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Pre-takeoff checklist
I'd promised a friend a joyride in my VariEze yesterday, on condition that he treat me to breakfast. The Two Niner Diner at Petaluma, CA does a decent meal. Better check the weather, O69 isn't reporting online. Phone the AWOS, uh-oh, broken at 400ft... but wait! As of a couple of months ago, there is a new precision GPS approach with 270ft minimums. Previous best was around 1000ft. How convenient for a small uncontrolled airport in the hills which often gets socked in by the marine layer.
Take off from 33 at OAK in the gloom under BKN014, radar vectors, break out into bright sunshine at 3500ft, direct JIVLI, cleared straight in GPS 29 approach. Back down into the soup, pop out of the clouds at 400ft AGL, there's the runway, land and total time in the air was 17 minutes. Not bad for IFR in the Bay. Tasty breakfast, too.
Here's the plate: http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/1113/06838R29.PDF
And the pics: http://imgur.com/a/tXmzB
...and they called me crazy for putting a GNS 480 in a VariEze... :wink2:
Take off from 33 at OAK in the gloom under BKN014, radar vectors, break out into bright sunshine at 3500ft, direct JIVLI, cleared straight in GPS 29 approach. Back down into the soup, pop out of the clouds at 400ft AGL, there's the runway, land and total time in the air was 17 minutes. Not bad for IFR in the Bay. Tasty breakfast, too.
Here's the plate: http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/1113/06838R29.PDF
And the pics: http://imgur.com/a/tXmzB
...and they called me crazy for putting a GNS 480 in a VariEze... :wink2: