Third Time’s a Charm
Since last August, I’ve had the good fortune of treating my girlfriend, Kaitlyn, to a couple of surprise flights – one to Napa for an afternoon and the other to Sacramento for a surprise trip to one of her favorite wineries. Since our trip to Sacramento in early October, I really hadn’t flown too much. ...
Playing in the Pattern
Since my last flight back in November, the weather in the SF Bay Area has been less than ideal. It seemed like it rained nearly every weekend over the last six weeks. Once the holiday period came and I saw some decent flying weather in the forecast, I hurried to get myself on the schedule ...
A Day at the Ballpark
Ever since the summer of 2008, after I earned my pilot’s license, I’ve wanted to make the quick hop from Palo Alto to Oakland to enjoy a baseball game. Most games I’ve attended are nightgames and I’m not too keen on flying at night unless I have to – and in almost all cases, it’s ...
Doing “Research” at Sonoma Skypark Airport (0Q9)
So after over slightly more than two years of flying, I can still say that a pilot learns something new on every flight. Perhaps it’s not necessarily always something new, but in the process of the flight a pilot may be reminded of things he/she should already know. In the end, I’ve always believed that ...
My Flight to Napa to Pick Up My Wine
Getting Comfortable with N209J After taking a sunset flight on Friday night and then spending the rest of the night in San Francisco chatting it up with fellow Spanish speakers, I returned to my house around 1AM and took what turned out to be a brief night’s sleep before my Saturday morning flight to Napa. ...
