Monday, September 18, 2006

A sleepy blustery weekend

Happy Monday, Pilots!

As many of you noticed, our CFIs have conspired to all take Saturday off for various reasons. Unusual, but I suppose they deserve a day off :) We will be back to full strength this week, and hopefully these oddball winds will have blown over by then.

As many of you who DID fly noticed, the Santa Ana winds are blowing. This means random and strange clouds popping up, and wind blowing out to sea. Practice your runway 7 pattern and entry technique, and make sure to check the AWSS (132.175) before setting up your entry. Also keep an eye out, as some of the less skilled pilots at the airport might actually use 25 out of habit! (we've seen it, it's highly dangerous, keep an eye on the runway and 25 runup to be safe)

Cessna 20U is having her right magneto replaced today with a new. Apparently a $700 magneto only lasts for 9 months. (the 6 month warranty on it was just added insult to the injury) -- we'll have her back up tomorrow.

The weather is nice. Grab some Sky!

- Mike