I went for a flight with my friend Caryn today. Just for fun. We weren't sure how the fog would be around the coast, so I got a very broad briefing covering the entire area South of KRHV, and planned to follow the weather.
We first went South and then cut over to the West till we were over the Calero reservoir and checked out the Calero park. It's rather pretty and my family and I were just there yesterday.
We then turned South and, as permitted by the KSJC Class C, punched up to take a good look at the coast. The entire area West of the Santa Cruz mountains was covered in clouds, and was not something we wanted to tackle.
We then went to Hollister where I attempted one short approach -- pattern altitude was 800' AGL so I came up short and was not stable and went around. On my second try I needed a burst of power to stabilize on centerline before landing, but the landing itself was un-eventful. So for some reason this was a bad energy management day. :)
We looked at cool planes in KCVH for a while then flew back to KRHV. Caryn took the controls for a little bit.
My first approach into KRHV was a straight-in glide where I ended up with too much energy and had to go around! But then I was in the regular pattern with traffic, so my next approach was a standard pattern and landing with power and full flaps. It went ok except for a bit of a ballooning and a slight bump. Nothing bad but ... could have been better.
So I guess, 2 landings, and an iffy landings day, but a lot of fun!
We first went South and then cut over to the West till we were over the Calero reservoir and checked out the Calero park. It's rather pretty and my family and I were just there yesterday.
We then turned South and, as permitted by the KSJC Class C, punched up to take a good look at the coast. The entire area West of the Santa Cruz mountains was covered in clouds, and was not something we wanted to tackle.
We then went to Hollister where I attempted one short approach -- pattern altitude was 800' AGL so I came up short and was not stable and went around. On my second try I needed a burst of power to stabilize on centerline before landing, but the landing itself was un-eventful. So for some reason this was a bad energy management day. :)
We looked at cool planes in KCVH for a while then flew back to KRHV. Caryn took the controls for a little bit.
My first approach into KRHV was a straight-in glide where I ended up with too much energy and had to go around! But then I was in the regular pattern with traffic, so my next approach was a standard pattern and landing with power and full flaps. It went ok except for a bit of a ballooning and a slight bump. Nothing bad but ... could have been better.
So I guess, 2 landings, and an iffy landings day, but a lot of fun!
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