Sunday, March 29, 2009

KXBP Bridgeport 3/29/2009

With nothing but crappy weather for the last several days, what a shock when I got up and saw a METAR that read: KTKI 291253Z 00000KT 10SM CLR M01/M02 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP171 T10061022. My friend Darren wanted to go flying on such a beautiful day, so we headed out to Bridgeport for some cheap fuel ($2.69/gal) and a trip to Yesterday's for a $100 hamburger. Once we got to Bridgeport, we called the police department to get the code to get the crew car. It was a beauty (not). You have to call the police department and give them your name, DL number, cell phone number and tail number. When you do that, you get to take this beauty out for a spin.



I got a surprise when we got in the car.


When we took off, we used our iPhones to try and locate Yesterday's. Unfortunately, Google hasn't updated their database to reflect the new one in Bridgeport so we went to the one in Decatur.



It's a 50s & 60s style diner that has a decent burger but they are big. The normal is a half pounder, and the next 2 are 1 lb and 2 lbs. Way too much for a guy on a diet (actually the regular one is too much for someone on a diet).

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

KGKY - Harrison Aviation

I finally got to post something here about a crew car. My friend Darren and I went to Arlington last night to see Phil Boyer speak at a Pilot Town Meeting. It is one of his last meetings before he retires at the end of the year.

We flew from McKinney (KTKI) to Arlington (KGKY) and visited Harrison Aviation. They were very nice and friendly. They have a $10 tie down fee if you don't buy any fuel but the very nice lady at the counter waived the fee for us.

The car was a Ford Taurus in good shape, so I can't bag on them for this car (just wait till we go to Paris). Darren is going to leave a good note on Airnav. All in all we had a great time flying in the cool night air and even had a good drive over to the Hotel. Pictures are below. Sorry about the quality. My iPhone was the only thing that would take a decent picture. My Fuji Camera looked even worse.

I received a tip that the quality of the crew car is directly related to the price of fuel, so I am going to include the price of fuel for each post.

Fuel Price
SS 100LL - $5.29
FS 100LL - $5.99
Ramp Fee $10.00 (if no fuel purchased)

Darren and his pimp mobile.

The only good shot.


Darren's iPhone shot (Why did my iPhone shot look better than my "real" camera?)