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 […]
Coast to Coast Mission Tour – Day 6
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Coast to Coast Mission Tour – Day 7 & 8
June 18, 2019 When you absolutely have to be somewhere, drive… The forecast was for some isolated thunderstorms on Tuesday and scattered thunderstorms on Wednesday. I was fairly certain we would be able to fly to Accomack, VA on Tuesday, but was concerned we might not be able to fly back on Wednesday. Kathy had […]
Coast to Coast Mission Tour – Day 9
June 20, 2019 And the trip westbound begins… We woke up in the morning, I pulled out my laptop, and pulled up the weather. Immediately I knew that my plans for the northern route home were going to have to change. There were already storms right across our path along the Appalachian Mountains. The leg […]
Coast to Coast Mission Tour – Day 10
June 21, 2019 What a difference a day can make. The forecast showed that there would be about a one hour window just after sunrise that Key Field would be VFR before becoming IFR for a couple of hours. I did not want to get up that early, so didn’t set an alarm and still […]
Coast to Coast Mission Tour – Day 11
June 22, 2019 Getting close to wrapping up this incredible trip. For the first time in over a week we will be landing at a familiar airport. We had no desire to experience the heat from the end of yesterday’s flight so we got up early. The hotel said it had a continental breakfast, but […]
Coast to Coast Mission Tour – Day 12 (Last Leg)
June 23, 2019 We could have arrived at the airport earlier than we did, but according to the forecast that would have had us arriving in Fullerton before the morning marine layer had burned off. It was going to be about a 2 1/2 flight and I was planning on arriving between 10-10:30am. After saying […]
