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From: lmiller@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Orange County Airport
Message-ID: <6264@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 15:11:50 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul  7 15:11:50 1985
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Reply-To: lmiller@ucla-cs.UUCP (Dr. Lawrence Miller)
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In article <42@tekmdp.UUCP> hansr@tekmdp.UUCP (Hans Rubsam) writes:
>Flying into Orange County Airport in August.
>
>We are planing to fly into Orange County Airport in August.  Any comments
>will be greatly appreciated. 

1)  It is busy.
2)  They are very professional in the tower.
3)  My friend Peter Garrison was mowed down by an errant 210--keep a
sharp eye behind you even on the ground!
4)  If it is real IFR, watch out for being vectored through the
localizer--there are hills east of the localizer, and you should turn
inbound and call approach if they do this to you.
5)  DO NOT fly to Catalina unless you go with another experienced
pilot.  It is not difficult, but there have been enough problems to
warrant caution.  Another friend took a Citation SP there, with the
owner in the right seat.  The owner freaked out at the apparently very
short runway (actually just a hump--there's another 1,000' beyond) and
locked the brakes.  It took weeks to replace everything and get the
plane out!
6)  Orange count is a pretty area, and fun to fly into.  Keep a very
active eye out for other traffic, particularly low along the coast.