What are the flight restrictions over Baton Rouge like? Is it fairly open if you maintain 2,000 AGL and stay away from the airport?
--Lance On Nov 16, 2007 2:26 AM, Shannon Roddy <sroddy at gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 15, 2007 1:50 PM, Richards Jr, Edward C. <ECRichards at fbd.com> wrote: > > What are you flying? > > Mostly a piper warrior. Started out in a 150. > > > I have a friend that is involved in a Sport Lite FBO in Hammond and he has > > been after me to come over there and check out their airplanes, > > I hope he's not the sport instructor that does stalls and slow flight > at 1500' over Southeastern University! Hammond really needs a tower. > I've had to go around several times due to a sport pilot departing 36 > with inbound IFR King Air and Falcons on the ILS 18. There have been > a few times in Hammond where I just loitered outside of the pattern > while the numbskulls got down on the ground. > > > When I was actively flying and also an active Amateur Radio Operator, I > > used to operate "Air Mobile" some on 2 meters and 440. That always stirred > > up a lot of activity on the local ham repeaters. With less than 5 watts on > > a rubber duck antenna you could carry on a conversation on the 440 mhz > > repeater in Natchez, Ms while flying around Baton Rouge. Fun stuff. This > > thread will probably wake up another ham/aviator that lurks on this list > > too. :) Hi Bobby! We need to do lunch AND go to Hammond! > > I never really did make the leap to ham beyond a brief stint with 2m. > It's fun hitting the cell towers with a Cingular card and a laptop > though. Google earth at 110 knots?! Works that little cell card to > death and I'm sure it drives the cell companies nuts. So... next time > you have a dropped call on the interstate, look up. It might be me > creating havoc. ;-) > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
