Spring 2003

The second Sunday of spring promised to be the last nice day for a while. Some of us decided to stop by Pacific City (KPFC) after breakfast at the Flying M Ranch.

Weather on the coast was calm and hazy. Airplane parking at KPFC was in short supply.

Above: Scattered low clouds near Forest Grove April 6.
Left: Yellow ribbons for our troops at the Flying M Ranch.

TAF KHIO 061120Z 061212 19005KT P6SM -SHRA SCT015 OVC040 TEMPO
     1216 5SM -SHRA BKN015
     FM1600 20006KT P6SM SCT025 BKN045 TEMPO 1620 -SHRA
     BKN025 OVC040
     FM2000 22008KT P6SM VCSH BKN040 BKN060
 
METAR KHIO 061453Z 00000KT 10SM FEW110 03/03 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP163 
    60002 T00330028 53024

April 30: Three NDB approaches in weather perfect for practicing NDB approaches. About a half hour in actual.
Pictures taken by Canon 10D with 50mm lens (80mm equivalent). Pictures with dark border may be clicked on for larger versions.

Would you believe? No weather anywhere! Click on thumbnail for larger.)
May 6 flight to Annie's at Independence, then back via the coast.
Below: Three Arch Rocks west of Tillamook

The Ranch is once again on the market....

During the annual the stall detector was removed, cleaned, and replaced. The 21st I took N2469R up to check the stall warning calibration. Afterwards I flew around Hagg Lake and Forest Grove waiting for darkness. Eventually it was dark enough for night currency stop-and-go lanings.

Failing light caused the progressive loss in clarity in the pictures below.

Left: RV-10 prototype lifting off from Stark's Twin Oaks airpark 7S3 June 7.

Below: The next day clouds over Hillsboro allowed me to log three instrument approaches. I cancled IFR after the third approach. 20 nm to the southwest, the Flying M Ranch was clear.