{"id":97,"date":"2006-11-20T22:19:37","date_gmt":"2006-11-21T06:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lunabase.org\/~faber\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2006-11-20T22:20:06","modified_gmt":"2006-11-21T06:20:06","slug":"every-day-isnt-this-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lunabase.org\/~faber\/blog\/?p=97","title":{"rendered":"Every day isn’t this good"},"content":{"rendered":"

I took a new guy at ISI, John Hickey, flying this week, because he was vaguely interested and I love to take people up. Another good thing is that when I take new people up something fun usually happens. This trip was no exception.<\/p>\n

On departure we got ordered on and then off the runway as things got tight and then an IFR release came through. Not a problem for me, but it wasn’t the kind of smooth, orderly operations that you like to show a new GA passenger. John took it all in stride, but it wouldn’t have been fun for a nervous flyer, I expect.
\nIt was a clear day, but pretty hazy in the basin itself. We took my usual tour of the basin, down towards Torrance<\/a> and Long Beach<\/a>, up past Anaheim<\/a> and Fullerton<\/a>, out as far as Chino<\/a> and then back past Santa Monica<\/a>. We did get to pick out a few sights through the haze – I’m grousing more than I should, the view was pretty good – and then headed out to Camarillo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Camarillo’s usually a good choice for new flyers who like airplanes. The airport has such an active pilot community with so many experimentals and a strong CAF<\/a> presence that there’s usually something interesting to see. Boy did they not disappoint today. Just getting in things were busy enough that I had to fly a modified entry – basically an overhead entry for beginners – while a flight of Lancairs departed. But the ramp was the real treat.<\/p>\n

\"Mustang<\/p>\n

It’s not every day you come across a mirror-polished P-51 Mustang sitting on the flight line, even at CMA. I don’t really know where the pilot was coming from or going to, but he was going in that brilliant piece of aviation art. We spend more than a couple minutes gawking at it and taking pictures<\/a>. Times like these I’m happy that I carry a camera in my flight bag!<\/p>\n

After lunch we cruised over to the CAF hangar and had the run of the place for $5. Not to be outdone, the CAF had a spectacularly restored Corsair on the ramp that another transient pilot had parked there while he did whatever brought him to Camarillo. We got to both get a close up view of the Corsair and to hear the restoration folks chat about the details of the restoration. I never tire of hearing skilled restorers pick over a beautiful plane like this one.<\/p>\n

The trip back was pretty boring, though we did get a nice view of the Getty Villa. If John attracts planes like that I’ll have to drag him around more often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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