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Fri, 11 Jan 2008

Fri, 11 Jan 2008
Building map
 

There's a building map and legend available here:

http://www.dreamlandresort.com/area51/area51map.html

Fri, 11 Jan 2008
Area 51
 

This airport serves the infamous "Area 51", and the identifier "(K)XTA" looks like a parody of space alien conspiracy theories ("XTA" = "extraterrestrial"?):

http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2008/080110area51.html

Sun, 30 Dec 2007

Sun, 30 Dec 2007
LV sadly NOT GA Friendly - especially for visitors
 

After being ignored by a handful of flight schools and rental facilities for my request of a rental 172 for a local excursion during a Vegas visit, the only place that did respond ended up dropping the customer service ball time after time making the experience a frustrating, pointless waste of time and money. I preparared for weeks in advance arranging rental insurance and providing every bit of documentation required of me to ensure a smooth transaction. The checkride went very well and the instructor and I hit it off immediately. I cancelled my flight the next day due to severe turbulence being reported by a 767 at my target altitudes. Perhaps that didn't go over so well since from that point on it was one flub after another. I attempted to arrange an escorted Grand Canyon flight only to have those plans utterly destroyed by miscommunication and a lack of planning by the instructor and staff at First Flight Aviation. When brainstorming ways to salvage the experience we came up with plenty of ideas but nothing was done by the staff to make any of them come to light. Three visits to the airport later and nothing more than a checkride to show for it, I've decided that I needn't bother with trip rentals casually. It's too bad, I had such great plans for this and subsequent trips.

Wed, 21 Nov 2007

Wed, 21 Nov 2007
Lost Wages!
 

It's cheaper to rent a car at Alamo for the week then to taxi everywhere. Is a great airport to arrive at in the dark due to all of the wild casino lights.

Wed, 25 Jul 2007

Wed, 25 Jul 2007
HND
 

A good choice to avoid the Vegas Class B and the run around getting into North Vegas.

Wed, 25 Jul 2007
Cheap Fuel
 

Cheap fuel. Dirt runway can be rough. Avoid overflying the homes if possible (very noise sensitive), but watch the wind for sinkers when landing south.

Mon, 23 Jul 2007

Mon, 23 Jul 2007
O43 Flying
 

The only restaurant on the field (Hangar Cafe) near the fuel pump has great food. The fuel prices is often cheaper than the nearest airports.

Mon, 23 Jul 2007
Desert Creek (NV97) Flying
 

It's private, but if you have a need to land, land south (uphill) and takeoff north (downhill). Don't overfly the neighbor's homes...make a long final over the dirt road (Desert Creek Road).