adventurechick 0 #1 March 23, 2008 There is a Helicopter Crewmember course I need to take which is being held in Jefferson City, Missouri in June! I've been looking at a map to figure out which airport I should fly into, but Kansas City and St. Louis seem equidistant from the training center. So my question to you awesome Missouri people... Which airport would you fly into if you were going to Jefferson city... also which airport is larger that might have buses that could take me to Jefferson City? Thank you so much! PMS #449 TPM #80 Muff Brother #3860 SCR #14705 Dirty Sanchez #233 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #2 March 23, 2008 Jeff City is pretty much No Man's Land with respect to being easily accessible from the rest of the state. There is a commercial flight service from Kansas City's MCO airport that flies into Columbia, MO, which is about thirty miles from Memorial Airport in Jeff City. I don't know the rates, nor how easy it would be to get a ride for the remainder of the trip into Jeff City. Both Jeff City and Kansas City have Greyhound services available, as I'm sure St. Louis does. I don't know if there are direct trips available, or if they stop at every small town between the two cities. It might be cheapest and easiest to rent a car for the day you get to Jeff City, and again on the day you leave Jeff City, especially if you know others that are also going to be taking the same class with whom you can share the rental expense.Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #3 March 24, 2008 GAIL! I'm hurt. You wouldn't fly into KC just cuz I was here?! Anyway... if you do come in here, I would try to get you to Jeff city. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adventurechick 0 #4 March 24, 2008 nice!! do you live in KC? PMS #449 TPM #80 Muff Brother #3860 SCR #14705 Dirty Sanchez #233 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #5 March 24, 2008 Quote nice!! do you live in KC? [shakes head....] Yes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybeergodd 0 #6 March 24, 2008 Going to Jeff City.....I'd fly into Lambert(St.Louis)...it's more convenient to get to Jeff City from there.....so what is the course for?? Medical, forest service?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #7 March 24, 2008 Jeff City? Kinda has a nice ring to it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #8 March 24, 2008 Quote Jeff City? Kinda has a nice ring to it Does Jeff City have cheese? I love cheese... ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #9 March 24, 2008 Hey little girl. want some cheese? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #10 March 24, 2008 Yes please. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adventurechick 0 #11 March 24, 2008 Quote[shakes head....] Yes. lol, i knew you were in missouri, but that's awesome you're in KC! You may be seeing me in june :-) I'm at training right now, but will give you a call after! PMS #449 TPM #80 Muff Brother #3860 SCR #14705 Dirty Sanchez #233 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adventurechick 0 #12 March 24, 2008 QuoteGoing to Jeff City.....I'd fly into Lambert(St.Louis)...it's more convenient to get to Jeff City from there.....so what is the course for?? Medical, forest service?? It's part of my Wildland Firefighter Training. I'm doing all the training on my own, to give me a competitive advantage to get hired on as helitack if I decide I don't like marketing. PMS #449 TPM #80 Muff Brother #3860 SCR #14705 Dirty Sanchez #233 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #13 March 24, 2008 Quote Quote [shakes head....] Yes. lol, i knew you were in missouri, but that's awesome you're in KC! You may be seeing me in june :-) I'm at training right now, but will give you a call after! Just let me know what you need, when and where. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyh2omedic 0 #14 March 24, 2008 Sounds like you will be attending Summer Fire School and the Wildland Academy. Fly into MCI. Have you got lodging yet-summer fire school fills up the area hotels fast-so if you have not done so you need to soon. Have you been out west yet on the fireline? If not best way to get there is to get as many certs as possible and get listed in your state resource-being an EMT or Medic will really fast track you. I also know several who are listed on different state lists as single resource. KSUPC is having a boogie the first week of June-maybe get a couple of jumps in. We'll put you up on the DZ camping. On the Missouri side you have MRVS-great folks there too. I always love talking to youngsters about chasing those adventures in the fire service-PM if you want to talk or maybe want some angles to get you out west faster. Good luck."You can't teach what you don't know and you can't lead where you won't go" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybeergodd 0 #15 March 24, 2008 Are you going to Summer Fire School? June 3-8?...If you are let me know. I'll be taking classes also and if you fly into St.Louis I can give you a ride. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adventurechick 0 #16 March 25, 2008 Sweet, the class I want to take is June 3-7! PMS #449 TPM #80 Muff Brother #3860 SCR #14705 Dirty Sanchez #233 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adventurechick 0 #17 March 25, 2008 QuoteKSUPC is having a boogie the first week of June-maybe get a couple of jumps in. We'll put you up on the DZ camping. On the Missouri side you have MRVS-great folks there too. I always love talking to youngsters about chasing those adventures in the fire service-PM if you want to talk or maybe want some angles to get you out west faster. Good luck. How close is the dz to the training center? I'm either going to find a camping ground near the training center, but if the dz is close, I'll just camp there! I need to work out a few things.... I'm trying to take every fire course I can related to Helitack. I'm currently in Air Ops right now. I need to take Helicopter Crewmember, Helicopter Manager.... and then I'll find out what to do from there. I've already taken my 45 lb. pack test and taken L-100, I-200, S-130, and S-190. PMS #449 TPM #80 Muff Brother #3860 SCR #14705 Dirty Sanchez #233 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #18 March 25, 2008 S-212 - wildland fire chainsaws is a great class to take if you see it offered. Even though you'd need more experience running a saw to serve as a sawyer on a crew hiring folks like to see the training. Would help being comfortable swamping/working around saws in creation of helispots, etc. Definitely one of the core classes that's good to take as early as possible. I know it's being offered at the Texas Interagency training in May, held in Lufkin, TX. http://www.tamu.edu/ticc/training.htm Have fun, and be safe!Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyh2omedic 0 #19 March 26, 2008 If you come into KC then the DZ is about 1.5hrs west. You are going to Jeff City which about 3hrs East so not an option to camp, but maybe a couple of loads on Sunday. As for camping-i recommend you get a hotel-showers and a comfy bed are nice. Plus if you go to the fire school site you will find a hotel list with rates and a bus stops at most of them to take you to the training location-parking is a hassle otherwise. Summer fire school is a good time. Sounds like your schedule is tight, hope you can make our boogie and enjoy some midwest hospitality and jumping. Good luck with getting west on the fireline. EMT certification is still the fastest way i know of, plus getting on a helitack crew usually requires some previous experience-which usually means going out for a summer or two and punding the ground and scratching line. But it will yeild memories for a lifetime and the views are awesome."You can't teach what you don't know and you can't lead where you won't go" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
