RV-6A, 300+ hours
> > #40112, RV-10, wings are shipping now, empecone complete
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert Dickson" <robert@thenews-journal.com>
> > To: <rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com>
> > Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Horace Williams IGX
> >
> >
> >> --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Robert Dickson
> > <robert@thenews-journal.com>
> >>
> >> I've recently moved to Carrboro (NC) where my house is about 5 minutes
> >> from the Chapel Hill airport, aka Horace Williams, aka IGX. I'm fully
> >> aware of all the hoopla that's gone on about the UNC chancellor trying
> >> to close this field (it's owned by UNC but open to the public) so it
> >> seems like it's a good likelihood that it's going to be here for me to
> >> use for the foreseeable future. Incredibly enough, that's due to the
> >> NC
> >> legislature. Well, not really that incredible, I suppose. The
> >> legislators just know from whence the money comes a bit better than
> >> the
> >> chancellor, and that would be from the big donors who fly their jets
> >> and king airs in to the games. (right, David?)
> >> At any rate, I finally flew off the 40 hr test period yesterday so was
> >> able to fly my -6A into IGX. (Citation 250VP from FAY was blasting off
> >> as I crossed midfield) I tied her down on the grass and covered her up
> >> for her first night outside. I then wandered around the facility a bit
> >> to get the lay of the land. The only person manning the fbo was a
> >> sleepy looking student who didn't have much to offer about long term
> >> tie downs or hangars. He did say they were available, however. A
> >> Baron
> >> pilot, however, gave me some information that really got my attention.
> >> He told me that experimentals aren't allowed to base at Chapel Hill
> >> and
> >> that because the university doesn't take any fed money they can pretty
> >> much set any policy they want. Well, I'm not only an NC taxpayer but
> >> my
> >> whole family has graduated or attended one branch of the university or
> >> another and I'm pretty upset at the possibility of not being able to
> >> use this airport the way I want.
> >> Has anyone else heard of this policy? Why would they have such a
> >> policy? Or is this just scare tactics by a snobby twin driver? (he
> >> didn't seem that snobby)
> >> He advised me to talk to the 2nd in command at the fbo on Monday, that
> >> he was more "realistic" than the fbo manager. I intend to do that but
> >> thought I'd ask if anyone else has any info on this alleged policy.
> >>
> >> And while I'm at it, does anyone have any info on hangar availability
> >> at Burlington or Sanford? Those are my next closest options (35-40
> >> minutes) after IGX.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Robert Dickson
> >> RV-6A
> >>
> >>
> >
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