"Easy" SF Bay Area airport

In article 1095759439.69tsYrsKXTg3ggkaTAaslw@teranews,
Icono Clast wrote:

Don't tell me you flew into Hollister to visit the Bay Area. There a
couple dozen general aviation airports closer to San Francisco than
Hollister.

Yeah, like Mills Field. Well, I presume we still have a Mills Field.

We still have a Mills Field, although it hasn't been called that for a
looooong time. I do know someone who flew a Skyhawk into there. All it
took was a 15-minute hold waiting for a clearance, and 70-something
bucks to Signature flight support after landing.

Oakland, which has a separate GA runway, is probably the most convenient
GA airport for the city proper. DVO, SQL and HAF are reasonable, too,
certainly much closer than Hollister.

In article 1095759439.69tsYrsKXTg3ggkaTAaslw@teranews,
Icono Clast wrote:

Don't tell me you flew into Hollister to visit the Bay Area. There a
couple dozen general aviation airports closer to San Francisco than
Hollister.

Yeah, like Mills Field. Well, I presume we still have a Mills Field.

We still have a Mills Field, although it hasn't been called that for a
looooong time. I do know someone who flew a Skyhawk into there. All it
took was a 15-minute hold waiting for a clearance, and 70-something
bucks to Signature flight support after landing.

Oakland, which has a separate GA runway, is probably the most convenient
GA airport for the city proper. DVO, SQL and HAF are reasonable, too,
certainly much closer than Hollister.

In article 1095759439.69tsYrsKXTg3ggkaTAaslw@teranews,
Icono Clast wrote:

Don't tell me you flew into Hollister to visit the Bay Area. There a
couple dozen general aviation airports closer to San Francisco than
Hollister.

Yeah, like Mills Field. Well, I presume we still have a Mills Field.

We still have a Mills Field, although it hasn't been called that for a
looooong time. I do know someone who flew a Skyhawk into there. All it
took was a 15-minute hold waiting for a clearance, and 70-something
bucks to Signature flight support after landing.

Oakland, which has a separate GA runway, is probably the most convenient
GA airport for the city proper. DVO, SQL and HAF are reasonable, too,
certainly much closer than Hollister.

(Vitaly Shmatikov) wrote in
:

In article 1095759439.69tsYrsKXTg3ggkaTAaslw@teranews,
Icono Clast wrote:

Don't tell me you flew into Hollister to visit the Bay Area.
There a couple dozen general aviation airports closer to San
Francisco than Hollister.

Yeah, like Mills Field. Well, I presume we still have a Mills Field.

We still have a Mills Field, although it hasn't been called that for
a looooong time. I do know someone who flew a Skyhawk into there.
All it took was a 15-minute hold waiting for a clearance, and
70-something bucks to Signature flight support after landing.

Oakland, which has a separate GA runway, is probably the most
convenient GA airport for the city proper. DVO, SQL and HAF are
reasonable, too, certainly much closer than Hollister.



I went into SFO (nee Mills Field) two years ago in a Piper Arrow. IIRC,
the minimum fees at that time were $74 for landing and $33 for the first 8
hours at the Signature ramp. Since I was on an Angel Flight mission, the
fees were waived.

--
Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 02:36:25 -0000, Marty Shapiro
wrote:

I went into SFO (nee Mills Field)

Eh? SFO was never named Mills field.


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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 02:36:25 -0000, Marty Shapiro
wrote:

I went into SFO (nee Mills Field)

Eh? SFO was never named Mills field.


************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:06:29 +0000 (UTC),
(Vitaly Shmatikov) wrote:

In article ,
Hatunen wrote:

Eh? SFO was never named Mills field.

Wasn't Mills field located on the (part of) the current site of SFO?

http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/S...827471,00.html

Oh. There's an interesting factoid. See also
http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/...927_86646.html
and
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-an...?msg_id=001pFd

Never mind...

************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:06:29 +0000 (UTC),
(Vitaly Shmatikov) wrote:

In article ,
Hatunen wrote:

Eh? SFO was never named Mills field.

Wasn't Mills field located on the (part of) the current site of SFO?

http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/S...827471,00.html

Oh. There's an interesting factoid. See also
http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/...927_86646.html
and
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-an...?msg_id=001pFd

Never mind...

************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:06:29 +0000 (UTC),
(Vitaly Shmatikov) wrote:

In article ,
Hatunen wrote:

Eh? SFO was never named Mills field.

Wasn't Mills field located on the (part of) the current site of SFO?

http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/S...827471,00.html

Oh. There's an interesting factoid. See also
http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/...927_86646.html
and
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-an...?msg_id=001pFd

Never mind...

************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

In article ,
Hatunen wrote:

Eh? SFO was never named Mills field.

Wasn't Mills field located on the (part of) the current site of SFO?

http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/S...827471,00.html