Thanks for the update Bay Area Londoner,
I may be headed to the Houston area with my work soon, in the past over stateside I have hired aircraft from Hooks Memorial Airport. Hooks is situated underneath Houston Intercontinental Airports class B ‘upside-down wedding cake’, which at that point has a base of 2000ft. Am I correct in my understanding from your post that the ‘wedding cakes’ now drop down to surface level? In fact the whole Houston/Clear Lake/Galveston area is underneath Class B airspace and so anyone wanting to fly VFR will only be able to do so with an instructor there?
Just wondering if I need bother to take my flight gear with me on the off-chance I get some free time!!
Cheers, SD