Today I took off from KVNY to KTOA. I passed through Los Angeles Special Flight Rule area. The weather was nice, flying above the clouds and having some fun on Warrior N7192Y.
Flight time : 1.2 hrs
Landings : 2
Take off time : 11:00 AM
Posted in Fun Flights, PA-28-161 Warrior
Today I fly N704QJ, a C150 two sitter airplane.
It’s fun to fly small airplane, but compared to 172 this plane has smaller engine, a 100HP engine which you can’t expect much from it. We flew to practice area and did basic maneuvers, power on/off stalls, steep turns. Check even showed me to fly the airplane with only my feet, get the feeling of the flight and enjoy it. After getting back to KWHP, we did some landings and takeoffs. We also practiced emergency power-off landing.
I would fly back this airplane again soon.
N704QJ - C150 at Vista Air
N704QJ - C150 at Vista Air
Posted in Cessna 150, Fun Flights | Tags: C150, Emergency Procedure, Power Off Stall, Power On Stall
Today I flew to Santa Paula airport KZSP from Whitman airport.
The weather was fantastic and I saw lots of airplanes on the air. Santa Paula is a small airport, nice and interesting place to go. I will check it out again later for sure.
Today I flew N828SP, it’s a nice 172 and fun to fly.
Santa Paula Airport
GPS Track on the to KSZP
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GPS track return to KWHP
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Flight time : 1.7 hrs
Landings : 2
Flight Time : 12:00 PM
Go Around : 1
Posted in Fun Flights | Tags: KSZP
Today I flew N21705 from KVNY and practice VOR navigation over FIM and VNY.
On the way back to KVNY, I heard on radio that 16R is closed due to a crash landing on runway. I took some pictures ! that must be very costly landing gear issue !
Flight duration : 1.1
Number of landings : 1
Flight Time : 2:00 PM
Posted in Default
Today I flew N326LP at Vista air at WHP with CFI to complete check out process and being able to rent out from them. We took off at 5:00 PM and flew direct to KSMO over KBUR. The weather was fantastic today. The past 2-3 days the high pressure system was moved into the area and cause high winds, but today all was good, winds 5 knots!
Arriving to KSMO was very interesting, first we have to make a right 360 just to be able to talk to tower. Then the ATC send us over UCLA and we have to wait there and circle two 360′s until we get clearness to land on 21. We made a short landing and taxi back to 21. Again we have to wait for all arrivals and 7 departures before us. By the time we took off, sun was behind the few clouds in the hirizon over the pacific ocean, glowing the gold color over the pacific and turning the sky into orange. That we are flying for…. isn’t it?
Here is the GPS track of the flight.
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Flight duration : 1.1
Number of landings : 2
Flight Time : 5:00 PM
Posted in Airports I’ve been, Fun Flights
Today was a perfect day for scenic flight around Los Angeles. Wind Calm, visibility 10 nm and nice temperature. I should complete my check out on Warrior N91702Y. I took my cousin and CFI and took off from KVNY, heading toward Hollywood Sign, then Downtown LA on 1800 Ft. Then we headed to Santa Monica and Malibu over the shore line. After that we took north and headed back to KVNY. This route is a very nice route around LA. See my GPS track below for details.
Take Off time: 10:00 PST
Flight Time : 1.0 hrs
Landings : 1
Posted in Fun Flights
Today I flew N9172Y Warrior from KVNY. This was my first low wing experience and I have to admit that I liked it. The overall aircraft performance is much stable and the cockpit view it wider and more open. We flew into the practice area and did slow flight, power on/off stalls, steep turns and get familiarized with overall controls and performance of the plane. Returning to the airport and we practice landings, touch and goes, no flap landing and emergency landing. Warrior lands easier compared to Cessna, at least that’s how I experienced. The ground effect is holding the plane and results are smooth landings.
Take Off time: 15:00 PST
Flight Time : 1.4 hrs
Landings : 5
Posted in Flight Training, PA-28-161 Warrior | Tags: Emergency Procedures, Power Off Stall, Power On Stall, Slow Flight, Steep Turn, TOLA
Flying in a perfect day, blue skies, fantastic weather condition to Big Bear and Catalina island.
Even though I’m flying in So Cal for last 2 years, but I never had the chance to fly to L35 (Big Bear) or KAVX (Catalina).
One of the friends who owns a very nice 152 offered me the ride. The journey starts from KEMT (El Monte) with direct flight to Big Bear at 9500. We arrived Big Bear in -5 C in the morning around 8:45 AM. The breakfast was nice and after refueling we took off direct heading to KAVX at 10500. Arriving to KAVX and landing there is interesting experience for any pilot.
Just right when we were ready to took off, we witnessed a crash right at KAVX. The 172 landed with no landing gears, pilot forgot to put down the landing gears. The pilot was a 30 year veteran pilot on a fully loaded 172! So how this happened or what caused the chain of the errors is still not known.
Due to this accident, we were grounded in Catalina for over an hour. After reopening the runway, we took off and headed back to KEMI.
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Flight Time : 3.0 hrs
Flight Distance : 200 nm
Landings : 3
Posted in Fun Flights
Today I flew N21705 to update my night current status (FAR 61.57). The weather was fantastic, we used runway 34L for take off and then did all landings and full stops on 34R.
Landings : 5 – (3 full stop)
Flight time : 1.1 hrs
Posted in Fun Flights | Tags: Night Current, Night Flight
Today we flew over Los Angeles basin, a fantastic day to fly and enjoy the LA from above. Sean and Todd joined me today in N532ER. We took of from KVNY to northbound, flying over KWHP and heading to east over 210 freeway till Rose bowl. Then headed back south, flying toward LA downtown. Turning north to Hollywood sign and then getting back to KVNY.
Sean and Me
Rose Bowl Pasadena
Los Angeles Downtown,2500 ft AGL
Hollywood Sign
Preflight
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Safe Landing
Click for the Picasa Album. Thanks to Sean, my co-pilot of the flight.
GPS Trace of the flight:
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Take Off time: 11:46 PST
Flight Time: 0.9 hrs
Landings: 1
Posted in Fun Flights | Tags: fun flight
