Cessna 172 - Fly day over the San Gabriel Mountains
Oct 16, 2013 22:42:22 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2013 22:42:22 GMT -5
On Sunday I went up in a private plane with my buddy Andre. Our pilot is a salty old dog, Rick. What a great guy he was. Been flying since he could walk I am sure.
Dashboard
At first it was all clouds
More readouts
Heading east from Upland, CA
The haze is starting to clear
The prop!
The radio stuff
rockncajun - this is I-15 north is to the left. Ray this is where we headed north to go to Wrightwood. Left/lower is good old Route 66, where many got their kicks.
This is the western edge of the "San Bernardino Mountains", here we are looking northeast towards - Crestline, Lake Gregory, Lake Arrowhead and way farther out is Big Bear Mountain.
An other view of I-15 looking north again. The turn west to Wrightwood (Actinolite) is way up top.
We are at 5200 feet above sea level. Approximately 3000 feet over takeoff. This is Highway 30 that goes to crestline. To the right of dead center on the cliff next to the highway is the appropriately named "Cliffhanger Restaurant". They are closed more than open due to weather.
Soon the road became higher than us and that is the pilots milestone for "halfway through the ride" and we turned around. We flew over (looking down) a large pair of red tailed hawks. I could not capture them. Scenery.
Zillion Dollar homes with a view
Count the swimming pools
Final approach
Runway 24 - Cable Airport - prepared to land. Rick landed in a 10-12 mph crosswind. The plane swinging to and fro like a pendulum, then at the very last second, he levelled it off and sat it down like a well trained huntin' dog. Nice as can be. The applause wasdeafening non-existent. Rick was simply awesome.
Fat ole man - 35# lighter since April
More at my flickr set
We got back in time to have a buffalo burger at the Buffalo Inn and then off to the afternoon soccer match. The girls won 3-nil!
Dashboard
At first it was all clouds
More readouts
Heading east from Upland, CA
The haze is starting to clear
The prop!
The radio stuff
rockncajun - this is I-15 north is to the left. Ray this is where we headed north to go to Wrightwood. Left/lower is good old Route 66, where many got their kicks.
This is the western edge of the "San Bernardino Mountains", here we are looking northeast towards - Crestline, Lake Gregory, Lake Arrowhead and way farther out is Big Bear Mountain.
An other view of I-15 looking north again. The turn west to Wrightwood (Actinolite) is way up top.
We are at 5200 feet above sea level. Approximately 3000 feet over takeoff. This is Highway 30 that goes to crestline. To the right of dead center on the cliff next to the highway is the appropriately named "Cliffhanger Restaurant". They are closed more than open due to weather.
Soon the road became higher than us and that is the pilots milestone for "halfway through the ride" and we turned around. We flew over (looking down) a large pair of red tailed hawks. I could not capture them. Scenery.
Zillion Dollar homes with a view
Count the swimming pools
Final approach
Runway 24 - Cable Airport - prepared to land. Rick landed in a 10-12 mph crosswind. The plane swinging to and fro like a pendulum, then at the very last second, he levelled it off and sat it down like a well trained huntin' dog. Nice as can be. The applause was
Fat ole man - 35# lighter since April
More at my flickr set
We got back in time to have a buffalo burger at the Buffalo Inn and then off to the afternoon soccer match. The girls won 3-nil!
