Harris Ranch – Oct 19, 2019
It has been a little over two years since the last fly-in at Harris Ranch and there have been all sorts of adventures, taking us all the way across the country and back. Michael Rodgers started up the West Coast Mooney Club and there was a lunch fly-in planned at Harris Ranch for Saturday. It […]
Labor Day – Riverside
Two weeks without flying, time to get in the air again. Typical to Southern California and early September, it’s hot outside, which means flying in the morning (or sweating a lot). We considered a quick hop over to Brackett (KPOC) but when I called Norm’s Hangar Restaurant this morning all I could get was a […]
Camarillo Air Show
A good friend started up the West Coast Mooney Club when he bought his M20F. We had a huge kickoff event in April of 2018 with a fly-in at Paso Robles where we ended up with 53 planes and 125 people. Michael made some arrangements with the Camarillo airport to get us a discount on […]
Made Possible by a Mooney
A little over three years ago the wheels were set in motion. Which wheels you ask? The ones that would make a lifelong dream come true. The catalysts: two grand-kids arriving one month apart, one 674 miles away and one 900 miles away, a good friend that has been flying for a very long time […]
Coast to Coast Mission Tour – Complete
Today at 10:15am we touched down in Fullerton (KFUL) completing our coast to coast tour. It was the trip of a lifetime. Over 5,000 miles flown, 10 new airports landed at, 7 new states landed in, and time with my boys that could never be duplicated. KFUL -> KIWA -> KPVW -> KPBF -> M01 […]
Coast to Coast Mission Tour – Day (Minus) 1
June 11, 2019 It had only been 16.95 hours since the last oil change and I typically change it around 40 hours, but we were planning on putting around 40 hours in on our cross country trip so I went ahead and changed the oil last week. The ground run after the oil change looked […]
Coast to Coast Mission Tour – Day 1
June 12, 2019 Two years in the making, and it is finally here. My AP/IA was fixing the oil leaks that were discovered yesterday along with a couple other things. After looking it over he said if I was okay with it, he wanted to pull everything off the accessory case and start over with […]
Thursday Night Flight
July 11, 2019 Tuesday and Thursday evenings are great to go fly because I am typically working in Buena Park (5 minute drive to the airport) or Garden Grove (25 minute drive to the airport). I have a friend and his son that I have been wanting to take flying for quite some time now. […]
Coast to Coast Mission Tour – Day 2
June 13, 2019 We were going to head to the airport at 5am to get flying before it started getting warm and to avoid any afternoon buildups, but we got to bed later than I had planned so I decided 6am was a better departure time. Even so, I woke up a little after 5am […]
Coast to Coast Mission Tour – Day 3
June 14, 2019 There are lots of online communities out there, some better than others. One of the best that I have had the pleasure of being a part of is Mooneyspace. When I was getting ready to start my Private Pilot Training and had decided I eventually wanted to own a Mooney I joined […]
Coast to Coast Mission Tour – Day 4
June 15, 2019 With only an hour remaining to our destination, we slept in again… Why not? After breakfast and another Lyft ride we were back at the airport and getting topped off by the fuel truck. Even though we weren’t there for the formation clinic the nice folks at the FBO at KHYK gave […]
Coast to Coast Mission Tour – Day 5
June 16, 2019 No flying today, but lots of visiting which was the real reason for the trip (even if the flying has been great). We pulled unto the church parking lot in the morning to see one of Austin’s friends that also served in the Virginia Chesapeake Mission who also just happened to also […]
