FOG Events
Operation Columbia
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country: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.
Full Moon Flyers Dinner – Special Upwind Edition
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country: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
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country: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
FOG Skywriting
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country: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
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country: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
The Beale Crossing
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country: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
Full Moon Flyers – Changed to KSTS
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Due to smoke we will change our destination tonight to enjoy outdoor socially distance dining at Santa Rosa's Sky Lounge. The flight is spectacular, the restaurant is in the terminal building. The night flight home can be used to renew your night currency and/or satisfy a night cross country requirement as well as the San
The San Andreas Fault
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:The San Andreas Fault roughly extends 750 SM from SE California near Arizona to NW California at the Pacific Coast. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. The slip rate along the fault ranges from 20 to 35 mm (0.79 to 1.38 in)/yr. The fault is capable of making earthquakes as big as
SpaceX launch of a Falcon 9 Block 5 Rocket – Vandenberg AFB
Vandenberg AFBTake a plane down to the Vandenberg area to watch a SpaceX launch of a Falcon 9 Block 5 Rocket. Click on the link below for more details: https://www.spacelaunchschedule.com/launch-schedule/launch-details.php?id=1311 Note: Date and Time may vary so check the link for updates
The Sacramento Trilogy
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Anytime during the first 2 weeks of December fly to Sacramento California and land at all 3 towered airports in one day. Sacramento International (KSMF), Sacramento Executive (KSAC) and Sacramento Mather (KMHR). Submit a 1 sentence description of your flight to [email protected] so we can all compare all of our experiences. Don't forget to beware