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Paul B.
Senior Member
Username: Paseodelasdamas

Post Number: 1199
Registered: 06-2003
Posted From: 216.57.64.33
Posted on Monday, May 24, 2010 - 01:45 pm:   

Alex: You will not get a direct flight to Fairchild but try and get something going to McChord and then try to time it to the reserve shuttle that goes to Fairchild and Hill, I think its once a month, or maybe every 2 weeks and then returns back to McChord several days later. You can always call on a DSN line to McChord to get specific dates & times and plan accordingly.
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William Standage
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Username: Charlie13

Post Number: 1110
Registered: 07-2004
Posted From: 75.172.95.231
Posted on Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 09:45 pm:   

Alex,
Fairchild AFB is a bit out of the mainstream of space-a traffic. Yes, you can get an occasional flight to, or from there, but these flights are not likely to fit your schedule. Randolph to Fairchild connections are about as rare as hens teeth.
Fairchild is a KC135 tanker base, and most departing flights, other than local training missions are setting off on deployment to far flung destinations. All of these flights will eventually return home.
Hope this advice on top of all the others is helpful to you.
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John R Garrison
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Username: Majorg

Post Number: 2638
Registered: 02-2006
Posted From: 208.81.157.86
Posted on Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 09:01 pm:   

Alex:

Welcome to the Board!

If you have not yet done so, please familiarize yourself with JohnD's SpaceA Pages (link top left), the general layout of this site and the Search Function (magnifying glass at top center) of this site. Nearly all questions can be answered from those three sources. Having read thru the FAQs is a great start and I would suggest reading thru the other sections on JohnD's site as well.

In relation to your proposed trip, traveling SpaceA to/from Randolph (or anywhere in Texas) to Fairchild (or anywhere in the Pacific Northwest in the summer will be very challenging. We try to avoid the Summer (15 May to 15 Sep) as this is typically one of the busiest times (Christmas (15 Dec-10 Jan) being the other) with a lot of competition for spacea. Please ensure that you are prepared to spend more time in terminals than you can imagine. Also be prepared for additional food, lodging and expensive, last minute commercial tickets should you be time restrained upon your attempted return.

As stated often on this site, experienced SPATS avoid Christmas and Summer travel whenever possible.

Fairchild's regular flights are to/from Mildenhall (bi-monthly), to/from Hawaii (sporatic) and to/from McChord (bi-monthly). I have posted for Fairchild for three years and have yet to see a flight to/from Texas.

In sum, can it be done??..Yes, but you have been given excellent advice to purchase a commercial ticket. IMHO, SpaceA is really not for those who are on tight or firm schedules.

Happy Travels, John
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Alex Deering
New member
Username: Adeering

Post Number: 3
Registered: 05-2010
Posted From: 75.0.237.154
Posted on Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 08:43 pm:   

Ok thanks for the info, guess ill just spend the money on commercial ticket.
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Mike W
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Username: Mike_in_seattle

Post Number: 232
Registered: 06-2003
Posted From: 198.233.47.87
Posted on Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 08:41 pm:   

Alex,
When I was on active duty, I took a few space a trips, but only when I had 30 or more days of leave available and didn't much care where or when I went. I went to Puerto Rico once, and to Europe once, with successful space-a returns in both cases. But you seem to have a destination and a schedule. In that situation, you are likely to spend more than $400 on lodging, rental cars, and last-minute airline tickets. So I'd say whether you attempt space a for your trip to Spokane should hinge on how important it is to you to get there (and back) and whether the risk of spending $1,000 is worth the benefit of spending (maybe) a bit less than $400. If you decide to take a whirl at it, I'd suggest getting to the Randolph terminal with one bag of less than 30 pounds and taking whatever is flying to one of the "hub" bases (Scott, Andrews etc) then looking for something to Travis or McChord. You can expect to get to McChord or Whidbey Island within 3-7 days, then the bus to Spokane is about $50, or you can rent a car for less than $100. For the return, reverse the process, but since traffic to Randolph is intermittent, you may have to focus on NAS Ft Worth (pretty frequent traffic from Whidbey Island.) Let us know how it goes if you do it space-a!
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Alex Deering
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Username: Adeering

Post Number: 2
Registered: 05-2010
Posted From: 75.0.237.154
Posted on Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 08:09 pm:   

Im active duty officer
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rinaldo
Senior Member
Username: Rinaldo

Post Number: 1070
Registered: 06-2003
Posted From: 173.169.151.24
Posted on Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 07:37 pm:   

Welcome to the board Alex,I would advise you to read JohnD's FAQ at the top left corner of this board.

What category are you? This would help in giving you answers.
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Alex Deering
New member
Username: Adeering

Post Number: 1
Registered: 05-2010
Posted From: 75.0.237.154
Posted on Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 07:29 pm:   

So I dont know much about space A and leaving in a week and wondering if i should try space a instead of spending 400 on a ticket. Im trying to go from Randolph TX to fairchild WA and back a couple weeks later, what do i need to do to find out if there is flights and where and would i need to make multiple jumps. some help would be appreciated. thanks

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