Monday, August 12, 2013

Hour 68 - Pismo with Vineha and Shiv

It looks like I neglected to post hour 68.  My co-worker Vineha and her fiancé Shiv went with us to good old L52 (Oceano-Pismo).

Some happy fliers
The weather was pretty solid - some cover over Vandenberg (as always), but our route was otherwise CAVU (ceiling and visibility unlimited)
Today's crew, piloting the Cessna 182

After a quick trip to the gas pump, we departed for L52 with Melch in the front, trying (mostly in vain) to see over the cowling of the 182's big six-cylinder engine.

Gas run
Melch is learning a bunch of plane stuff - pre-flight, gas, radios, GPS, iPad, etc.
In addition to the fun approach over the dunes, L52 boasts the Rock and Roll diner as an attraction.  If it sounds familiar, that's because we went there for hour 74 as well.  The mathematicians among you have probably caught me - I posted hour 74 before hour 68.

Rock and Roll railroad car diner


On the return flight, Vineha took the controls and I showed her how the basic flight surfaces worked.

Also struggling to see over the cowling...
Vineha ended up with two vehicle lessons in one, as she was also interested in trying the 911.  She was pretty new to manuals and her experience had been in India where they're backwards.  She did quite well though and didn't put car or passengers through any severe discomforts.

Once she was done I took the wheel to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine (hoon about for a bit).

First flight + first drive in a 911?  Not a bad day!
The stop-motion video from the flight is on youtube.

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