I'm not a pilot, but I am an aircraft buff.
I keep thinking about making the weekly breakfast gathering at the Blue Hanger at the Northwest Regional Airport. But it's about a two hour ride from my place, meaning I'd have to leave around 6am to make the 8am gathering time.
Maybe something more local can be organized.
About 15 minutes west of my place is the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport. I worked there in the mid 70's as part of the grounds maintenance crew.
A few years ago the city of Tyler built a new terminal and, except for the air traffic control tower, left the old terminal vacant. The Historic Aviation Museum (
www.tylerhamm.org) now occupies the terminal along with the SkyLine Cafe (
http://www.skylinecafe.org/).
I'm going to start having breakfast at the SkyLine Cafe the first Saturday of the month, beginning September 4, at 8am. Anyone interested in joining is more than welcome. Look for either my blue Triumph Sprint ST or black Suzuki Bandit 1250 in the parking lot.
SkyLine Cafe location:
150 Airport Drive, Tyler 75704
Tyler Pounds Regional Airport, Old Terminal Bldg
Hwy 64 West
903-593-7455
Latitude: 32-21-14.9000N
Longitude: 095-24-08.5900W
Local Weather:
http://www.weatherreports.com/<_Tyler_TX_>?units=f
MAP:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?name=S...itude=-95.399779&geocode=ADDRESS&id=266128283