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Old 3rd Feb 2006, 16:56
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Tim_CPL
 
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Flying in the US

I quite often fly into KDAL (Dallas Love) home base of Southwest Airlines. It is busy, and you do have to be on your toes, know where you are going and are generally expected to keep your speed up on final, as others have mentioned. No handling fees at DAL, but I believe DFW is not very GA friendly, and quite honestly it doesn't need to be, there are a ton of airports inside the DFW Bravo arispace, so you have lots of choice.
On the T&G's I once did two T&G's on Austin's 12,500 ft 17R/35L runway both flapless, at the controllers discretion, late at night! I also like to to to Grey AFB and do No-gyro approaches, or PAR approaches. They are very happy to help (they have currency requirements as well), but they won't let your wheels touch the ground, and it is out of the question if GWB is on the ranch!

- Tim
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