Good Morning Las Vegas

Departed out of LAS Thurs am back to the Bay Area.  Headed down for the Interbike trade show. Once again the Mirage has the capability to bend time.
Controllers routed me around in a high 270 due to loads of arriving traffic, which is how I grabbed this pic. The actual instrument clearance/departure was pretty quick [...]

Spectacular Ride to SBA

PAO to SBA today was perfect. Severely clear but for an ILS through a layer at SBA.  Then the flip-flop home this afternoon.  Here’s a shot of the valley with no marine layer . . . .

Cherrios to go

This is one of my all time favorite shots of my B36 from a few years ago.  The B-model really held a lot and we traveled many miles in it.  The boys have grown a bunch since, and we outgrew that plane last year, opting for pressurization and A/C.  The dudes certainly travel in style: [...]

On top of the Bay

This shot from Thurs around 7:30am local departing KPAO for SLC.  The marine layer is always beautiful on top.  This shot is looking south. San Jose is off the right wing.

Warm welcome to new Pilot!

As I walked off the 777 this past Wednesday I stared down at the relatively high message number on my phone.  What the heck, I’ll listen to a few as I walk down the terminal.  The weather was east coast hot, muggy and humid.  Not quite stifling and a lot like the cabin of my [...]