AOPA Pilot Magazine - May 2021 - 14

LETTERS

FROM OUR MARCH 2021 ISSUE

Great American getaways
Reflecting on our annual Destinations issue
I am a big fan of AOPA Pilot, but
this month is especially good!
Content, photography, layout-
you really hit it out of the park.
It might have something to do
with the Keys and Cape stories-places I used to live and
fly in. Also, the deep, rich colors
and their reproduction really
enhanced the overall effect.

| CAPE COD |

Natural
wonder
B Y J U L I E S U M M E R S WA L K E R

MICHAEL GOULIAN AND I ARE HAVING A BIT OF A
TIFF. For although the wicked awesome aviator might be a fantastic flier, I don't think he's
right about his geography; Cape Cod-the Cape-
does not include his home base of Plymouth,
Massachusetts. Everyone knows the Cape does
not start until after the Sagamore and Bourne
bridges, and Plymouth, while understandably
famous because of that not-so-big rock, is nearly
20 miles from the Sagamore Bridge connecting Rt.
6 to Hyannis and Provincetown-the real Cape.

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to fly at Falmouth in 1974-before it became
Falmouth Airpark.
George Tupper
AOPA 1495353
Pocasset, Massachusetts

Natural wonder

I read Julie Summers Walker's
piece about Cape Cod with
great interest. It brought forth
considerable nostalgia. I am
a Cape Codder, born at Cape
Cod Hospital in Hyannis and
brought up in Chatham. I
received my commercial certificate at the Chatham airport

59%
27%
14%

Aviation eBrief poll
For more on GPS jamming,
see " Action: Headache for GA, " p. 12.

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I enjoyed your well-written article. I learned

Do you believe that you have ever
had equipment issues related to
GPS jamming?
No
Yes
Not sure

Far Flung

P H OTO G R A P H Y BY C H R I S RO S E
I L L U S T R AT I O N S B Y M E L A N I E J U D D

City with a view

Tom Kupferer
AOPA 457645
Rayville, Louisiana

Daniel Mahoney
AOPA 1225915
Punta Gorda, Florida

Flying Cape Cod and the islands

John Sheehan
AOPA 240812
Wilmington, North Carolina

Kollin Stagnito left out two very
important things in his article
about a visit to Chicago. First
(although Schaumburg is a nice
airport), the ideal general aviation arrival is Bolingbrook's
Clow International Airport. And
while there, stop in for breakfast
or lunch at Charlie's, and get to
meet the folks at EAA Chapter
461 and at JW Aviation. Clow
was my home airport for more
than 30 years before my recent
move to Louisiana, and there's
no place that will make a visitor
feel more welcome.
The second thing is never
ask for ketchup on your Chicago
hotdog!

aviation organization in the
Keys, sponsor flight scholarships, advocate for aviation in
the county, and host aviation
days and Young Eagles rallies.
The museum gets thousands of
visitors each year. A big miss.

DESTINATIONS

from the then operator, Bill
Ketchum, designated examiner. I flew many hours out of
Chatham in a 7AC Champ ($5 an
hour plus gas), Piper Colt, TriPacer, Apache, and the venerable
old twin Beech. Scud running
and being chased into Chatham
by the fog " rolling in " was routine. Her article was spot on.
And, for the record, Plymouth
is not on the Cape-end of story.
Steve Watkins
AOPA 226123
Gainesville, Florida

14%
27%
43%

No passport required
59%

I can't believe Ian J. Twombly
wrote about the Florida Keys
and didn't mention EAA 1241
Museum at the Marathon airport. They are the biggest

Just a small correction
( " Briefing: Far Flung " ), but this
detail could prevent more loss of
life. I am a helicopter and fixedwing instrument instructor
at John Wayne Airport (SNA)
and I am often responsible for
Catalina checkouts before our
141 school will permit any pilot
from taking our aircraft there
VFR or IFR. The airport sits on a
hilltop at 1,602 feet but the highest terrain is at 2,150 feet and is
close by. Turn the wrong way
on a missed approach or early
on an obstacle departure procedure before reaching 2,300
feet and the unwary pilot can
fly into the earth or the antennas. It's happened more than
once and is one of the reasons
the manned " tower " at Catalina
(technically a nontowered field)
listens to all radio calls to discourage IFR landing attempts
when the higher terrain is
obscured by clouds/fog (below
published minimums). We don't
want more pilots coming to grief
mistakenly thinking the airport
is the highest elevation on the
island and therefore there is
nothing to hit if you climb.
Kirk Vinings
AOPA 923423
Laguna Niguel, California

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