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TC4; Rental Cars and Cell Phones Information
Avis - Clear Lake477 Bay Area Boulevard
Houston, TX 77058
281 488 4995
281 488 5221 (fax)
For those traveling from Costa Rica to Houston on the C-5:
You are encouraged to rent your car in Houston from Avis. Request rental location 'W5T' (the Clear Lake office). If making your reservations on the Internet, under 'additional remarks,' type 'Deliver to EFD.' Or, if you call the Avis 1-800 reservation number (1.800.331.7423) or the Clear Lake office, specify your request to the rental agent. The car will be waiting for you at Southwest Services when the C-5 lands in Houston. Southwest Services is on the other side of the old terminal at Ellington Field, approximately a quarter to a half a mile from the WB-57F hangar.
It will be more convenient for all involved (including you) if you are an Avis Preferred Service member. This will save you the trouble of completing a lot of paperwork when you pick up your car. Membership is free, and you can apply on-line.
There is no drop charge for picking up your car at Southwest Services or the Clear Lake office and returning it to the airport (Hobby or Intercontinental).
Southwest Services is open 24/7.
ESPO News:
ARCTAS - Summer deployment under way with P-3 and DC-8 based in Cold Lake, Alberta and B-200 and NATIV based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
ARCTAS - Spring deployment successfully concluded; We are looking forward to the summer deployment in Cold Lake, Canada.
Discovery.com ARCTAS blog
ESPO supports joint NOAA/NASA/NSF science mission GasEx.
TC4 Deployment in Costa Rica successfully concluded on August 12th. DC-8, ER-2 and WB-57 have flown a total of 25 flights. 292 weather balloons were launched from Galapagos, Panama and Costa Rica. DC-8 launched 93 dropsondes.
