6/4/2002
hobbs: 1.5hrs
Flight from 6:30-8pm. (hobbs time)
Funny new cirrus plane with heavy accent pilot kept Oakland Ground confused while they found the taxiway and fuel.
Still took a while with the checklists - did all of them, but due to a clearance to takeoff from 33, Jeff taxied
off to the side of the wide taxiway pre-33 for the runup.
I did all of the radio tuning, and one call to Oakland Tower and Oakland Ground at the end of the flight.
Did some 30 and 45 degree steep turns - some while maintaing altitude within 100 feet (and instruments covered with a map!)
Did some slow flight - 50 knots with full flaps maintaining altitude. Then recovery procedure as if it was a go-around.
Did clearing turns, looked for and found lots of traffic this time.
Did climbing and descending turns - this was tough & cool.
All told - it was a great flight - Jeff landed as it was directly into the sun (poor visibility).
Awesome views of the city/bay area/east bay hills.
On Oakland's direction to the Mormon Temple, I flew us nearly perfectly towards it (didn't even see it at first),
taking us from near point richmond, via a direct line over the Berkeley campus.
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