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| Beautiful Sunrise.. note the cloud layer, the airport is on the right |
Today was a great flying day despite not being able to fly back to San Diego. After checking the weather this morning, found that there as a nice overcast layer hanging over San Diego, so I had a choice wait and hope the layer would burn off and hope the winds weren’t too high in Santa Ynez (IZA) in the afternoon to take off headed to San Diego, or fly locally. I decided not to wait and went flying, thinking at-least I’d be able to get some flight time in before the winds picked up in IZA.
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| Transit Parking Spot 1 - Santa Ynez |
Dad, drove me down to the airport and saw me off. I was off to make a loop to Paso Robles,Lompoc and return to IZA. Should be 3hrs of cross country time. The flight up to Paso Robles (PRB) went well, the weather was beautiful making for a great trip.
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| Grumman Albatross @ Paso Robles Jet Center |
After landing in PRB I checked the weather at IZA, the winds were picking up. So I decided to skip my stop at Lompoc on the way back, thankfully the same winds I was worried about pushed me back to IZA. Luck was with me the winds were straight down the runway, as I made a soft landing which was awesome because my Dad watched me land.
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| Bees!! |
Unfortunately the winds were getting heavy so I was done for the day. After parking strangest thing happened, the plane was swarmed by bees. Dad helped me gingerly cover the plane and tie it down for the night. Luckily neither of us were stung. Soon we were off, with Dad treating me to another great lunch. Thanks Dad!
After lunch I called to checked on the weather in San Diego, and found the weather hadn’t improved. I was thankful I made the right decision. 2.1hrs of cross country time done. The rest of the day was spent helping Dad with some chores, and hanging out. Dad even treated to trip to the new local beer pub in Buelton, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Another great day!
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| Another beautiful day in Solvang, even if its windy |
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