Recent content by Skates97

Are you certain you have to have the turbo? It would be nice, especially in the hot summer months, but possible is not a "necessity," especially if you are looking for lower maintenance costs. We've flown our Mooney with an O-360 in it all over the place in the southwest (CA/AZ/UT/ID) and...

There are noise abatement procedures, Runway 06 is preferred and when departing 06 to follow the railroad and no turns until 1000' AGL. Taking off on Runway 24, no turns before 700' AGL. I do not think that played any role here.

It was not a go around. I was there and watched him take off. I started to drive away after he lifted off and then saw the fireball.

I couldn't say, just relaying my experience there at the airport last night and that of a mechanic that was there. I was in my hangar when he was doing his run-up so couldn't say how long he was there. I did hear different planes going through run-ups but have no idea how long that particular...

His previous flight from UT to CA on the 15th was supposed to leave at 10:00pm UTC and didn't depart until 10:43pm UTC, perhaps not "unlikely".

The pilot should have been familiar with the runway, I am told he had a hangar there. I was there last night and saw him start to depart, I had just finished flying. I was leaving and stopped about where the red dot is on the picture because I heard a plane getting ready to depart and like most...

Update provided by NTSB ,five people passed away, the pilot, plus four people in the house, two males and two females. A very sad day. https://ktla.com/2019/02/03/crews-responding-to-fire-in-yorba-linda-following-report-of-small-plane-crash/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

One of the engines is up against the front of a house with the prop in the driveway quite a bit from the crash site. This is all just up the hill from my house. We saw the smoke on the way home from church and thought it was just a house fire. When we got home the neighbors were all outside...

This is a video posted from one of the local FB groups https://twitter.com/the_bluejacket/status/1092205308338876416?s=19

It can be seen in some of the pictures of the fuselage.

Debris scattered over quite a large area, accounts saying the plane came down in pieces.

Which hours would that be? I've been there at 5am, during the middle of the day, at 11pm, it's always a disaster... I try to avoid LAX whenever possible, even if it's more expensive. As others have said, SNA and LGB are both fantastic airports to fly in and out of.

Mine was just past there to Thermal, I thought it would be cool to land below sea level. The altimeter stopped at zero... I love flying at night, but I try to make sure I am somewhere that I can see some kind of lights below, the LA Basin is perfect for it. I am not to where I will fly across...

I used US Aircraft Finance a couple of years back and was very happy with their service throughout the process. http://www.usaircraftfinance.com/

I used a suction mount inside as well and it did a good job. This is the one I bought, $13.00 was right in my price range. You can position it however you want. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PQ4ACQ2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 This was some pattern work when I was...