aggie06
Line Up and Wait
Had my first truly stranded-because-of-weather day yesterday. Low ceilings forced me to land in Waco, and when I finally had ceilings to get back to Dallas, I ran into an unreported thick haze and -5 on the OAT gauge. I ended up turning around and landing back at KACT.
The folks at Texas Aero were great. The FBO is comfortable, even has a pool table in the pilot lounge. The manager told me to wait it out as long as I wanted, but offered to let me use the crew car for the night to get dinner and to a hotel. He even put the Arrow I was flying in the hangar overnight so I wouldn't have to deal with frost in the morning. I recommend Texas Aero if traveling through Waco.
Related - anyone want to be a safety pilot in Dallas for 20 hours or so in the next couple months?
The folks at Texas Aero were great. The FBO is comfortable, even has a pool table in the pilot lounge. The manager told me to wait it out as long as I wanted, but offered to let me use the crew car for the night to get dinner and to a hotel. He even put the Arrow I was flying in the hangar overnight so I wouldn't have to deal with frost in the morning. I recommend Texas Aero if traveling through Waco.
Related - anyone want to be a safety pilot in Dallas for 20 hours or so in the next couple months?