More on the Adventure Flight

I'm still on a total high from the ferry flight from Oklahoma to California. All four of us had an amazing time and shared some pretty awesome experiences.

So, why did we do this? My friend Dan Dyer recently opened a new flying club/school called San Carlos Flight Center and these three planes are a part of his fleet. They needed to be picked up from Tulsa and moved to their new home in San Carlos, and Dan loves group flying outings as much as I do. None of us needed convincing to drop everything for three days and fly airplanes.

Looking through photos, I found a few more that struck my interest for various reasons. This one was taken by Dan in El Paso as Marc and I were doing the pre-flight inspections. One of the more important and less glamorous parts of flying. We're sampling fuel, which we all did three times a day - once after each refueling. Checking for fuel quality, quantity, type (100 low-lead, not jet fuel), and making sure those fuel caps are on tight.



Jonathan was our most reliable photographer on the trip, and this was a familiar sight. Makes me think of the Jack Johnson song lyric, "pictures of people, taking pictures of people..."

Endless flight planning... we couldn't just eat our breakfast, we broke out the iPads and finalized the plans for the next route. Weather was changing rapidly and we had to continue making adjustments.

Frequent phone calls home to check in that we just landed/were taking off/would check in again later. You can never have too many people know where you are, where you're going, and your route to get there.

Who's flying what plane this leg? I don't care. What do you want to fly? I don't care. How about you? Oh just pick one.

What trip to Tucson would be complete without a flyover of the airplane graveyard and corresponding photo? Check!