Learn from the egregious mistakes of others...
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Ho hum, sucker holes come... hum ho, sucker holes go...
Preflight Preparation
Arrival
Shelter Cove - Patti's pictures
Friday, July 16, 2010
Shelter Cove
Here are some pictures of our trip to Shelter Cove: I took mostly ones from the ground and Patti has the pictures from the air. This is sort of what a trip would be like if you go on any overnight flying adventure with Patti, or if you are planning/thinking of going to the Columbia/Georgetown trip coming up. Its fun!!!!
1. Patti with [still to be named] plane after
arriving.
2. The pocket of sunshine quickly closing up. Shelter Cove doesn't have IFR approaches or departures, so it is very hard to get to, and you may get stuck there, but it is completely worth it. Also notice the trees and houses that line the runway - the town is very small the the runway is the center.
3. Scrunched up star fish sitting on the black beach. The whole beach was covered in the cool
looking black pebbles, many with different white lines and designs, and most of them very smooth.
4. The waves were huge. They sounded like thunder when the splashed up against th
e rocks. I never got pictures of the biggest waves because everytime I put up my camera we got a "
small one".
5. Another big boom wave picture. You can also see the curve of the wave.
6. Deer were everyone. Always be ready to go on a go around, because you never know when a herd of deer will wander around looking for grass in the cracks of the runway.
7. This is just a picture of the runway after the sky was completely covered in clouds. It has a little bit of a slope.
8. When you go on overnight xc trips you generally get to camp out within viewing distance of the runway and your plane.
9. Sea lion! They were cute and making a racket.
10. The sea lions were tanning.
11. Patti making her way down the steep stairs to the short light house.
12. On the way back we got to pass through class Bravo and San Francisco! There's the Golden Gate!
13. The city!
14. SFO. Look how big the planes are!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
PNO - time to ride the bull
Herb and Faria have bull rides coming up.
We also need to have a general feast of fettucine alfredo with broccoli and mussels, and a nice tapioca dessert. And we have at least one person (Herb) who has reached ten in the QOD contest.
Would July 20 work for everyone?
We also need to have a general feast of fettucine alfredo with broccoli and mussels, and a nice tapioca dessert. And we have at least one person (Herb) who has reached ten in the QOD contest.
Would July 20 work for everyone?
Columbia or Georgetown 7/30-8/1
Is anyone interested in a xc flight to Columbia or Georgetown on July 30 to the 31st, or possibly to the morning of 8/1?
If there are two of you who want to go, then you could share the plane - one sitting in the back each way. If there are more than two, we can arrange for an additional instructor. Julia can take her plane over on her own, and we can do the local approaches from there. Herb, you can bring Sierra if we go to Columbia.
Robert will also be going and may have some room in his plane. I'll check around to see if anyone else is interested in coming along!
If there are two of you who want to go, then you could share the plane - one sitting in the back each way. If there are more than two, we can arrange for an additional instructor. Julia can take her plane over on her own, and we can do the local approaches from there. Herb, you can bring Sierra if we go to Columbia.
Robert will also be going and may have some room in his plane. I'll check around to see if anyone else is interested in coming along!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
For the girl that has everything....
Monday, July 5, 2010
4th of July and NOTAMS
There were a couple of NOTAMs yesterday for PYROTECHNIC. 3 of them were off of the SJC VOR. But none of them seemed to cover the area where Redwood City had their fireworks show. These were all listed in the Airspace NOTAMs section... i was curious if I missed something or if there was some reason why the Redwood City fireworks display had no NOTAM.
San Jose CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl) [SJC]: July NOTAM #4
Airspace PYROTECHNIC DEMO 400 / below above ground level .5 nautical mile radius 21 nautical miles on the 121° radial of San Jose [SJC VOR] avoidance advised effective from July 04th, 2010 at 09:00 PM PDT (1007050400) - July 04th, 2010 at 09:20 PM PDT (1007050420)
San Jose CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl) [SJC]: July NOTAM #5
Airspace PYROTECHNIC DEMO 800 / below above ground level .5 nautical mile radius 4 nautical miles on the 098° radial of San Jose [SJC VOR] avoidance advised effective from July 04th, 2010 at 09:00 PM PDT (1007050400) - July 04th, 2010 at 09:30 PM PDT (1007050430)
San Jose CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl) [SJC]: July NOTAM #3
Airspace PYROTECHNIC DEMO 500 / below above ground level .5 nautical mile radius 20 nautical miles on the 176° radial of San Jose [SJC VOR] avoidance advised effective from July 04th, 2010 at 09:00 PM PDT (1007050400) - July 04th, 2010 at 09:20 PM PDT (1007050420)
San Jose CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl) [SJC]: July NOTAM #4
Airspace PYROTECHNIC DEMO 400 / below above ground level .5 nautical mile radius 21 nautical miles on the 121° radial of San Jose [SJC VOR] avoidance advised effective from July 04th, 2010 at 09:00 PM PDT (1007050400) - July 04th, 2010 at 09:20 PM PDT (1007050420)
San Jose CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl) [SJC]: July NOTAM #5
Airspace PYROTECHNIC DEMO 800 / below above ground level .5 nautical mile radius 4 nautical miles on the 098° radial of San Jose [SJC VOR] avoidance advised effective from July 04th, 2010 at 09:00 PM PDT (1007050400) - July 04th, 2010 at 09:30 PM PDT (1007050430)
San Jose CA (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl) [SJC]: July NOTAM #3
Airspace PYROTECHNIC DEMO 500 / below above ground level .5 nautical mile radius 20 nautical miles on the 176° radial of San Jose [SJC VOR] avoidance advised effective from July 04th, 2010 at 09:00 PM PDT (1007050400) - July 04th, 2010 at 09:20 PM PDT (1007050420)
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Should I or shouldn't I?
Imagine seeing this King Air sitting parked haphazardly in the PAO parking row U with one wing sticking all the way out nearly to the center line of the parking row. It was fortunate that my parking spot wasn't very far away so I didn't have to pull the plane too far. I guess if you are big you can park anywhere you want???
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