So what aircraft will i be in???

[jrpilot]

It is a $30 video of a A330 cockpit from Manchester, UK to Sanford, US

[Jimbo]

Oh right, bit of a coinsidence!

Thats the route i will be taking!

Jimbo

[Craig.]

757's over the atlantic have an extra 2 to 3 inches of leg room at least. But yes its too far to get to on the 757. If anything your going to have a little less leg room on the A330 to cram in as many passengers as possible. (US or British majors all the way)
Have a great holiday Jimbo.

[Felix/FFDS]

 As you come in for a landing, don't worry too much about the blue tarps still covering the roofs of many houses.  There aren't as many of them left now.  We're almost caught up on the repairs.

Hurricane season started officially June 1, and there's a small storm churning up in the Caribbean, but it's expected to stay way to the west of Florida, in the gulf...


BTW - I live only about 7 miles from Sanford airport (a former US Naval Air Station), and I like flying in/out of there better than Orlando International.  I'm not saying they cater to the UK traveller, but there are signs warning you to first look LEFT before crossing the street.

[C]

Sanford airport (a former US Naval Air Station),

I didn't know that. You learn something new every day!

[jrpilot]

Why did you pick the summer to go to Florida, because school is out?  I wonder since Flordia is humid and hot in the summer and (not being a local) doesn't Florida get lots of rain in the summer?  The best time to go there IMO is December-March while the high for southern Florida is about 70-80 give or take.  We were in Florida for a week for spring break and in Fort Lauderdale the high temp. one day was only 55 degrees F., but the next day it was back in the 60's and 70's

[Jimbo]

I dont know really, alot of my friends are going at the same time. This is our 8th time to florida( ) an we dont seem to have any real problems! I was just curious who i was fyling with, but thats sorted!

Any good places to go other than the obvious disney,mgm,universal,bucsh gardens etc.
Whats typhoon lagoon like? What bout kenedy space?
Every time we went it was when i was young, i think im a bit older now!

Thanks!

Jimbo

[Felix/FFDS]

From a flight enthusiast's point of view, there are a number of interesting locations - Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight  (southwest of the Orlando area, on the road to Tampa) has an interesting collection of aircraft, plus the restoration and backlot tours are excellent.

Titusville airport, on the coast, and on the way to the Space Center, also has a warbird collection and museum.

The usual entertainment centers - WDW, Universal, etc - are always fun.  Try and get in airboat rides this time around....  and yes, there are places where the food is excellent ...

[Craig.]

southern weather in the summer. Absolutly nothing better. I dont know if its the same in florida but the humidity in the MS TN AL area is wonderful this time of year, especially on the 90* days.

[jrpilot]

Well you could spend a few hours at McCoy (Orlando) Airport and get to see some aircraft from the US.

[TacitBlue]

southern weather in the summer. Absolutly nothing better. I dont know if its the same in florida but the humidity in the MS TN AL area is wonderful this time of year, especially on the 90* days.

Are you insane!? Ive been to Alabama in the summer time, and could hardly breath because of the humidity. I was sweaty the entire time. It gets like that here in MO too, but not as often.

[Hagar]

[quote]From a flight enthusiast's point of view, there are a number of interesting locations - Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight

[Craig.]

Are you insane!? Ive been to Alabama in the summer time, and could hardly breath because of the humidity. I was sweaty the entire time. It gets like that here in MO too, but not as often.

lol must be a person to person thing. I love it, just going out and walking in those conditions is fun. although a canoe trip in 110* heat for 10 miles through tn rivers was almost a little to much by the end. pic in my links2 in my sig. In the personal pics section. lol cheap plug

am a beach type of person so I would rent a car and go to the beach.

you might have trouble renting a car at 16 as the age limit in the us for car rentals is 25 with almost all companies, 21 in a couple of places

[Felix/FFDS]

Don't forget Kissimmee Airport. Not sure if Tom Reilly's warbird museum is fully up & running after the hurricane damage but being a smaller airport it's more my sort of place.

From the photos I've seen, I don't think Tom Reilly's place will be up again.  He's moving to Douglas GA to continue with the restoration of a second B-17.

Warbird Adventures suffered the loss of one of their T-6/SNJs and from the latest, they're not offering flights until they're comfortable with knowing what happened.