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Flight to Camarillo

On Sunday, John (Strategic Accounts Manager from Wipro), his wife Jennifer and I flew from Hawthorne to Camarillo for lunch. The weather was pretty much overcast with tops at 5000. I filed my flight plan for 6000 (IFR). However, ATC … Continue reading

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Whiteman to Hawthorne Flight

On the first of this year (2009), on my way back from San Francisco, I got dropped off at Whiteman airport to pick up N7275R. The plane has been there over a month to have the HSI fixed – long … Continue reading

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Night flight with Neeta and the dogs

We took off around 4:35 pm on Saturday from Hawthorne airport. The sky was bright red with the sun setting behind the clouds. The dogs in the back seat were scared and nervous. It was only their second or third … Continue reading

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Flabob Airport Flight

Bill Goddard (my IFR and CPL instructor) and I did a VFR flight from Hawthorne to Flabob airport near Riverside. The weather was goregous – raining and sunny patches. The rain looked like a cascading waterfall and ATC called us … Continue reading

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