Moving to CA

Thanks a lot all for your valuable inputs....now when I'm here in the
sunny state, I'll check these out...

/Nadeem

Brenor Brophy wrote:

Nadeem,

Are you still sure you want to move to CA ? It's a good thing all the
warbirds are in LVK otherwise a shooting war could break out :-).

The issues about highway traffic and weather are both good ones. Like any
fairly congested area it all depends on the highway you take to the airport
and the time of day. You'll be here about 6 months before you figure out the
spots to completely avoid during commute times. Highway 101 south is a bear
during the evening, it easily takes me 40min to get from work (North 1st
St/237) to RHV. But from my home which is a bit further East I can take 680
south at the same time and be there in 15min (for about the same distance).

RHV is less effected by the marine layer fog which is very common on spring
and summer mornings. Its great to get a few easy minutes of IMC climbing out
in the morning, knowing that it will be gone when you return a couple of
hours later - but only if you've got an instrument rating. Otherwise, its a
frustrating wait for the fog to clear - it usually will clear from RHV
first. The GPS IFR approach to RHV sucks, the MDA is 1440' which often will
not be low enough to get under the fog. The usual trick is to fly the ILS
into SJC, cancel IFR when you break-out at about 1000' and get SVFR to RHV.
The GPS approach to PAO looks a lot better, with an MDA of 460', it might
actually be useful.

The Bay Area is a fun place to fly - no matter where you fly out of, you
will get used to talking to ATC. The landscape is beautiful and there are a
host of excellent flying destinations within an hour of flying time.

-Brenor

"Ishrat Zahid" wrote in message
...


I'm relocating to CA from MA in next few weeks and leaving my old flying
club here at LWM.
Wondering if I can get some good recommendation for flying clubs in the
bay area?
I'll be in Milpitas/San Jose area...
Thanks

/Nadeem