I am being deluged by friends asking me for travel information to GHRUG.  In
an attempt to forestall further requests, I thought I would post this
message.

There are two big airports serving the Houston area; the big one, the
biggest airport in the world, is Bush IAH.  It is located about 15-20 miles
north of Houston, that's 250-300 kilometers for our metric friends.  (In
Texas, kilometers are very small.)  IAH is the hometown for Continental
Airlines and receives flights from airlines all over the world.  There is
usually a big-ass Antonov on the tarmac, for some reason.  I saw it when I
landed coming back from somewhere last week.

The other big airport is Hobby HOU.  This one is located about 5 miles (80
kilometers) south of Houston.  It actually is between UHCL and Houston.  It
is an older airport and is not served by many airlines, but I think
Southwest flies from there.  It's been several years since I have been there
and it was because I lost a bet and had to pick up somebody.  It is
conceivable that you can get to UHCL by taxi.

There is yet a third airport, called Ellington Field EFD.  This one is very
close to UHCL, and Continental used to fly a puddle jumper from EFD to IAH,
but that stopped in September 2004.  Ellington Field hosts the Wings over
Houston air show every year (this coming weekend,) and it's where NASA parks
its fleet of T-38 Talon and other airplanes.

Speaking of NASA, UHCL is very close to NASA and you should take the time to
visit Space Center Houston.  I think it's only a few miles away.  Galveston
is about 40 miles south of the conference, right on I-45.

Houston is extremely large and if you want to visit anything more than UHCL
and NASA, you better have a car or know someone who has a car.  

The program looks great; I think GHRUG has done a good job setting up the
only remaining user conference.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Denys

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