Have you ever wanted to get a depper understanding of how NorCal controllers manage air traffic? Why and what happens when you are asked to IDENT? If so, join the FOG group for a unique tour of the NorCal TRACON facility in Sacramento. If interested, email [email protected]. The tour is scheduled for 10 am and
Come join the FlyOutGroup (FOG) on Friday, September 27 with a scenic flight to Watsonville (WVI)! An easy location to get to from the Bay Area, enjoy a quick hop over the Santa Cruz Mountains, and then descend over Monterey Bay. Park in Transient Parking, and we’ll all meet at Ellas at the Airport for
Recently, Team SCFC completed our move into the hangar next door, centralizing all of our maintenance operations. On Sep. 28, come check out our new hangar and join us for a BBQ! We invite everyone for an afternoon filled with food, drinks, and fun! The BBQ will be at our hangar, but you can come
The Colorado mountains are filled with countless picturesque sights and landmarks, and the Bay Area Fly Out Group (FOG) recently experienced that on an amazing flying trip throughout the rocky mountains. Colorado brings pilots some of the most challenging terrains to fly around, and toughest airports to land at; and during this seminar you’ll learn
Are you interested in aviation but not sure where to begin? Are you looking to find out more about becoming a pilot with a group of others like yourself? San Carlos Flight Center invites all prospective pilots to attend this workshop to learn about what it takes to become a part of general aviation. This
NOTE: Since this event will involve active discussion, it will be held over Zoom and not broadcast via Livestream. Please RSVP by 12pm on Oct 16th to receive Zoom meeting info via email before the event starts. Most pilots like analyzing scenarios and trying to answer the age old question of what would I do in
This month, join us on October 17 for dinner at Monterey! Whether you take the coastal route or over highway 17, the flight down is an easy one from the Bay Area. Monterey Airport doesn’t have a transient parking ramp, but we will park at the Del Monte Aviation FBO. After parking, its a short
How many pilots does it take to get through a corn maze? We're taking the customary FlyOutGroup (FOG) lunch flight and adding a fun Halloween twist. Just right of final to the 25 Runways at Livermore airport is a little gem called G & M Farms. Each year in October they turn their farm into
Students and new pilots are increasingly flying with computer tablets, and using software that replaces paper charts and documents with the digital equivalents. These applications, such as ForeFlight, are extremely powerful and have a plethora of features. For a pilot just beginning to use ForeFlight, the choices and options seem overwhelming. Valuable features and capabilities
It's always amazing to see how much variety can come from only a handful of instrument approach navigation systems. This month’s IFR Approach Plate Lunch approaches into Salem, OR are a geometrical seesaw. There’s an ILS approach on one runway and a localizer backcourse approach on the opposing runway, and it looks as though you
