cool places in Georgia? go!

My airport KCVC in Georgia is a nice airport.
 
What do you consider a "cool place"?

Atlantic Ocean beach? Jekyll Island has a nice small strip, land and rent a golf cart to drive around the small island, lots of nice beaches, bike trails, etc.

Are you into museums?

Fun, small grass strip with restaurant where you can kick back and chat with others on outside patio?

BTW - I wouldn't do anything in Georgia right now - wait until end of Sept / October when the temps and humidity won't kill you.
 
Douglas Ga has Tom Reily's restoration shop and the Liberty Foundation's restoration shop too. Lots of neat old stuff being restored there and the locals are friendly. Co-located on the field is an intact set of barracks from the days when Douglas was a WWII training base. The barracks survived because the Cincinatti Reds used them as home for spring training for quite a few years.

And there is food within walking distance.
 
You looking for a nice airport, or cool things to do around it? How long will you be there, and what interests you? And how much runway do you need?
 
Dave Theisen said:
Peach State, if you don’t mind landing on grass.
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Great place just south of the ATL Bravo. It's a fun grass strip; meaning the runway slopes so you usually land 13 and depart 31. Love just sitting on the outdoor patio of the restaurant with all the planes parked a few feet away chatting with folks. You can file IFR for that airport; just use the airport location as your last way point and cancel when you have it in site. They don't have any approaches, but IFR can get you through the Bravo.
 
WDD said:
What do you consider a "cool place"?
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Cumberland Island, the most southern barrier island located in Georgia has a 2400' length private grass strip (GA46) with low scrubby trees on one end. Cumberland is a very desolate island with wild horses, a museum and a long history. I've never been in there but appears to be usable with prior permission. There is also daily boat service that's open to the public from either (or both) St. Marys GA or Fernandina Beach FL.
 
Rick A said:
Cumberland Island, the most southern barrier island located in Georgia has a 2400' length private grass strip (GA46) with low scrubby trees on one end. Cumberland is a very desolate island with wild horses, a museum and a long history. I've never been in there but appears to be usable with prior permission. There is also daily boat service that's open to the public from either (or both) St. Marys GA or Fernandina Beach FL.
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There are actually two private fields on the island. Unless you have a connection to the Carnagie heirs or Candlers (Coca-Cola), your chances of getting permission are are pretty low.
 
kyleb said:
There are actually two private fields on the island. Unless you have a connection to the Carnagie heirs or Candlers (Coca-Cola), your chances of getting permission are are pretty low.
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Bummer... landing there has always been on my airport bucket list since flying by and the only mammals in sight are wild horses on the beach.
 
kyleb said:
There are actually two private fields on the island. Unless you have a connection to the Carnagie heirs or Candlers (Coca-Cola), your chances of getting permission are are pretty low.
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Cumberland is a cool flyover from Jekyll, just a few miles away. As I recall, there is a minimum altitude, but it's reasonable.
 
Dave Theisen said:
Peach State, if you don’t mind landing on grass.
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It advertises 'an hour from Atlanta'. More like 2, closer to 2:45 with traffic. If they mean flight time? Ok, maybe in a cub.

Lots of private grass strips in GA. Not sure if they are realistic for a commute to the city. Macon, maybe. ATL? you better have some audiobooks ready.
 
Ed Haywood said:
Cumberland is a cool flyover from Jekyll, just a few miles away. As I recall, there is a minimum altitude, but it's reasonable.
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The thing to watch for is the area around Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base that is clearly marked on charts. Flying down the length of Cumberland (about 18 miles) at a few hundred feet off shore is great for seeing the sand dunes, and the wild horses and deer that occasionally wander on the beach. Beautiful beach with hardly anyone on it due to a daily visitor limit, and no roads on or off the island.
 
Rick A said:
Bummer... landing there has always been on my airport bucket list since flying by and the only mammals in sight are wild horses on the beach
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Back in the early 70’s, some of my dad’s pilot buddies may or may not have done touch and goes on the beach at low tide.
 
GoFly said:
Back in the early 70’s, some of my dad’s pilot buddies may or may not have done touch and goes on the beach at low tide.
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That beach is flat and hard. Perfect for us. Other than making the NPS and Sierra Club lose their minds.
 
Yep, those two groups would probably get their boxers in a bunch if you re-created the alleged 70’s landings. But you are correct, That beach is hard and wide with almost zero chance of hitting anything
 
GoFly said:
The thing to watch for is the area around Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base that is clearly marked on charts. Flying down the length of Cumberland (about 18 miles) at a few hundred feet off shore is great for seeing the sand dunes, and the wild horses and deer that occasionally wander on the beach. Beautiful beach with hardly anyone on it due to a daily visitor limit, and no roads on or off the island.
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The ruins of the mansion on the inland side are interesting to fly over also. Also fun to try to spot the little chapel on the north end made famous by the JFK Jr - Bissette wedding.
 
KAGS and see the world’a largest FBO lobby designed to accommodate business 4 days a year.
 
Hodges Airpark GA39, roughly 10–20 miles southwest of Savannah hosts a 3rd Saturday breakfast.
 
Nearby KCSG is the US Army National Infantry Museum and the National CW Naval Museum (home of the ironclad CSS Albemarle).
 
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