A couple of clarifications.
Definitely not....The Fly-in Community near DAB, Spruce Creek, does not support 707 operations. In fact, John Travolta got shunned years ago for blasting out in his Gulfstream at early hours. The runway is [only] 4,000 feet, and the taxiways are not wide enough for anything larger than a Gulfstream. No 707 operations!
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1998-02-06/news/9802060678_1_john-travolta-creek-fly-in-spruce-creek
KORL (ORL) is maybe a municipal airport now? The airport along State Road 804 in Orlando is Orlando Executive (ORL/KORL) has been a "municipal field" since 1928...:) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Executive_Airport
Later called Herdon Airport in 1961 commercial service left ORL for McCoy AFB in 1968; now simply known as Orlando Executive. As James mentions, plenty of business traffic there.
The museum between LAL and MCO along I-4 is http://www.fantasyofflight.com/tickets/
http://goo.gl/maps/9A9Et
On another note, Cecil does not have a based military squadron of P-3s. They are based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The only military based at Cecil are helicopters and C-12s (King Airs) of the Florida Army National Guard. However, many visiting military and airline types especially at the Boeing facility and FlightStar http://www.flightstarjax.com/main.html can be found at Cecil (VQQ) as James notes.
Walter
DCA
On 11/1/2013 1:14 AM, James wrote:
Definitely not....The Fly-in Community near DAB, Spruce Creek, does not support 707 operations. In fact, John Travolta got shunned years ago for blasting out in his Gulfstream at early hours. The runway is [only] 4,000 feet, and the taxiways are not wide enough for anything larger than a Gulfstream. No 707 operations!
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1998-02-06/news/9802060678_1_john-travolta-creek-fly-in-spruce-creek
KORL (ORL) is maybe a municipal airport now? The airport along State Road 804 in Orlando is Orlando Executive (ORL/KORL) has been a "municipal field" since 1928...:) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Executive_Airport
Later called Herdon Airport in 1961 commercial service left ORL for McCoy AFB in 1968; now simply known as Orlando Executive. As James mentions, plenty of business traffic there.
The museum between LAL and MCO along I-4 is http://www.fantasyofflight.com/tickets/
http://goo.gl/maps/9A9Et
On another note, Cecil does not have a based military squadron of P-3s. They are based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The only military based at Cecil are helicopters and C-12s (King Airs) of the Florida Army National Guard. However, many visiting military and airline types especially at the Boeing facility and FlightStar http://www.flightstarjax.com/main.html can be found at Cecil (VQQ) as James notes.
Walter
DCA
On 11/1/2013 1:14 AM, James wrote:
Try KLAL , Lakeland , there are some Migs up there behind a fence near the flight school , a 734 , an air side museum with an F-14 to a DC -3 to a 727 , A306R , , plus check out the airport along 408 in Orlando , it's maybe a municipal field now , but they do get some bbjs in there . Between KMCO and KLAL is another Air Museum , one that puts you in a DC-3 I believe , it's on I 4 / Interstate 4 . In Daytona area is the fly in community , big enough to support a 701B , called Spruce Creek. Then 120 North Jacksonville Road in Ocala is JumboLair - Home to N707JT - John Travolta home . You won't see the 707 there as it sits in Miami with a new partner - IRS . You may see his other aircraft on the runway . Email me if you need any further info Tolice1234@aol.com Bonehead5967@yahoo.com Boeingkc135@aol.com James MCF Sent from my iPhoneOn Oct 28, 2013, at 11:16 AM, David & Jeannette <dandjg@btinternet.com> wrote: James, Many thanks for your prompt reply and the useful information. I shall be based for several days at St Simon's Island, alongside KSSI, so KBQK is pretty close. I called into St Augustine for a very brief visit 2 years ago and I seem to remember a pretty good café there and plenty of GA. I also plan to re-visit KSFB as we have some time in Orlando but KOPF and KMIA are too far south for this visit. We might have time to visit the pan handle (depends how far along Crestview is) but we have a fairly tight itinerary from Orlando back to Atlanta and I do want to take in Warner Robins Air & Space Museum. Thanks for the insight, it is much appreciated. Kind regards, David.On 27/10/2013 21:05, James wrote: Its a disappointment . It has an active military squadron there of several P-3 Orion's a 727 and a 734 out front of the Boeing Shop . Most of the residents are tucked away ramp side which has limited viewing . JAX dont waste your time . St Augustine has omega 707s , Osprey V-22s Grumman facility there , but north of JAX in georgia is KBQK , up here are atleast 5 intact 707 Frames , at KSFB , this is your biggest Boneyard around , then there is KOPF another Boneyard , KMIA has many MRO facilities with dozens of frames waiting on paint and work. In the pan handle in the town of Crestview is a very New scrapping operation , Tom Sikes airport . James MCF Sent from my iPhoneOn Oct 27, 2013, at 2:48 PM, David & Jeannette <dandjg@btinternet.com> wrote: Hi all, I shall be in the Jacksonville area in November and hope to visit Cecil Field. Has anyone been there recently and can provide details of how easy it is to see the residents? All information on that and all other JAX area airfields gratefully received. Kind regards, David Greenhalgh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cactuswings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cactus-wings+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cactus-wings@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cactus-wings. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cactuswings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cactus-wings+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cactus-wings@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cactus-wings. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
