It was a great trip with over 2500 nm flown.  We seen way more scenery than anyone sitting in a tube at 40 thousand ft and had lots of fun doing it.  Kids are great flyers, the bumps do not bother them and never once asked how much farther on a 3.5 hr flight. Well maybe once;-

Runways are all north south, north of Las Vegas so an emergency pee stop will not be an option.  Good reason to tour Vegas again.  Winds are forecasted to be strong again tomorrow but at least we will be flying out of it.  They will be out of the north, it will be a slow bumpy ride tomorrow.

Rv10 in the sand

Once over Carlsbad we got cleared through the Bravo airspace. We made a slight deviation over Carlsbad so my wife could pictures of the flower fields. Approach allowed us to do so. We were soon on an unrestricted descend to a cross on a mountain before inbound to Montgomery . Unfortunately all the looking for the cross had me miss looking at Torrey Pines soaring site. We flew right over it. Some time there is just no time for site seeing.

We landed at Montgomery Field, the service was great. They were beside us before we even got the plane shut down and the rental car was a minute later.

We are here for a few days on the beach before heading north some time mid next week. So far the trip could not be better.

Landed at Fullerton today. We left Redding direct to the Golden Gate Bridge. Once past the bridge we got approval for a climb. Shortly after we were told to stop the climb and turn to 240. We headed out to sea. He soon turned us south bound. A minute later we had to turn to 270. That was basically a 180. There was a heavy with flap problems and basically wanted everyone out of the way. I finally got going south and back over land. The ride got rather bumpy until we got back over the valley. We got really beat up passing the last pass before the LA basin. We stayed clear of the Bravo and worked are way through with SoCal approach. Wow is LA ever big. I was glad to land, as it was a long flight with several high work load portions. I think we were airborne for about 3.5 hrs. I have to check. 3 days here then off to San diego.

What a great airplane, worked most of the day, airborne at 4:00 and still make 700nm trip and land at sunset. The trip over the rock pile at 10,500 had virtually no wind. We descended into Spokane and met with customs. First thing he said when I opened the door, you off to Connecticut! I prepped them when I booked, so glad they played along, great bunch. Kids don’t know we are going to Disney Land!

After that we climbed to 10,500 and the wind gradually got stronger. About 20kts on the tail. I expected more. The ground had lots of dust getting kicked up though. The ride was relatively smooth. The flight past mount Shasta at sunset was beautiful.

We got rewarded with a 21kt 45 degree cross wind in Redding. All and all an easy run. Kids were great, hopefully LA tomorrow afternoon.

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70 years ago today, a Consolidated B24-D Liberator, known as "Lady Be Good", took off

from her base in the Libyan desert, on a bombing run to Naples, Italy. She was one of the last planes to leave the field, and due to high winds and limited visibility, she flew on her own to the target and back toward her base.

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I went on a family trip a week ago. We spent three days in NYC, then went on an 8 day Bahamas cruise.

Other than a few snags, such as being delayed by the US Coast Guard in Port Canaveral due to a bomb scare... and another delay due to a FBI investigation on our morning arrival back in New York City due to the death of a 19 year old passenger, it was a very nice trip.

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This was shot with a variety of video cameras, including a Drift HD170 Stealth, a Canon HF S30, an iPod Touch 4G, and even a Kodak Playful.

Come along and enjoy a short jaunt with us as we show you some truly fun flying!

I quick trip to Edmonton for lunch. You get to see what is involved to fly into City Centre.

The video was shot using a Drift HD170 Stealth, an iPod Touch 4G, and a couple of iPhones. The quality of the video from the Drift is really dumbed down here, but it is an outstanding action camera. I highly recommend it.

The Cavalier was designed by Stan Macleod and this one was superbly built by Jack Weibe. I’m just the most recent custodian of this terrific and very capable little airplane.

I hope you enjoy the flight!