Recent flight to Hemet-Ryan field, (KHMT). Airport Cafe evaluation, I can highly reccomend the "Hangar 1 Cafe". The bur gers, fries and sandwiches are all you would expect, the service is enthusiastic, and the decor is pure airport cafe to the max!
But the real treat is thier pie! Had a "Mango/rasberry" that was simply "to fly for"!!!

A Lenten message

Lord;
I offer thee
Every flower that ever grew,
Every bird that ever flew,
Every wind that ever blew.
Good God!
Every thunder rolling,
Every Churuch bell tolling,
Every leaf and sod
Laudamus Te!
I offer thee
Every wave that ever moved,
Every heart that ever loved,
Thee, thy Father's well-beloved.
Dear Lord!
Every river dashing,
Every lightning flashing,
Like an angel's sword.
Benedicimus Te!
I offer thee
Every cloud that ever swept
O'er the skies and broke and wept
In rain and with the flowers slept
My King!
Every communicant praying,
Every angel staying
Before thy throne to sing
Adoramus Te!
I offfer thee
Every flake of virgin snow,
Every spring of earth below,
Every human joy and woe.
My Love!
O Lord! And all thy glorious
Self o'er death victorious
Throned in heaven above.
Glorificamus Te!

Aerial Samples

On Friday the 17th I had oppertunity too snap a few sample shots. these two sort of stood out as good examples of the beauty of the area, and of my capabilities for getting the big view of things. This week I hope to put some close up & personal shots on the blog

This is a valuble tool for real estate sales, Consruction documentation and other promoional work. I can do this at a fraction of the cost of the big "helicopter" or "Aerial survey" operators. I will be set up for vertical work by April and ready for Video by June.

Winter wierdness

This morning in Tehachapi it was cold and wet, "Soggy, Foggy, and Cold"! A bit of ice in the mix, NOT a good day to fly. However at the sky clears we get some really interesting cloud formations.

This week promises to be busy and exciting. Lots of work to get done and some new adventures to fly. who could ask for more?

Update 02/10/2012

Just a quick update to share that a lot of changes are in the wind from the FAA regarding aircraft certification and comopliance issues. There are a lot of fast moving policy changes that will affect how airworthiness certificates will be issued. Not all is bad, but it will make the work of the DAR more important then ever.

Happenings

Since the last report a lot has transpired. The runway you see is that of Furnace Creek, in Death Valley, the lowest public use airport in the country. This fall we went there, and at a cool 107 degrees F the place lived up to it's name. A word of warning, don't even thnk about it in the sumertime! The food is "OK" but the experiance is quite delightfull. Just remember, they dont call it "Death Valley" for nothing. Pack a lot of water.

At the other end of the specrum, the King Air was parked at Tromso Norway! I had the task of going there to issue a "Ferry Permit" to allow it to be flown to Manila. As a DAR I can issue a Ferry Permit on any US regitered aircraft anywhere in the world! What fun! Tromso is above the arctic circle by the way, even further north than Bodo!

The food in Norway is great (but pricy) the country beautiful. I would love to see more of the place.

We have been doing a fair bit of Aerial Photo support flying, and working that angle a bit. Student flying is down, but some "special project" aircraft are cluttering up the hangar here, waiting for either the owners to cough up some cash, or jsut make up their minds as to what they want!

Just put on a part time helper, a young A&P fresh out of school, lots of enthusiasim but shy on experiance. Work gets done a bit quicker and I have time to market and fly, not to mention take care of the mountain of paperwork that all the work generates.