FOG Events

Sunday March 1st, we will fly to Harris Ranch (3O8) and meet at the Ranch Kitchen Restaurant  at 6 pm.   This is an awesome flight with tons of learning as well as good food. There is a 10% discount if you show your pilot’s certificate to your server. The airstrip is narrow so use those

Full Moon Flyers CHANGED to Hollister KCVH March 8, 2020 (Sun) 6 pm (SAME TIME)  Sunday March 8th is the Full Moon and this month we will fly to the  Hollister (KCVH) and dine at Seabrisa's Eatery NOTE this is a last minute change in venue     Meet at the Restaurant at 6 pm.

Sometime between June 12th - 15th,  FOG pilots should land at SQL, PAO, RHV, LVK, CCR, OAK and HWD. Submit your tail # so we can validate on FlightAware. Extra points for landing and taxiing back at CCR (beware of the new CCR airspace). Good luck everyone.

Time to regain that night currency as we fly to Half Moon Bay, tailgate at a social distance on the ramp with lawn chairs and BYOB snacks to watch the sunset.  If Half Moon Bay is forecasted to have poor weather our alternate will be the Nut Tree. Afterwards, it's time to renew your night

Each airplane will fly to Columbia and take pictures of the following:  1. most historic looking selfie  2. most beautiful flower seen in Columbia  3. oldest gravestone found at the Columbia Cemetery  and 4. an aviation related photo (aerial or ground)   The photos will be then posted on the web for our judges to view. 

The San Carlos Flight Center Upwind Scholarship Students are progressing nicely through their private pilot training and it's time for the Annual Upwind Scholarship Full Moon Flyers Dinner.  This will be outdoor dining and socially distanced sensitive to the current pandemic and will be held at the Santa Rosa Charles M Schultz - Sonoma County

 Vandenberg Space Launch Patrol   OUR MISSION:  To view from the air a rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Port     Vandenberg Air Force Base is first and foremost an active-duty military installation, as well as the preeminent west-coast spaceport and test range. It provides indispensable launch, landing, and range capabilities to the nation. The

Inspired by the AOPA article PILOT SKYWRITES TRIBUTE TO GEORGE FLOYD  about  the Canadian Cirrus SR22 pilot, Dimitri Neonakis who is using his airplane as "an artist’s brush to create images that are close to his heart."  Check out the article in the link, plot your image on your charts and use flight following and perhaps

5-Day Colorado Trip Exploring the Great Basin and Continental Divide From the Bonneville Salt Flats to Leadville to the Grand Canyon and everything in between. This year FOG travels across the Great Basin of Nevada & Utah to the highest elevation airport of Leadville in the Colorado Rockies and then on to Monument Valley, the

Beale Air Force Base has a permanent Temporary Flight Restriction or TFR over it.  We all know it and we all avoid that area. But did you know you can cross it?  This month's challenge is to research the TFR and then cross Beale airspace according to the rules of the TFR. Good luck.  It'll