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Old 02-15-2008, 06:21 AM
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I would stay in Savannah and pop down to Jekyll Island. Any city could be "done" in a day. If you want to have a nice vacation come to Savannah and stay somewhere in the historic district and close to the river and TAKE YOUR TIME while strolling the city. Enjoy meals along the river front and watch large cargo ships steam up and down the river. Go to the Mighty Eighth Museum in Pooler (just to the west of Savannah and four miles from KSAV.) You can also visit Fort Pulaski and Tybee Island. I visited Savannah in 1991 and then in 1997. I ended up moving here in 1997.
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Old 02-16-2008, 07:39 PM
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opinion only here- - one day is not enough for savannah. ts mentioned 8AF museum, our local forts and river street. that would take a day alone. we have several many a lot of museums which warrant a visit, a good brewery, too many places to eat, america's most psychically possessed house, dead people in the east-west runway. . .. the list goes on. the bad news is the evil signature runs most everything at the airport.
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Old 03-24-2008, 11:22 PM
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Default Jekyll Island and RYY

I went down to Jekyll Island last weekend and it was a great time. We ate (and drank) at the RahBar. The music was good as well as the food. The RedBug cars are now $75 per day. Stayed in a ocean view room for $90 (can't think of the hotel name). The airport is nice other than no fuel. I will be back.

RYY has a place to eat on the northside of the field called "Elevation Chophouse" You can park within rock throwing distance. I thought the food was good.
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Old 04-11-2008, 01:54 PM
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Default Jekyll

Went to Jekyll for Easter weekend. Very nice. Read the NOTAMS, there's a warning for Alligators on the runway. Sure enough, when we landed there was a police car on the taxiway and an adult gator sitting there. Pretty cool.

Stayed at the club, rented a bike, saw the whole island and ate at Rahbar. Music was good, shrimp were AWESOME! Lowcountry boil left a lot to be desired. Otherwise, an absolutely wonderful aviation getaway!

Oh yeah, take some bug spray with you. Biting flies were nasty! And the club sold a small can off DeepWoods OFF! for $14!!!!!!!

Highly recommended!
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Old 04-26-2008, 11:13 AM
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Default Jekyll and HIDE!

Just got back from 2 days at Jekyll Island on my way home from Waxhaw NC (JAARS). Having had a chance to stop at alot of cool airports across the USA, Jekyll Island is no exception! Located right on the beach (it's an island!), old historic district with great hotel and great food! Before we even had the Rocket canopy open Richard Van Iderstyne who owns Red Bug Cars offered me a car FREE for the day! "Just tell other pilots about this place"was his quote. His rates are reasonable and you can reach him at 912-635-9330. Very Cool!
We toured the island and decided to spend the evening so we secured quarters at the Jekyll Island Club, a historic hotel. Being a Wednesday the girl offered me a room at half price with free breakfast, working weekends has it's advantages! Some sights worth seeing were: The sunset from the Rah Bah, Plantation Blvd and Da Beach (OK, better than Kuwait but being from Destin, even Hawaii has a tough act to follow) and many historic homes.
People were friendly, seafood and raw oysters excellent and bugs no worse than here at the swamp! Jekyll Island is an easy "Rocket Hour" from anywhere in the SE USA. Y'All Come!

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PS: If you depart south, fly over Cumberland Island, famous for Wild Mustangs, (yep horses)!


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Our "Cottage"

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Old 04-26-2008, 12:01 PM
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Default free popcorn

so i just did my first solo x-c... i flew to AYS for some free popcorn.
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Old 04-26-2008, 08:41 PM
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Even Hilton Head has free popcorn, free coffee/tea, free courtesy car and pulls your airplane up front for you in the morning...very cool!

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Old 04-27-2008, 02:12 AM
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and LZU EAA690 pancake breakfast - first Sat morning every month. Always well attended. The aforementioned Flying Machine restaurant has great food and service.

PDK is open - great food. Very busy airport. Be prepared for rapid fire ATC. Busiest class D, I think??

Vern's airport over there in Peachtree city is also home to Aircraft Spruce, right on the field.

Dublin is a nice midpoint between Atlanta and Jax. They'll give you a courtesy car to go into town.

Rome is cool - if you want to practice ILS approaches without a tower, that's the spot. I think the restaurant there has been opened/closed several times. not sure what current status is.
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Old 05-01-2008, 06:10 AM
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Default Village Deli - KDNL

Yesterday, my instructor came over to the hangar while I was finishing putting the wheel pants back on. Over my shoulder I asked him "so where we flying today?" He said "how about Augusta for some ASR approaches and lunch?".

We hop in the plane and go! In short order we were there (Winds were very favorable flying to AGS). We shot the ILS to 35 at the "big" airport, KAGS, then inquired about an ASR after lunch. The controllers there are very nice and said no problem. We land at KDNL (Daniel Field) and go over to the FBO for a crew car. Ryan, my instructor, knew of a great place for lunch - the Village Deli. Our options are 25 gal at $5.60 or $20 just for the car alone. We were like "screw that" and decided to walk the quarter mile to the restaurant which is just on the other side of the airport boundary fence. The local guys said just walk along the fence and there is a gate by the Pizza Hut.

The Village Deli is an excellent fly-to restaurant... huge menu full of delicious sandwiches. Would even be a great place to grab a cold one if you didn't have to fly back to home base afterwards. Googling it found that lots of other people agree with my review. Check out the reviews here.

After lunch we launch and get the ASR to Runway 17 at KAGS right away. Those are fun! Then we finished off the day with an ILS 10 at HQU.

The beautiful part of it is that if I were to use my flight benefits on the big airline it would take at least 4 hours to get to Augusta. The RV did it in 30 min on about 4 gal of gas!

Village Deli is in the plaza behind my plane


Quick shot of Village Deli


Quick shot of the terminal/FBO
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Old 08-17-2008, 11:18 AM
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Default Me and the boy at Jekyll Island

Driving to Jekyll takes over three hours. Flying the RV takes just over an hour. To me, this is one of the greatest benefits to RV ownership. Time saved.



The visibility was typical Georgia in summer. About 7 miles. With flight following and calm air we cruised at 140 kts, landed on the island and rented a golf cart. We did a little sightseeing and had lunch at the Rah Bar on the pier. Afterwards it was onto the beach to toss the football a little. There was some kind of music festival going on with some blues bands, a couple beer trucks and lots of police.

Two hours after landing we loaded back into Catalina for the ride home. The coolest thing to me is that, if we drove, we would be obligated to stay much longer in order to justify the long drive. When you fly, it is more of a "get in -get out" situation. No need to hang around longer than you want. We left home at 8:45 and were back by 3:00.

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