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Great Thread Jay!
My flight experience is limited, but I still have a few to add: SF Bay Tour - To do this right, fly out of either HWD or OAK, take the Nimitz freeway north departure. Sunset is generally the best time of day, both because of glory of watching the sun set over the pacific, and because that tens to be when the fog literally spills over the Marin and Peninsula Hills into the bay like water. After a few loops around the SF downtown, alcatraz and the Golden Gate bridge, request the Bayshore freeway Bravo Transition South (often your routed right over midfield SFO, with 747's landing 1500 feet below you), Head down the Peninsula to SQL, and then slink under the SFO 28 approach corridor (caution wake turbulence) back across the bay to your point of origin. Yosemite - If you're going to do Tahoe, you might as well slip down to Yosemite. I've only done this once, but the route I took was the fly up the Hetch Hetchy valley and then back down and out the Yosemite valley. 13500 is really the minimum altitude to assure that you won't bust any aviation law (which kinda annoyingly high), but with good planning and a GPS you can drop significantly lower. After your flight land at Mariposa Yosemite (MPI), beautiful little field at the mouth of the Yosemite valley with cheap gas. They've got a BBQ pit right next to the transient parking, so bring so charcoal and a few steaks to top off yourself ![]() |
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In article . com,
EridanMan wrote: Great Thread Jay! My flight experience is limited, but I still have a few to add: SF Bay Tour - To do this right, fly out of either HWD or OAK, take the Nimitz freeway north departure. Sunset is generally the best time of day, both because of glory of watching the sun set over the pacific, and because that tens to be when the fog literally spills over the Marin and Peninsula Hills into the bay like water. After a few loops around the SF downtown, alcatraz and the Golden Gate bridge, request the Bayshore freeway Bravo Transition South (often your routed right over midfield SFO, with 747's landing 1500 feet below you), Head down the Peninsula to SQL, and then slink under the SFO 28 approach corridor (caution wake turbulence) back across the bay to your point of origin. I fly out of PAO, so my version of the Bay Tour is to start out flying up Skyline Blvd at 3500ft. This gives a great view of the undeveloped coast and over developed valley. Passing SFO, I've had 747s (http://www.clear-prop.org/fly-02-20-06/target2.html) and 777s (http://www.clear-prop.org/fly-02-06-.../IMG_0997.html) restricted below me at 3000ft. The Monterey and Big Sur coast from Cypress Point down past Point Sur and the coast from the Golden Gate Bridge up north to Point Reyes are also spectacular. John -- John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/ |
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I'll second the Hudson tour - both day and night are spectacular if you
have good viz. I'll also add any low level fall mountain flight in calm air. OK, the catskills aren't exactly "mountains", but with the leaves at peak, and the air =dead= =calm=, I was able to fly those hills at nearly treetop level, and it was =awesome=! Don't do that with wind though! Jose -- Get high on gasoline: fly an airplane. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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("Scott" wrote)
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/UT/...W.htm#wendover It's a neat little diversion from the usual West Wendover festivities. Too bad the county seems hell bent on letting it rot. We rented a car (convertible Mustang) and drove there from Elko, NV on our last trip out, two years ago. Interesting history. GREAT FBO museum (FREE too). Also in the area... http://www.intermountainguidenevada....lery/index.php 7 of 32, 10 of 32, 12, 20, 29, and 32 of 32 g Montblack http://cgi.ebay.com/25-Acres-of-Land-near-the-Pilot-Mountains-Utah_W0QQitemZ190091150418QQcategoryZ15841QQcmdZVi ewItem ..25 Acres of Land near the Pilot Mountains Utah |
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Wow, Every time I bayshore freeway transition they stick me down low,
I hadn't thought about them routing me above the outbound traffic... Spectacular images. I just re-based from OAK to SQL, so I'm still getting to know life on the west side of the bay ![]() -Scott |
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Just keep your limitations in mind so you don't "screw the pooch".
Always! Thanks for the read. And thank YOU, Rick, for all the great info! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Add Hawaii to the list.
Someday! Meteor Crater I've flown over that twice, now, and it's very cool. Scary, sorta, too, to see what a little-bitty chunk of rock can do to our big blue marble when it hits us. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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On 9 Apr 2007 12:33:57 -0700, "EridanMan"
wrote: Wow, Every time I bayshore freeway transition they stick me down low, I hadn't thought about them routing me above the outbound traffic... Spectacular images. I just re-based from OAK to SQL, so I'm still getting to know life on the west side of the bay ![]() What are you flying? And there's a San Carlos Pilots Association meeting at the Hiller Museum this Wednesday. There's to be a viewing of a Columbia 400 starting at 6, with the meeting at 7. www.sancarlospilots.org my email: Don |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com... but these are my Top 5. Can you add yours? 1) Hudson River (done) 2) Oshkosh (done) 3) Nazca Lines (done - but from the right seat as a passenger) 4) Down the Mississippi River (not done) 5) Island Hopping in Hawaii (not done) |
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Hey Don,
I'll be there. My bird is 4261J, a '67 Cherokee 140. She's over at Diamond Maintenance right now (getting a Mag overhaul). I'm going to make the rebase "official" as soon as she's done (I've been parking in Transient). I really like the field... I _HATED_ OAK, too far, the port of oakland is a PITA... I've had her there because there is a very nice flying club (Alameda Aero) who I had been leasing back with... but as much as I've enjoyed working with them, I simply can't do the distance anymore (I recently moved to San Mateo). -Scott |
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