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We used to live under the short final for runway 21 at Portland OR (we were actually across the river in Vancouver WA, a mile and a half from the threshhold of 21). That's the runway that's usually only used in storms with strong south winds, and when that runway is in use, go-arounds are sure...

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/alaska-airlines-sfo-flight/3254340/

Aerial visit today to some of the enchanting and other-worldly mountains southwest of Phoenix ...

I had occasion to meet these gentlemen a couple of months ago -- along with Milburn Stone.

We have a small motorhome with a Mercedes Sprinter chassis. The clock automatically adjusts itself as we drive from one time zone into another, but Mercedes apparently hasn't gotten the memo that Arizona (where we live) doesn't observe DST.

I learned to fly at Fullerton in the mid 1960s, when the top of the original KFI tower was 823' MSL, and the traffic pattern was just 73 feet higher. Imagine all the patterns flown for runway 24 on hot, smoggy afternoons in clapped-out, overloaded Cessna 150s, making their climbing turns from...

And to underscore the indignity, he had to be airlifted from SEZ back to GYR in a 172! :eek::confused:

Leaving the 'Couve??!

They don't keep a hide-a-key in the wheel well?

A good friend of mine perished when he attempted an ash dispersal from his AT-6 at low level one blustery day a few years ago over the Columbia River near Astoria, Oregon. The widow of the deceased died in the crash, as well. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/185786

By serial number it's right in the middle of the 1974 model year.

I have flown two of the airplanes on your list, N704XA and N12573. At the time (late 1990s) both were rentals at Pearson Field, Vancouver WA.

Lest my earlier comment be misinterpreted ... -- I have no love lost for the Di$ney empire, and have no doubt that the Florida and California "T"FRs are the result of excessive political clout. -- The Anaheim "T"FR creates inordinate and potentially dangerous hassles for VFR navigation in very...

Other parks in the country don't have this kind of airspace issues. There's a lot of B, C and D airspace in the immediate area. The Disneyland "T"FR complicates matters for local flights (especially to/from FUL) trying to remain clear of the B, C and D airspace, or simply transit from one of...

We live not far from State Farm Stadium in Glendale AZ, site of this year's Super Bowl. The POTUS-sized Super Bowl TFR didn't take effect until an hour or so before game time, but until then it was a madhouse of banner-tows. It must have been for the benefit of the tailgaters in the parking...

The line between "activist" and "terrorist" is a fine one -- one who is willing to give your all for their cause.

Bob Stane was co-owner of the Ice House in Pasadena CA, the night club where so many music legends got their start. In later years Bob owned and operated the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena CA, a tiny room behind a nondescript suburban coffee house, where the tradition continued...

I don't think he'll have any trouble selling that little Fokker.

The T-41C had the same 210-hp Continental IO-360 as the T-41B, but was built with a fixed-pitch prop at the express request of the USAF. Cessna recommended against the fixed-pitch prop, but the customer insisted. As Cessna feared, there were fuel metering issues with the combination of...