SF Bay Area / Portland Oregon round trip
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 3:10 am
My youngest son is on spring break, so my daughter & I visited him over the weekend in Portland.
Much to my surprise we were cleared directly through the standard Bravo departure airspace out of SFO.
Apparently it was a slow morning!
With a ~30kt headwind, the flight north was a kidney-testing 5 hours. The return flight was considerably faster!
We returned inland past Mt. Shasta as high as the overcast allowed, eventually climbing to 13,500 by the CA/OR border.
This was my first long trip since installing the Tempest fine wire plugs. LOP works a *lot* better now! The fuel savings enabled us to reach Portland non-stop, in spite of the headwind.
Here are a few pics that turned out OK.
For high-resolution annotated versions (plus some extras) check here: Link
I've never been cleared into this section of Bravo before.
This is actually a small fraction of the extensive dunes along the Oregon coast.
Hundreds of people were out in dune buggies enjoying the sand.
We were cruising at 13,500', but Mt. Shasta is ~14,200'.
In the higher-resolution version you can see the Farallon Islands past the Golden Gate Bridge.
No pics, but during this stretch the airspeed indicator was at Vne!
Chris
Much to my surprise we were cleared directly through the standard Bravo departure airspace out of SFO.
Apparently it was a slow morning!
With a ~30kt headwind, the flight north was a kidney-testing 5 hours. The return flight was considerably faster!
We returned inland past Mt. Shasta as high as the overcast allowed, eventually climbing to 13,500 by the CA/OR border.
This was my first long trip since installing the Tempest fine wire plugs. LOP works a *lot* better now! The fuel savings enabled us to reach Portland non-stop, in spite of the headwind.
Here are a few pics that turned out OK.
For high-resolution annotated versions (plus some extras) check here: Link
I've never been cleared into this section of Bravo before.
This is actually a small fraction of the extensive dunes along the Oregon coast.
Hundreds of people were out in dune buggies enjoying the sand.
We were cruising at 13,500', but Mt. Shasta is ~14,200'.
In the higher-resolution version you can see the Farallon Islands past the Golden Gate Bridge.
No pics, but during this stretch the airspeed indicator was at Vne!
Chris