Greebo
N9017H - C172M (1976)
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Retired Evil Overlord
My cousin (well, one of my cousins) and I are planning a "Family Flying Day" on April 23rd at Leesburg Exec (JYO). (Why the heck is it JYO?). The plan is to fly down from KMTN to JYO and then take up small batches of the family for 45 minute flights.
We're looking at up to 7 adults (not including my wife and I) and 6 kids. 2 of the adults (Tom and his wife) will fly down and back with us and will be going to see the rest of the family, so it will actually be 5 adults and 6 kids while everyone else socializes at or near the airport.
Anyway here's how I'm thinking of breaking up the flights:
Adult 1 (Ed) and Kids 1 & 2 (Luke and Kyle)
Adult 2 (David) and Kids 3 & 4 (Danni and Jason)
Adult 3 (Roy) and Kids 5 & 6 (Timmy and Katie)
Adults 4 & 5 (Dave and Trina - Husband and Wife)
Ed is single but Luke and Kyle are teens (Well Luke may be 12...), so we figure they're ok in the back seat w/o Dad.
Danni and Jason (David's) and Timmy and Katie (Ed's) are all under 10, so having Dad in the plane for them, I think, is wise.
Leesburg Specific Questions
Oh - and Liz - aren't you out of JYO?
We're looking at up to 7 adults (not including my wife and I) and 6 kids. 2 of the adults (Tom and his wife) will fly down and back with us and will be going to see the rest of the family, so it will actually be 5 adults and 6 kids while everyone else socializes at or near the airport.
Anyway here's how I'm thinking of breaking up the flights:
Adult 1 (Ed) and Kids 1 & 2 (Luke and Kyle)
Adult 2 (David) and Kids 3 & 4 (Danni and Jason)
Adult 3 (Roy) and Kids 5 & 6 (Timmy and Katie)
Adults 4 & 5 (Dave and Trina - Husband and Wife)
Ed is single but Luke and Kyle are teens (Well Luke may be 12...), so we figure they're ok in the back seat w/o Dad.
Danni and Jason (David's) and Timmy and Katie (Ed's) are all under 10, so having Dad in the plane for them, I think, is wise.
Leesburg Specific Questions
- Does anyone know if Leesburg has somewhere on field for our family to hang out? Or maybe picnic facilities?
- ADIZ out of JYO - if I am going to do stay in the ADIZ I don't need more than 1 plan - but if I'm going to be skirting the edge of the ADIZ and maybe flying outside of it by 1 mile or so, will ATC let me keep my squak and use a single flight plan per flight?
- Parents and people who've done Flying days - does it make sense to have the younger kids with their dads? I think so but I wonder if I'm missing anything.
- Its a full day of flying, for sure, but the good news is both David and Tom have PPLs themselves (haven't flown in years tho). I was thinking that, to help conserve energy, I can let them sit right seat, and Tom can handle the controls during the en-route to and from JYO (and I know, no medical, he can't log it) - and David can have the controls for the "sight seeing" part of his flight w/ his kids if he wants, I just have to keep a sharp eye on where we are.
Oh - and Liz - aren't you out of JYO?
