Long day- Altus, OK....eyyy...

[piperpainter]

What a day 1300NM and 9 hours of flying. Thank god for tailwinds & bottled oxygen! http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N5842Q/history/20110120/1615Z/KPLU/KGXY

Anyway I am stuck in Oklahoma for 6 weeks for some training. I will be based out of Altus, OK. Anybody know any good places to fly withing 300 miles of KAXS? Maybe some good $100 hamburgers we could meet up at!  Let me know!

[MooneyMitch]

Bryan, you take care while in good ole' Oklahoma.  At least you have your girl there with you.  Well, I mean the "other" girl that is.  

[jax88]

Bryan, try KSEP (Stephenville, TX) for some BBQ at Hard Eight, just over an hour away from you.  For a longer trip, get down to KAQO (Llano, TX) for a visit with Llano Larry (runs the airport) and some BBQ at Coopers (if you go there, be sure to let Llano Larry know that Bub Moss' nephew sent ya).  Both of these are easy to get to from their repsective airports.  I could throw in a plug for my brother's burger joint down at KHPY (Baytown, TX), but let's face it, there's really no redeeming reason to go to that part of Texas.  However, if you're so inclined and decide you just can't stay away from Houston's Class B, let me know and I'll see if I can arrange for your burgers to be delivered plane-side.

[flight2000]

Bryan,

Wish I wasn't deployed or I'd come meet you at one of the airport's.

Here's a couple I normally hit in Kansas:

K81 (Paola/Miami County) - We B' Smokin BBQ is in the terminal.  Open M-S, Sun only for brekafast.

Topeka Forbes Field (KFOE): Visit the combat air museum located at the end of the runway. 

Hutchinson (KHUT): The Airport Steakhouse is located in the terminal.  A short trip down the road  from the airport is the Kansas Cosmosphere Center and Space Center. 

Enjoy your stay in Oklahoma.  At least your not there during Tornado season.

Brian

[rorythedog]

try enrique's mexican restaurant, located in the terminal at ponca city, ok(pnc). pretty good stuff! i'd advise skipping the margarita, tho.

[flyguy241]

Weatherford (Stafford) is pretty close OJA, they have a pretty nice museum on the field and the cheapest fuel I have found anywhere.

[KSMooniac]

I just saw a flyer at work announcing a KS Pilot's Association fly-out to Topeka (KFOE) for lunch at 11:00 AM followed by a tour of the Combat Air Museum at noon on Feb. 12.  

There are quite a few options in Wichita around town and a few Mooney pilots here...also Stearman Field (1K1) is just east of town and has a very nice restaurant on the field now.

[highplains]

Try KLBL.  We have an excellent air museum on the field.  Mostly devoted to general aviation, but there are quite a few warbirds as well.  My favorite is the F4 Corsair.  They have a Mooney Mite also.

JV

[piperpainter]

anyone want to meet up on Saturday or sunday? Thanks for all the tips guys! I might be able to make a few of these places!

[mooniac58]

If you want to head west you could come over to Santa Fe, NM (KSAF) - about 340 miles from KAXS.  My Mooney is in the shop but I could swing over and meet you for some lunch and show you her in pieces ;-)

[Epatry]

Might want to look into Ardmore, OK...only 117NM east and they have a pretty good BBQ place called the Blue Pig.

Ed

[aerobat95]

Hey whats going on?  What course are you there for?  I am currently there for KC-135 IAC.  Should be there untill 17 Feb.  Ponca City is a great airport to fly into, we flew into there last weekend and the Mexican there is awesome.  Anyway would love to check out your plane. 

[piperpainter]

Aerobat95 see your PM's But now I see what your down here for so don't answer that!

[Jrowley]

Welcome to Oklahoma.  I'm up at PWA - Wiley Post.  Check out the Oklahoma Pilot's Association webiste - there are some fly-in's listed, that you might be interested in.  Coming up in February - the Vintage Mooney Association - South Central Chapter is gathering at Tyler Texas.  Arrive around 1000, lunch around 1100, guest speaker and a museum.  There are about 12+ planes signed up already.  Enjoy your training and our abundant wind!

[piperpainter]

ya, I would love to go to that but there is most likely something else going on that day! I was at PWA the other day having my seat fixed! I parked at Atlantic, they had great service & no fee's like the other guys on the field!

[moodychief]

Have you ever been to Branson?  It is a little over 300 miles. 

[piperpainter]

I haven't been there.

[Parker_Woodruff]

If you make the Llano run (or anywhere in TX), let me know and I'll come meet you in the Slowhawk.

[jax88]

A Big Chop from Cooper's and then an hour of gab with Llano Larry on the porch at the FBO sound like a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

[moodychief]

Bryan,  I have a vehicle parked at KPLK if you are interested in visiting Branson, MO.  I am flying up and back tomorrow but am not planning on using it after tomorrow for the next 2-3 weeks. 

[testwest]

A third vote for Enrique's at Ponca City. Try the burrito with hot salsa verde sauce. You could have a JATO takeoff afterward (due to gas vent-off) and impress the locals. No smoking in the cockpit during actuation, though.

[piperpainter]

There is a possibility I might try and go down to someplace in TX this weekend...I do not want to go north after this storm!!!  I was thinking KSEP for some BBQ. I'll have to see if we still have the weekend off, the plan would be either saturday for lunch or sunday. Anyone else want to join? Parker....thats right up your way!