Comments on: The best laid plans of mice and men… http://blog.xcski.com/2006/07/08/the-best-laid-plans-of-mice-and-men Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:26:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Frank Ch. Eigler http://blog.xcski.com/2006/07/08/the-best-laid-plans-of-mice-and-men#comment-8676 Frank Ch. Eigler Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:45:47 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/07/08/the-best-laid-plans-of-mice-and-men#comment-8676 > We probably should have just cleared customs at Buttonville and then > flown on to Oshawa. Indeed! One little trick that may help next time is to pull up to the customs airport's terminal, keep the engine running at minimum RPM, and call customs via the cell phone. If they clear you there, as is the usual routine, you can taxi back to the runway and be on your way in just a few minutes. Since you are such a frequent visitor, you should consider getting a CANPASS permit for yourselves. It would let you land pretty much anywhere. > We probably should have just cleared customs at Buttonville and then
> flown on to Oshawa.

Indeed! One little trick that may help next time is to pull up to the
customs airport’s terminal, keep the engine running at minimum RPM, and
call customs via the cell phone. If they clear you there, as is the
usual routine, you can taxi back to the runway and be on your way in
just a few minutes.

Since you are such a frequent visitor, you should consider getting a
CANPASS permit for yourselves. It would let you land pretty much
anywhere.

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