Philadelphia, PA

 

By Don Miller

Columnist

 

 

We just returned from Philadelphia. A family event provided a good opportunity to try my new ticket. The forecast was seriously off, as we found ourselves in the soup for 5.5 hours of the six hours to Wings Field. The O-320 and navigation systems performed beautifully.

 

We found the Camp David prohibited zone expanded to 10 miles and were routed to the west via SCAPE intersection and Martinsburg VOR rather than Victor 143 which is just inside the 10 mile radius.

 

We discovered a delightful FBO at Hagerstown. Rider Jet Service is run by a guy who had been on the receiving end for several years and now runs a posh FBO unlike anything we have seen. The rest rooms were like a 5 Star hotel and the pilot service area was elegant. The personal attention was again like a 5 Star hotel.

 

The ATC around Dulles and Philly were excellent. The return trip was only half in the soup, but much of it between layers at 8,000'.

 

Be warned that most regional airports seem to have elected to isolate the FBO from the terminal for security reasons. Our planned lunch at the Charlottesville terminal on the return was changed to vending machines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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