Flight to Grass Valley, CA for an Armed Forces Day last weekend. There were food trucks, lots of great airplanes, flour bombing and spot landing demonstrations. I toured a C-47 which flew from Paso Robles, CA and gawked at all airplanes :)

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National Champtionship Air Races (formerly Reno Races) found a new home in New Mexico!

https://airrace.org/news/national-championship-air-races-take-off-for-roswell-nm-in-2025/

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On Fri I sneaked out of VIP TFR and flew to New Cuyama, CA (L88) #flyin. Enjoyed fancy group dinner at Cuyama Buckhorn (excellent food) while Blue Sky Center hosted on-airport camping and movie night ("Only Angles Have Wings"). Next day I flew via Cajon Pass into Riverside, CA Flabob Airport (RIR) to Low&Slow flyin. Camped and ate well. On Sun marine layer lingered until 11 and short five hours later I was home. Fun was over, back to work.

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3.3h on the Hobbs during a post frontal day. Windy, gusty, thermals, bases at 3500 and fun! :) Got cheap fuel at Gustine, CA (3O1) where time stoppped. Pilot lounge was clean, fuel was cheap but ~all hangars were vacant and falling apart :( Runway is in good shape. Wanted to stop at E45 but ceilings were too low, so I swung by O22 where I crossed paths with "Youtube Pilots".

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