Mid-Atlantic States to North or South...

Author Message   Cherry C. Senior Member Username: Cherry Post Number: 6454 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 71.163.18.160 Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 11:46 am:    Pop-ups do happen! Now there's flight on the Andrews "future flights" recording for tomorrow, Tuesday 6/15, to Ellsworth AFB SD. (Subject of course to all the usual warnings -- may be scratched, may not take pax, may leave early, may be delayed...) I do not recall EVER before seeing one from ADW to Ellsworth (and I think I would have noticed and recalled it, because Ellsworth is one place we stayed in base lodging during a 2001 cross-country roadtrip that included exploring many attractions in the nearby Black Hills).   John D. Moderator Username: John_d Post Number: 4661 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 95.208.80.143 Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 03:43 am:    There are numbers listed at Spacea.net for the 185th Air Refueling Wing (Sioux City) and the Minneapolis folks if needed.   Dakota Ray Senior Member Username: Rhammer Post Number: 468 Registered: 05-2007 Posted From: 69.62.147.217 Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 10:56 pm:    Hi Klaus, This is a "shot in the dark". Call the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City Iowa. I don't have a number but they have a site. Google Guard Sioux City or something similar. Minneapolis also has some guard or reserve units--I believe that are C-130's and you might call them also. I have little info but did talk to Sioux City a couple of years ago. You might get some info that would help--maybe one way with a commercial ticket from your destination. I obviously have some ties to the Dakota's (Dakota Ray). I many times fly into Omaha commercially because of the rates and drive to South Dakota. Let us know if you find some useful info.   Cherry C. Senior Member Username: Cherry Post Number: 6448 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 71.163.18.160 Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 10:37 pm:    Andrews has *occasional* flights to Fargo, ND, but nothing regular. I have no idea what type of aircraft fly that route, no idea how good the space-a chances are, nor how you would get BACK from there (which I presume is in the plan?). In many cases, and this may well be one of them, you are actually going to be better off buying a round trip ticket on a civilian airline far enough in advance to get their lowest fare. Otherwise you could end up spending much more money while waiting around various terminals hoping for a flight -- costs that would include lodging, food, taxis, rental cars, bus or train to the ultimate destination... not to mention potentially having to buy an expensive last minute full-fare one way ticket back East even if you DID get to your original destination (which is iffy). Not to mention wasting LOTS of time en route! But I see from your profile that you are a math teacher, so I guess you definitely can "do the numbers"! ;-D And maybe you have all summer, until school resumes, to make this journey? In that case, please let us know via a Trip Report, how it goes!   Klaus J. Waibel Member Username: Klauswaibel Post Number: 41 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 71.191.145.74 Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 08:37 pm:    I used the search function, but did not locate any thread discussing above referenced subject. Has anyone had experience trying to hop to North or South Dakota from Andrews or Dover?