NorCal Flyin 2013 part 2

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Martina and I are already looking forward to the meeting. :)

What about Saturday afternoon, after the restaurant has closed?
We thought it might be fun to also fly somwhere else, after the 'official' flyin!?

Cheers,

Oliver
 
German guy said:
Martina and I are already looking forward to the meeting. :)

What about Saturday afternoon, after the restaurant has closed?
We thought it might be fun to also fly somwhere else, after the 'official' flyin!?

Cheers,

Oliver
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I am heading to Santa Barbara to pick up my son from UCSB (spring break). It might be a bit further than you are thinking about though (almost two hours in my Cherokee). Santa Barbara is beautiful, though, and it should be a great day for flying.
 
Saturday, March 23, 2013. Columbia (O22). Meeting at the pilots lounge at 11:30. Walking to Patty's at 11:45.

Name Plane
John - John221us (solo) - Cherokee 140 - White with blue trim N9566W
Sac Arrow - Arrow
Eric – Aeric (+ one) Cessna 150L, white with red, gray and blue accents
Sacbluesman - wht/blue C152 or C172
Aviatingfool - Long EZ
Onwards - 182, tail number 613WD
Old_Geek - Flight Design CTSW
Patrick
Jen and Mal - Cessna 172M, N80236
Willywildes
Nick - Goldennixter - Maybe
John - Clear_prop (+ one) - Archer III again, N651KC
Martina + Oliver - German guy - C172 - N1596E, white with blue trim
Kimberly & Skyscraper- Super cool Archer


I have contact info for:
Sac Arrow
Eric
Sacbluesman
Aviatingfool
Onwards
Patrick
Jen
Willywildes
Nick
John - Clear_prop
German guy
Kimberly & Skyscraper

Anyone joining us; if you PM me your cell number I will send you mine.
 
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John - I have you as solo

Sac - are you alone or bringing passengers?

Eric - I have you down for two (2-seater plane)

Sacblues (D) - are you alone or bringing passengers?

Long EZ - are you are you alone or bringing passengers?

Onwards - are you alone or bringing passengers?

Old Geek - are you alone or bringing passengers?

Patrick - are you alone or bringing passengers?

Jen and Mal - I assume just the two of you, like last time

Willy - are you alone or bringing passengers?

Nick - you were listed as "maybe" - are you coming?

John clear prop - I see you are down for 1 pax

Martina and Oliver - will be fun to see the two of you again, it has been over a year, I have you two down

Kimberly (me) is bringing a new POA member and new student pilot (yay!) Skyscraper
 
So as you can see, if all 8 of the people I questioned brought one or more passengers, my headcount would be way off. If I don't hear back in the thread I'll send some PMs. Thanks everyone for your reply, I'm just trying to save us the wait time. If I let the restaurant know how many in the morning they say they might have a table waiting for us at noon.
 
So I got an outlook weather brief. Mild to moderate turbulence, especially in the morning but "not as bad as today".

WTF?

Grumble. I hate hate hate turbulence.
 
kimberlyanne546 said:
So I got an outlook weather brief. Mild to moderate turbulence, especially in the morning but "not as bad as today".

WTF?

Grumble. I hate hate hate turbulence.
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It will be just like Disneyland, except you don't have to wait in line for the ride. :hairraise:
 
John221us said:
It will be just like Disneyland, except you don't have to wait in line for the ride. :hairraise:
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Well you're the one who said a low wing would be better for any wind issues at the destination airport. Thank goodness I'm in an Archer.
 
OK so I've never been to this airport. Just pulled up Google Earth. It appears the second runway is grass (?)

So I can't land on grass (rental agreement). Should I assume all traffic will be landing on the paved runway?

John - you will probably beat me there - perhaps you could text me after you land what the conditions were and what runway everyone was using.

Thanks for the help.
 
kimberlyanne546 said:
OK so I've never been to this airport. Just pulled up Google Earth. It appears the second runway is grass (?)

So I can't land on grass (rental agreement). Should I assume all traffic will be landing on the paved runway?

John - you will probably beat me there - perhaps you could text me after you land what the conditions were and what runway everyone was using.

Thanks for the help.
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Hi Kimberly,
The grass isn't used this time of year and even in the summer it isn't used much. It will probably be 35, but if it is 17, don't forget that 17 is right traffic. I will text you. :)
 
John221us said:
If it is gusty, use one less notch of flaps and add about 5 KTS to your approach speed.
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Oh that's right! For the first time (cross country) I have those awesome manual flaps! Like pulling the e-brake in my stick shift car.... only much cooler.
 
I don't think I can make this one, but I'm sure it'll be just as fun. See you all in summer when I am back from China.
 
I can't make it.:mad2: 17 is down hill. And kind of the calm wind runway.Not much action on the grass. It looks to be in fine Condition.

G
 
John221us said:
Saturday, March 23, 2013. Columbia (O22). Meeting at the pilots lounge at 11:30. Walking to Patty's at 11:45.

Name Plane
John - John221us (solo) - Cherokee 140 - White with blue trim N9566W
Sac Arrow - Arrow
Eric – Aeric (+ one) Cessna 150L, white with red, gray and blue accents
Sacbluesman - wht/blue C152 or C172
Aviatingfool - Long EZ
Onwards - 182, tail number 613WD
Old_Geek - Flight Design CTSW
Patrick
Jen and Mal - Cessna 172M, N80236
Willywildes
Nick - Goldennixter - Maybe
John - Clear_prop (+ one) - Archer III again, N651KC
Martina + Oliver - German guy - C172 - N1596E, white with blue trim
Kimberly & Skyscraper- Super cool Archer


I have contact info for:
Sac Arrow
Eric
Sacbluesman
Aviatingfool
Onwards
Patrick
Jen
Willywildes
Nick
John - Clear_prop
German guy
Kimberly & Skyscraper

Anyone joining us; if you PM me your cell number I will send you mine.
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Hey all, it looks as though I will be solo.
 
kimberlyanne546 said:
So I got an outlook weather brief. Mild to moderate turbulence, especially in the morning but "not as bad as today".

WTF?

Grumble. I hate hate hate turbulence.
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I was actually hoping for some of the normal westerly flow that gets progressively stronger as you go up, for a nice tailwind on the way out there. The winds aloft forecast says nope. Just a mild northerly flow. I doubt it'll be bumpy.
http://aviationweather.gov/adds/winds/
Click around on this and choose your date, time and altitude.
 
Saturday, March 23, 2013. Columbia (O22). Meeting at the pilots lounge at 11:30. Walking to Patty's at 11:45.

Name Plane
John - John221us (solo) - Cherokee 140 - White with blue trim N9566W
Sac Arrow - Arrow
Eric – Aeric - Cessna 150L, white with red, gray and blue accents
Sacbluesman - wht/blue C152 or C172
Aviatingfool - Long EZ
Onwards (+ one) - 182, tail number 613WD
Old_Geek - Flight Design CTSW
Patrick (+ one)
Jen and Mal - Cessna 172M, N80236
John - Clear_prop (+ one) - Archer III again, N651KC
Martina + Oliver - German guy - C172 - N1596E, white with blue trim
Kimberly & Skyscraper- Super cool Archer


I have contact info for:
Sac Arrow
Eric
Sacbluesman
Aviatingfool
Onwards
Patrick
Jen
John - Clear_prop
German guy
Kimberly & Skyscraper

Anyone joining us; if you PM me your cell number I will send you mine.
 
kimberlyanne546 said:
Well you're the one who said a low wing would be better for any wind issues at the destination airport. Thank goodness I'm in an Archer.
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I'm in an Archer too. Actually an Archer III. We'll have to have the world's slowest air race on the way back. ;)
 
kimberlyanne546 said:
So I got an outlook weather brief. Mild to moderate turbulence, especially in the morning but "not as bad as today".

WTF?

Grumble. I hate hate hate turbulence.
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o22 is, ah, fun in turbulence. I even posted a video a little while ago of a botched landing I had over there in gusty turbulent conditions - while nothing bad happened, I certainly had a nice little scare. Just be careful when you come in; in the anticipated conditions, 35 will suck you down pretty hard turning to final (a little like Novato which you're used to does on the same turn, Kim), whereas 17 will seem to want to run away from you as you're trying to come in low to compensate but the trees get in the way.
 
Oh, and while I get not landing on 11/29, do take off from it! it's fun to do and it's one of the best grass strips around.
 
Hey guys I can't make the fly-in today. Fly friendly and I will see you on the next one.
 
Sorry all, we will catch you next month - this is our last weekend to get organized for our wedding and my family visiting from Australia. So much to do! We'd rather be flying. :)

P.s. Yes Kimberly the cell phone service is fine up there, so you should be able to text.
 
Had a great time today everyone! Good to meet all those that I did. Big thanks to Kimberly for letting me tag along in the Archer. Hopefully I'll have my dang PPL soon and can join in on one soon in the C150.
 
It was a great day for flying. I had fun seeing everyone again and meeting a few new people.
 
My two cents:

1. Pilots - young and old. Youngest still in their 20's and oldest I'm not sure really

2. Pilots - new (student) through experienced (hundreds or perhaps thousands of hours)

3. Pilots - men and women! Kimberly and Martina - and if Jen attended - three PIC women!

4. Pilots - from all around - two from Germany, many others from all parts of the local SF Bay Area.

5. Pilots - from airplane renters and passengers - to airplane owners.

6. Perfect (and I do mean perfect) weather.

7. Easy access to the local town and restaurant. Table waiting and ready for us upon arrival, even though we had a big group and they don't take reservations.
 
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