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We are allowed to go out for exercise and other “essential reasons.” And I’m in agreement with you on flying here.

This is basically exactly why I suspect flying is both safe and legal right now. I just wanna confirm a bit more. Before I go to the airport and have to explain myself to an officer of the law. Given that our airport has a lounge we encourage police to use, I AM going to encounter them, and...

I don’t know where the authority or legal precedent comes from, but I know that the governor mentioned that failure to abide by these rules would be considered a misdemeanor, and that fines or even jail time could result. A similar statement is in the website where this information was...

The shelter-in-place order for California disallows all "non-essential travel" and asks folks to stay inside their homes except when necessary to go outside. We are permitted to go outside for "outdoor activities" such as walking around the neighborhood and such, so long as we observe the 6...

All this bread talk made me wanna bake some bread. It's doing its first proof now

I'm up in San Jose and we did all our shopping early on, getting ~2-3 weeks of food and supplies per CDC guidance. We need to get milk and eggs soon, because we didn't hoard perishables like those idiots. I almost wish they'd pass a law like New Jersey is doing to fine anyone that tries to...

*reads Foreflight comments* Oh crap that started October 2017. People are reporting fairly high fees there. Geez. They used to be really good for GA. I did some training there back in 2013 when I was getting my license and they were super friendly. :(

HWD is a little weird because it's right up against KOAK's Class C. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to a non-local without making sure you understand the tight turns needed on takeoff/landing. If it's between those two airports, I'd go into KLVK, tbh. Why not KOAK or KSQL, though? KOAK...

I'd encourage you to deviate north a bit from doing KHII KGUP direct and fly over the Grand Canyon. It's quite a site to behold. Maybe stop in at KGCN if you've got the time. Make sure you've got the special Grand Canyon charts if you decide to do any flying in that area. If you have good...

I'm doing something really similar to this in May, 2020. I'm planning to fly from San Jose to Boston and back again, visiting a whole bunch of spots along the way, including the Grand Canyon and stopping into Texas for some legit Texas BBQ.

Given that removing the airport will increase property values and contribute to gentrification, I find it extremely dishonest that folks are trying to sell this as a way to increasing low income housing in the area. I seriously doubt they're going to build enough housing to compensate for all...

That was unintentional but does a surprising job of conveying my feelings on the subject.

This local article came out yesterday: https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2019/08/21/county-san-jose-explore-options-for-closing-reid-hillview-airport/ Stories like these make me really want to get more involved in local politics to fight against stuff like this. The value that KRHV provides...

This one is parked next to me at KRHV. It's sad to slowly watch it decay. It looks like it'd be fine if they replaced the tires and cleaned it off, but who knows.

In theory, it's supposed to show vertical speed. In reality, it appears to show random numbers. :p

Got my plane back from annual and took it up for my usual post-maintenance flight from KRHV to O22 in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. Picked up friends and went over to Castle to go to the air museum, then back! I was also testing out a new camera mount so I could actually watch my...

This is his last youtube video . Looks like the guy was a ground service dude. Folks also found his blog. And his youtube likes. Most of the LiveATC recordings went silent during this, but you can hear the tower trying to talk to him as he took off here: Someone collected a recording of the...

I think there's a little more here: https://soundcloud.com/tom-cleary-17/seatac-air-traffic-control-81018-824-pm-to-854-pm

BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE (I was coming in too fast.) I also was doing a BFR and HP endorsement all at the same time.

The best pics are still the pics from the sales page here:! That's correct! It took me about 20 hours to stop screwing up my landings and get the approval from the instructor to fly on my own... But yeah. I'm free now! I've already got a total of 40 hours on the plane! I'm surprised by that...