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Started my training in a J-3 Cub here.

i was a passenger here but I don't remember. medical evac. but I was told good nice people.

Check it out

I've made the change.

The green indicator on the map is sitting north/east of Darrow Field about 1/8 mile. The airport runs next to the dark green field just below and left of the indicator. If you look vary close you can read in white " Darrow Field ". Google has the field named Hettinger Pl. that also is wrong.

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Does anyone remember Helen and Joel Guinn that ran Guinn Flying Service out in Pearland?

Exclusive Charter Service has great service out of here,

suggest calling them for a Jet, flow with them for years now and always on the ball!

MIke D

Great place to rent with. Always helpful and quick to help with questions. Can't find a better FBO.

That seems to be a former identifier - I've added it to the keywords.

Reply to @SPAflyer:

Not anymore, he ran the FBO in the ground with his "business skills", and the county decided to let him run it when they took over. Ain't inbreeding grand?

It seems like El Monte Airport is working on a the taxiway right now. The flight school called Universal Air Academy had many airplanes coming in and out of row 21. I saw N38700 flying too. I didn't fly it so I don't know how it performs but the paint job was still in fairly good condition. Yeah, they do have a "bunch" of Cessnas.

http://www.eaa.org/apps/obituaries/MemorialWall2.aspx?ID=1006

Mel Ponton again

I discovered Trinca in the winter of 1961. I was a senior at Netcong HS with a hankering to fly. I drove up to Trinca one day, didn't see anybody until I located the office. Pete was in there with another guy and I asked about flying lessons and how much they cost. Pete told me they were $12 an hour. At the time I could not afford the price of a full hour so Pete offered to give me half-hour lessons. Then he asked if I had ever been up in a plane and I said no. Then Pete said to the other guy there that a guy should not start taking lessons if he had not been up. Then he said he had to take one of the planes up for some exercise and did I want to go along with him. So, he took me up for the better part of a half-hour. The following weekend I started my half-hour lessons. Usually, at the conclusion of the lesson Pete would take over and we would go for a ride hedge hoping all over the surounding countryside. Boy, sure could he fly that J3.

There was a lady who kept a 172 at the field, here name was/is Roxanne Perona. Toward the end of my instructions Pete told me I should check out in the 172 because it was more appropriate for carrying passengers. It was a VERY windy day and my landings were rough to say the least. So Pete took it around with the intention of showing me how to do it. Well, he had as much trouble bringing it in smoothly as I did and after we were on the ground he taxied over to the office where Rozanne was standing. When he came out of the office he heard Rozanne say, "He isn't going to send you up by yourself is he?" and I told her that he had not said anything to me about going up by myself. Well, he must have heard what Roxanne said and as he was walking toward the plane he surprised Roxanne and I by saying to me, "Why don't you take it around the pattern by yourself a few times." Then he turned around and started heading back to the office and as he did he said to Roxanne, "You have to know when to get out of the airplane, Roxanne."

Pete was a hell of a pilot and a hell of a man. I had heard that he died sometime back - not sure when. I would love to go back up to Trinca and spend some time with him. I guess I should have gone sooner. Let me extend my best wishes to all of you who are "graduates" of Trica. It was a great place to fly. - Mel Ponton, Bloomsbury, NJ

visited recently. every pilots dream. great people.

Strange yellow "x" markers at each end of well maintained runway. Accident w/172 four passengers, hot day, therefore airport determined to be "undafe". Short walk to town - the "x"s have more to due with liability then actual closure. Interesting town, be sure to visit the Court House / Jail !

Excellent mechanic - Dick Tremaine at SE end of field. Dick is famous for flying to where you were forced to land and then getting you to fly again. A good man to know in time of need. 775-572-3059

$25 Landing Fee or Fill Up with very expensive fuel !

Not visible from the nearby highway. Had tie downs for C130's added last year - public & open

good camping

Reply to @david: The original tower as well as 2 of the hangers remain on the east side of the field. One of which houses the American Airpower Muesum. They have a nice collection of war birds. Memorial day, and Labor day, they usually have airshows, with a few nice fly-ins.

Wonderful camp site - fine views - silent. Long walk into Hot Springs - all services there closed, but somewhat interesting no the less. Wonderful country to SW & SE - very much worth the ride.

1300 ft usable, el = 1300 land to north, uphill. Landing & departing is at right angles to military buzz path to hot springs - caution advised - no radar advisory below about 9000. monitor 126.55 - may learn of low level activity in Saline MOA. Runway maintained by users.

So far the mogas there has been found to be alcohol free. The store and cafe are fun, hot springs to the north.

They don not seem concerned with a taxi to the pumps - landing or departing via highway.

This is one of the best around if you like small town living and really nice people. When you are feed up with the new yorkers this is the place for you.

Reply to @flybob:

Bob Gary Miller here.Please remove my Miller FI business website from your server.

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The new runway numbers are 33 and 15.

Wow, this is a COOL beachside resort. A throwback to the surf towns of the 60's and 70's. Everyone takes it nice and easy, certainly a drastic change from the hustle and bustle of nearby Houston (about 1.5 hrs away by Archer or the like). It's a little far from town, but there is a cheap bus that runs roughly hourly, and inside the "FBO" building there are phone numbers for local taxi service that will pick you up in a few minutes.

I had the pleasure of stopping here in late 1998 before it was criminally bulldozed. Absolutely FANTASTIC setting. They even made us do a go-around while they shot the "cannon" at geese near the runway, so we got a bonus view of being in the pattern well below the skyscrapers!

This is where they hold The Texas Mile - a weekend of drag racing on the east-west runway. Great fun, especially to fly in, tie down in the corner where the runways (almost) meet, able in an enjoy the action!

As I did not know him personally, I did fly on his plane. Can someone please tell me why this airport should bare his name?

Stopped in here in December 2009 -- 100LL was under $4.00/gal. City/County run airport with no fuel competition. Busy airport with nice terminal facilities. Lots of NASCAR customers. No restaurant at the airport, but the do have crew cars. TSS

Better be up on your crosswind training when landing here... neat little airport with terminal. Unattended most of the time -- NO FUEL.

This is one of my favorite airport cafe places to go. Great food and service at reasonable prices. Family owned and operated for breakfast Saturday mornings, lunch and dinner Tuesday thru Friday! Closed Sunday and Mondays. Located on second floor above Volo FBO; east side of airport. Link to website is: http://www.hoppysrestaurant.com/

Stop in regularly for business... no ramp fees unless overnight. 100LL fuel prices are so-so.

If traveling from New England to Florida... recommend you stop here if you need fuel. One of the most competitive fuel prices I found -- and immediate service.

Great little place to eat right next to the terminal -- Suggest Sunday brunch... good selection. Lot's of local flavor. Open most days for breakfast and lunch. Highly suggested. TSS

Closed October 1, 2002

Now used as a site for a large annual star party

This used to be a nice aviation community until it filled up with retired riff raff. Because of increased human activity it is now run down, full of litter, crowded and overun with groups of people with too much time on their hands. DO NOT move here! The people here are disfunctional and have no respect for the law. They have no lives of their own and want you to help them pass the time. It is getting worse and worse. The majority of property owners do not maintain their property and the home owners association does not enforce it's own rules and covenants.Their website is a joke and is misleading. For an example of how bad it is here a list of the individuals who are at the root of the lawlessness go to docstoc.com/docs/14587109/IN-THE-CIRCUIT-COURT ahrc.se/new/index.php/src/courts/sub/submit/action/display/id/7 and ccfj.net/HOAFLmelrose.html

Make sure you are informed before buying property anywhere lest you find yourself in a nightmare!

I think it is 1800 including about 25 feet of grass on the southwest end. I best I can tell from Google Earth, the paved runway is 1775+or- a few feet.

I've run into some references online (including a logbook) that refer to this airport as 6Q6

The FAA uses 'XS34' for Skylark Airport, Ennis, TX

The FAA uses 'XS80' for Santiago Cattle CO. airport, Comfort, TX

The FAA uses '8TX9' for North Texas Medical Center, Gainesville, TX

The FAA uses '2TE7' for Beach Ranch, Post, TX

The FAA uses '43WI' for Eagle Ridge Ultralight Flightpark, Colfax, WI

The FAA uses '37VA' for St. Mary'S Hospital, Richmond, VA

The FAA uses 'OK33' for Muskogee Community Hospital, OK

The FAA uses 'OR87' for Blue Skies Farm, Salem, OR

The FAA uses '7TN5' for Flying D Airport, Hickory Valley, TN

The FAA uses 'LA62' for Grand View Lodge Heliport, Lake Charles, LA