marty_away(at)hotmail.com
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 Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:10 pm Post subject: ravel to Washington DC, if using Manassas... |
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There was a little mis-leading info in a previous email about using Manassas (KHEF) airport and jumping on Metro.
The train service from the airport is Virginia Rail Express (VRE); not Metro... VRE has limited service (since it's a ~40 mile trip to DC); So check the hours and days of availability (Mon-Fri) before assuming a train is going to be waiting for you. College Park does have the METRO stop within walking distance.....
And of course, get smart (e.g., FAASafety.gov, or AOPA.org) on the 'SurFRA" rules and the speciliaty requirements for the DC3.
Marty Heller
(RV-7.....Baffling is done...almost....)
[quote] From: n8zg(at)mchsi.com
To: rv-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: RE: Travel to Washington DC, Request for Experience and Recommendations
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:18:59 -0600
Waaay too much trouble. Two IFR-rated pilots, both with credentials for all
three restricted airports in-hand, both active duty military (not that it
matters, but it's a data point). Going in on the required IFR flight plan
was simple enough, if you disregard the 'bonus' 80nm scenic tour southeast
of DC for no apparent reason. Since we were in a rental, the extra hour was
painful. Landed at Potomac and topped the tanks, filed IFR direct to
College Park - 8nm - and had to leave the ADIZ to the south, fly around the
east end, and back in from the north to land at College Park, all vectors.
Another unnecessary 100 miles, another hour on the rental Hobbs. College
Park was not what I'd call pleasant. Or friendly. When we tried to file
the next day to get out and go home, DHS swore up and down that we had no
clearance be there, demanded to know how we got there in the first place and
wouldn't let us leave - with sunset and a monster thunderstorm rolling in
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