Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!cepu!ucla-cs!lmiller From: lmiller@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Speed of flying vs driving Message-ID: <3248@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 16:25:32 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.3248 Posted: Tue Jan 15 16:25:32 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jan-85 01:23:28 EST References: <693@ihnp4.UUCP> <797@amdahl.UUCP> <242@terak.UUCP> <19096@lanl.ARPA> <257@terak.UUCP> Reply-To: lmiller@ucla-cs.UUCP (Dr. Lawrence Miller) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 19 Summary: [] I used to fly every week from Los Angeles to the SF bay area. About half the time on airlines, half the right way. Door to door, from my house to Xerox PARC, light plane flying was equal in time to the airlines. I could land at Palo Alto and take a cab vs. SFO or SJC and rental car. About half the time I had to file IFR, and either shoot an approach into SJC, or cancel and go VFR in PAO. On one occasion I needed to go into SFO and they were just wonderful. I'd fly almost anything available, and got to the point where the route could be done in minimal time: about 2 hours in a Mooney or Bonanza. For one person the airlines were cheaper; for two it was a wash. I'd leave LA (either SMO or VNY) around 7. Leave Palo Alto around 5 or 6 the same day. A couple of times LAX was fogged in and we hand to land (many hours later than scheduled) at Burbank, but when I flew myself, VNY was always open even when LAX was not. Forget driving: 7+ hours each way. (The distance, by the way, is about 280 nm.)