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4matic because it snows so much in Yuma, AZ?
... we were flying a T-28 from San Diego to Houston and stopped for the night in Ozona, TX. It's a typical small town FBO there, pretty much a one man show...
Late to the thread here, but here's another thumbs up for the friendly peeps in West Texas; two months ago we were flying a T-28 from San Diego to Houston and stopped for the night in Ozona, TX. It's a typical small town FBO there, pretty much a one man show, but he was as friendly and helpful as can be.
Nice, late model, used Mercedes are surprisingly inexpensive, and usually very well cared for. I'm looking hard at a decade-old luxo-barge that could pass as near new. The owner probably spent as much on dealer-performed regular maintenance as I've spent on some cars... and you can't argue with IR night vision, massaging seats and a quarter mile time in the 12s.
If you're passing thru West TX and need a good gas/lunch stop, OZA is a good pick.
Not a free courtesy car, but almost ...
In 1972 I borrowed my dad's Cessna 150 to take a young lady on a trip from Oxnard CA for a picnic in the Danish-themed tourist town of Solvang. (To be fair, the town has an authentic Danish heritage, but they've played it to the hilt for the tourists, quite successfully). We landed at Santa Ynez, where the FBO at that time had a fleet of rental cars -- all 1958 Chevys, all $5 a day.
The young lady must have liked the trip. She's still flying with me.
The coolest courtesy car I've seen in recent years is at Benson, Arizona (E95) -- a 1955 Dodge Coronet with "three-on-the-tree":
Jeff, the Arizona flyers are LONG overdue for a get together and now its getting hot.
You were not a teen... you are a pilot. That’s ageless and timeless.Not an earth-shattering story, but when I was 18 I flew a Sundowner from Arkansas to Idaho and back. Spent the night Sidney NE, where the old guy (well, he was old to an 18-year-old) put my plane in the hangar overnight for free due to thunderstorms inbound, and tossed me the keys to their crown vic for the night.
Sometimes aviation is a truly wonderful place. Where else would a teen get that kind of support?
My airport has range rovers!
We have a Sidney courtesy car story, too.Spent the night Sidney NE, where the old guy (well, he was old to an 18-year-old) put my plane in the hangar overnight for free due to thunderstorms inbound, and tossed me the keys to their crown vic for the night.