> Roberts II, Charles K. wrote:
> >>Any piclisters out there in the Tidewater Virginia (USA)
> >>area? That's where I am and I'm curious if there are others
> >>here also.
> >
> > I was born and raised in Hopewell, VA where the Appamattox and James
> > Rivers meet. So at one time I was not too far from the Tidewater Area. I
> > remember going to VA Beach to check out all the chicks on the beach. I
> > went to college at Virginia State University, a little HBCU down the
> > road from Hopewell. VSU was at one time the parent University of Norfolk
> > State University. Yeah I know about South East Virginia.
>
> I used to use the Hopewell VOR for going in and out of Jamestown airport
>   while I was getting my pilot's license at the flying club at Fort
> Eustis. Both of my parents grew up in the area (williamsburg and
> gloucester) and my grandparents still live in Toano. I was born in
> Richmond, grew up in Mechanicsville and then NoVa, and moved to CA last
> December.
>
> Anyone fly out of Jamestown? I remember the old terminal with the big
> overstuffed leather chairs and the large dog (labrador?). Although I was
> small at the time so the chairs and the dog might not have been that large.

 Except for the addition of a new FAA bulding, the Jamestown Airport is the same as it was
25 years ago! Still used regularly by private pilots.

Regards,
Stephen D. Barnes

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