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Old 12-01-2015, 12:16 PM
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Default Tucson day trips

We have relocated our -10 to Marana, KAVQ, for the next 6 months, and are looking for recommendations for day trips; anything involving airplanes or food works for us. Thanks.
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Old 12-01-2015, 12:27 PM
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Sorry...not a day trip in the RV....but by car you need to go to Lil'Abners Steak House out on Silverbell.
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Old 12-01-2015, 01:44 PM
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Hi Jim, A short list of what some of us have done out of KDVT.
Eloy-enjoy watching the jumpers from the restaurant, cheap fuel
Kearny- walk to town for food then fly north a few minutes over the huge copper mine
Sedona- take your camera, if you land there, good food, walk over to the look out while there
Payson-nice little airport, scenic flight, good food
Seligman-nice flight over the Prescott valley short walk into town good food
Chandler- good food
Many more places as well. I?m sure others will chime in
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Old 12-01-2015, 07:09 PM
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I second payson, great little airport. Also the Grand Canyon is nice too. Cheap cab ride into the park.
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Old 12-01-2015, 10:08 PM
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1. Fly to Las Cruces Airport. Car/taxi to La Posta Mexican restaurant in cute small town Mesilla south of I-10. Nine miles or approx 13 minutes. Established 1939. Dad would stop there ferrying a/c during WWII.

http://www.laposta-de-mesilla.com/

2. Do a low approach to Pinal County Airport and check out the airline boneyard on the way north to Glendale Airport west of Phoenix for lunch. Used to have a pretty good restaurant years ago.

3. Scenic flight south along I-19, hang left just before Nogales/Mexican border and fly up the valley over Patagonia (home of Performance Propellers) and on to Sonoita.
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Old 12-01-2015, 10:26 PM
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Smile Winslow and Flagstaff

Add Winslow to your list.

You can stand on the corner. My pic -



The reflection of the "girl in the flat bed Ford" is painted on the window.

Eat and/or stay at the restored La Posada RR Hotel and use the airport designed by Lindberg - When it was built, it was the only all-weather airport between Albuquerque, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California.

We also enjoy Flagstaff, a cheap ride into town and an easy walk from downtown to the Lowell Observatory, where Pluto was discovered. If you are there on the right night they "let you have a go" and look at Mars through the 24 inch refractor telescope built in 1984 - oops 1894.

Friendly FBOs at both places.
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Old 12-01-2015, 10:29 PM
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2. Do a low approach to Pinal County Airport and check out the airline boneyard on the way north to Glendale Airport west of Phoenix for lunch. Used to have a pretty good restaurant years ago.

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Mix in with the black helicopters there and do some touch-n-goes - it's a public airport.


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Something new that most of the locals (including me) don't even know about. Tours of the Pinal boneyard are now available -

http://www.azcentral.com/story/trave...ey=&autologin=
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Old 12-01-2015, 10:52 PM
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All of those are great suggestions. I have done many of them. we have a large group of RV's at Marana, nearby Ryan airport, and Tucson Int.

if you would like we do occasional RV breakfast flights you could join us on. call me if you are interested. 520-247-6232

I have an RV10 that is based at Tucson. i would love to see your plane.

hope to hear from you
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Old 12-02-2015, 08:56 AM
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Davis Monthan museum and boneyard is a must.

I made my first solo at Ryan Field quite a few years ago and they had a great restaurant then. I imagine they still do.
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Old 12-02-2015, 10:12 AM
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Davis Monthan museum and boneyard is a must.

I made my first solo at Ryan Field quite a few years ago and they had a great restaurant then. I imagine they still do.
The Ryan restaurant is still there and still good -

http://www.toddsrestaurant.com/about.html

The museum is the Pima Air and Space museum and the Davis-Monthan boneyard tours are organized through the museum.

http://www.pimaair.org/

It's 5 miles from Tucson International.
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