Minute 1: Takeoff from LGB after not borking the 12-step taxi instructions.
Minutes 2-5: Traverse the harbor, looking out for other hornets in the nest. S-turn because the cowling is in the way in the climb. Work ass off to avoid mid-air with like 3 other dudes. Get apocalyptically furious at the no-speaky japanese student who is trashing tower freq with nonsense and rendered any traffic alerts unreachable. Vow to pull a "reverse pearr harbor" when you become a rich and evil genius. Contemplate mounting paintball guns in the wingtips as a pallative in the meantime.
Minute 6-10: "Hey look, cruise ships!". Look for whales. Mistake a whitecap for a whale. Claim it, it's close enough.
Minute 11-15: Lap around the island. Look at Buffalo. Tell terrible story of how they got there. Salivate over upcoming buffalo burger, forget all moral indignation.
Minute 16-17: Land. Think "holy ****, did they just paint over the potholes? They raised the landing fee for that??" Look for a parking spot, end up in the dirt. Try not to sandblast neighboring aircraft. End up pushing the plane into the weeds manually, as there is no neighborly way to taxi in.
Minute 18: Pay the little king his $25 landing fee. Enjoy view of Palos Verdes, Pacific Ocean, Wildlife while sipping Arnold Palmer.
Yeah, it doesn't suck.
Minute 1: Takeoff from LGB after not borking the 12-step taxi instructions.
Minutes 2-5: Traverse the harbor, looking out for other hornets in the nest. S-turn because the cowling is in the way in the climb. Work ass off to avoid mid-air with like 3 other dudes. Get apocalyptically furious at the no-speaky japanese student who is trashing tower freq with nonsense and rendered any traffic alerts unreachable. Vow to pull a "reverse pearr harbor" when you become a rich and evil genius. Contemplate mounting paintball guns in the wingtips as a pallative in the meantime.
Minute 6-10: "Hey look, cruise ships!". Look for whales. Mistake a whitecap for a whale. Claim it, it's close enough.
Minute 11-15: Lap around the island. Look at Buffalo. Tell terrible story of how they got there. Salivate over upcoming buffalo burger, forget all moral indignation.
Minute 16-17: Land. Think "holy ****, did they just paint over the potholes? They raised the landing fee for that??" Look for a parking spot, end up in the dirt. Try not to sandblast neighboring aircraft. End up pushing the plane into the weeds manually, as there is no neighborly way to taxi in.
Minute 18: Pay the little king his $25 landing fee. Enjoy view of Palos Verdes, Pacific Ocean, Wildlife while sipping Arnold Palmer.
Yeah, it doesn't suck.
