Date night in LA by private charter... a gorgeous Hawker 850XP
Mar 8, 2015, 6:11 pm
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And yet another great ex-Denver Hawker 800XP leg popped up this afternoon and from Centennial (APA). If it was summer and we weren't going away next week, we'd be on this one as well. But Vancouver in March? Or as Mrs. SFO said "why would I want to go to Vancouver in the winter?"
Mar 8, 2015, 6:41 pm
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SFO777, too bad that Vancouver flight wasn't a few days ago. We have had amazing weather lately. I played my first round of golf today in gorgeous 14C temps. But in true Vancouver fashion we are likely to get rain soon.
It has been very mild this Winter, the local mountains are bare and Whistler has not seen great conditions either.
It has been very mild this Winter, the local mountains are bare and Whistler has not seen great conditions either.
Mar 9, 2015, 3:18 am
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And yet another great ex-Denver Hawker 800XP leg popped up this afternoon and from Centennial (APA). If it was summer and we weren't going away next week, we'd be on this one as well. But Vancouver in March? Or as Mrs. SFO said "why would I want to go to Vancouver in the winter?"
But it is Alaskan King Crab season coming up soon! YUM
See if this comes back in a couple weeks when I'll be back for a weekend
Mar 9, 2015, 9:01 am
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SFO777, too bad that Vancouver flight wasn't a few days ago. We have had amazing weather lately. I played my first round of golf today in gorgeous 14C temps. But in true Vancouver fashion we are likely to get rain soon. It has been very mild this Winter, the local mountains are bare and Whistler has not seen great conditions either.
And to make things better, we could flown an 800XP to Vancouver for dinner and then flown on another 800XP Tuesday morning to Terrace, BC!!
Good luck getting back home from there though.
Mar 9, 2015, 10:53 am
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You could've done Vancouver, then do Amtrak Cascade back to down to Seattle in style then fly home on Seattle-Denver, many options to choose from.
Terrace, BC, isn't that a lumber town or the new pipeline being built?
Kitimat is minerals if I'm not mistaken.
Once you go all the way up there, the weather always seems to be stormy.
But hey, treat the Mrs. to a wonderful Temperate Rainforest Retreat out to the Queen Charlottes
Mar 9, 2015, 3:13 pm
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Yeah and apparently a butt ugly one as well... or so says my trainer who visited Baylor and said no, thank you.
But... it is only a 75 or so minute drive to Austin which would have been cool. Then again, Mrs. SFO was having no part of flying anywhere yesterday.
But... it is only a 75 or so minute drive to Austin which would have been cool. Then again, Mrs. SFO was having no part of flying anywhere yesterday.
Mar 9, 2015, 11:24 pm
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Awesome TR SFO777. I wonder if they have such a system operating in SE Asia. Would make sense... But then again, nothing is "free" in Asia.
I think its tie to start a new thread and slot it just above the "Car Rental" master thread and call it. "Private Jet".
I think its tie to start a new thread and slot it just above the "Car Rental" master thread and call it. "Private Jet".
Mar 10, 2015, 9:50 am
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Thanks gilbertaue. JetSmarter is already in Europe and imagine that they have designs on Asia at some point.
Mar 10, 2015, 5:20 pm
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It would be fun to splurge on the membership fee, then just hop around the country by private jet over a month or two, constrained by wherever it happens to be going. Would be much better if you also had airline non-rev privileges too.
Mar 11, 2015, 6:12 am
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only has one redeeming quality (Dr. Pepper was invented there). The Dr. Pepper Museum is actually a cool place to visit:
http://www.drpeppermuseum.com/default.aspx
Austin is one of the best cities in the US but I-35 is a mess of a highway and the trip down south can take much longer than 75 minutes with traffic (likely in Austin metro area).
Great report and will be downloading that app soon.
Mar 12, 2015, 7:38 am
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Native Texan here and UT grad. Waco is a dump and only has one redeeming quality (Dr. Pepper was invented there). The Dr. Pepper Museum is actually a cool place to visit:
http://www.drpeppermuseum.com/default.aspx
Austin is one of the best cities in the US but I-35 is a mess of a highway and the trip down south can take much longer than 75 minutes with traffic (likely in Austin metro area).
Great report and will be downloading that app soon.
http://www.drpeppermuseum.com/default.aspx
Austin is one of the best cities in the US but I-35 is a mess of a highway and the trip down south can take much longer than 75 minutes with traffic (likely in Austin metro area).
Great report and will be downloading that app soon.
Although, I had checked out tripadvisor and the Dr. Pepper Museum was at the top of the (short) "what to do in Waco". We're definitely planning on visiting Austin this year.
Mar 12, 2015, 3:31 pm
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Considering just doing it to do it since your TR inspired me.
PM'ing you know to ask about the membership details.