Weather looks good inbound from all quadrants folks - update on parking - there will be space for between 5 and 10 aircraft in the FBO hangar(s) - they want 25 bones per night (a discount from $40) - and they are perdy full. Having said that, the Wx looks hauntingly gorgeous throughout the weekend with little wind and temps low 60s to mid 80s. There is a large concrete pad just east of my hangar that has 12 tie downs (see photo below) - the entrance is off taxiway "Alfalfa" - that will be our primary parking area. There are two or three open tie downs along the ramp in front of chez nous as well. In short, there are enough outside spots if the hangar is not your cuppa tea.
Bring tie down ropes!
Another note - at times, the Army National Guard at the south end of the field can bring out a squadron of egg beaters that will smash the air into roiling sacks of shite. Per the diagram below, many times they will sit on the parallel taxiway and break wind for 10 or more minutes. SHOULD YOU FIND YOURSELF ON FINAL landing to the north with one or more of these wind bags smashing up the proximity air, JUST LAND LONG - we have plenty of runway!!!.....most of the time, the eggbeater pilots know to keep the collective down, but every now and then, some doofus yanks up on the collective while someone is on short final and that can ruin our day. One more time - JUST LAND LONG.....past the eggbeaters, then go over to Alfa and taxi back to the south.
One other thing - check the latest airspace diagrams - we changed last year - note our traffic pattern here is ALWAYS to the west....so the runway is 16R and 34L
Fly safe folks!! - see ya in a few
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Maybe next time.
Up in the rare air dries out my innards !