The Coast for Fun
It is fun to fly, and even more fun when the sights out the window are beautiful. One of my favorite little local flights is to head down to the coast near Dana Point, drop down to about 1,000′ and just cruise along. After working on some wiring that I hoped would fix the static […]
GTX335 Installed – 2020 Compliant, and Preventative Maintenance
Like many other plane owners I have been debating how I was going to comply with the FAA’s 2020 mandate to be equipped with ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast) Out. If you fly withing 30 nautical miles of a Bravo Class airport (for me that is everywhere I regularly fly, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Salt […]
Your Flight Has Been Delayed – Mechanical Reasons
Well, we were going to fly to Utah this weekend, but didn’t. The plan was to leave late Friday afternoon for a two hour flight to St George and then fly to Salt Lake on Saturday. The weather forecast earlier in the week was questionable so everything was ‘tentative.’ Flight plans were filed and a […]
Big Bear, Clouds, and Poppies
After missing a trip to Big Bear a couple weeks ago with a maintenance issue found during pre-flight (I need to write that up) we were able to fly there today to meet up with some other Mooniacs. (Mooney owners for those of you not familiar with the term) We took off into fairly clear […]
“The Green Hills…”
We have been having a great winter rain season here in Southern California and the hills are as green as can be. You only see them green for a couple months (if you’re lucky) and the rest of the year they are brown. A few years back they never even got green. So… when they […]
New Home – Fullerton KFUL
After two years at Corona (KAJO) it was time to move. Corona is a great little airport, but the hangar rent increases and lack of security, not to mention the 91 freeway traffic, convinced me to get on the waiting list for a hangar at Fullerton (KFUL). After about eight months on the list I […]
Taking my daughter and grand kids flying
We had a chance to fly up to Redding last month to visit my oldest daughter’s family. While there I got to take her and the grand kids for a flight. They have flown commercial but never in a small plane. We went through a pre-flight, explaining everything to them and climbed in. I went […]
300 Hours and yet another First Flight
For the past two years my oldest son has been gone serving as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. For those that don’t know anything about our missionaries, when they are gone the only communication with home is through mail/email once a week and phone/video calls on Christmas and […]
Sunset
A beautiful flight back to SoCal from Phoenix today. The sunset lasted for almost an hour!
Flight Review
Every two years, if a pilot wants to keep flying, they must have a flight review with a CFI (Certified Flight Instructor). The purpose is to provide a regular review of the pilot’s skills and aeronautical knowledge. To quote the FAA in the document ‘Conducting an Effective Flight Review‘, “the flight review is the aeronautical […]
Dusty and Windy – Salt Lake – St George – Corona
A great weekend visiting family, and going to my niece’s wedding. We even worked in a trip up American Fork Canyon to see the fall colors. We got to the airport Sunday morning and it was windy… There is no weather at Skypark (KBTF) but Salt Lake (KSLC) is only 6 miles to the South […]
Morning Weather Delay – Corona, CA (KAJO) to Salt Lake, UT (Skypark-KBTF)
We wanted to get an early start for Utah but the weather just wasn’t cooperating. We had arrived at the airport at 7am knowing we couldn’t leave that early but giving me time to load up the plane and then just putter around a little. I did a thorough pre-flight and also cleaned it up […]
