Located just north of LA Center's Airspace is Paso Robles Municipal Airport, a busy non towered airport and convenient fuel station with the Paso Robles VOR on site. If you fly to the LA Basin, you will want to become familiar with it. The Paso Robles Municipal Airport is a 1300-acre site approximately four miles
"Why top shelf? Because that's where mama keeps the cookie jar." Many of us GA pilots who have been flying the Bay Area for years have flown through or under the SFO Bravo but have never flown over it. During the month of February, fly over the San Francisco Class Bravo and submit your favorite
It's California and we do have snow in winter but you just have to know where. Hint: Have you had a mountain check out? Your mission is to find an airport with surrounding snow and take a selfie of either you, your plane or both and submit it to [email protected]. If you are not familiar
We are in flying distance of Death Valley, one of the most beautiful places on earth during the spring desert flower bloom. This usually occurs between mid February through mid May but depends on several variable such as amount and timing of rainfall, winds and temperature. We have to maintain social distancing from each other
An airport under the Monterey Charlie Airspace and near the beach, the Marina Municipal Airport is the newest general aviation airport on the Monterey Peninsula. It consists of approximately 845.5 acres of property. It has been open for public use since 1995 and is dynamic and growing. This is a great place to practice flying
New this year for IFR pilots, New (No) Moon Flyers. The night does not get any darker and the terrain disappears. This month, the official New Moon is March 13th and if you are IFR current and proficient, lets fly to Castle (KMER) and back sometime from March 11 through March 16th. . The valley
This month, venture into the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas to Kern Valley Airport (L05), which resides near Lake Isabella, 2600 feet above the city of Bakersfield. Kern Valley is surrounded by mountain peaks on all sides, so make sure you examine the surrounding terrain before departure and plan a safe descent from cruising altitude
Yosemite National Park is one of America’s greatest treasures, with stunning glacier-carved cliffs, giant trees, and towering mountain peaks. Many of us have experienced this majestic place from the ground, but not many people have seen the park from the air. While one cannot land in Yosemite Valley (the closest airport is Mariposa on the