Air Facts

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

I assessed my personal condition and noted I was tired, but a short flight and get-home-it-is grabbed me (mistake #3). The Flight Plan I filed an IFR flight plan, KAZO-GIJ-OXI-MAPPS-EON-JOT-ILS2L-KDPA, then VFR to my homebase, 06C. As I crossed the runway threshold, it was solid IMC and I had to go missed.

Ceiling 90

Ceiling AGL Weather Threshold 90

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

The Cessna 150 Since I was the only instrument rated pilot on the team, and the weather was marginal VFR, I chose to fly the 172, N7358G, up to Fairfield on an IFR flight plan above the clouds at 7,000 feet. My IFR flight plan called for a climb through some 4,000′ of clouds up to a cruise altitude of 7,000 feet.

VOR 52

VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

The equipment was often not much modernized from the military days so the pilots likely hoped for good weather as they filed their flight plans. The longest runways had front course and back course ILS (Instrument Landing Systems) and an on-field VOR that provided navigation and approach capabilities for aircraft on instrument flights.

Weight-Shift-Control 52

Weight-Shift-Control VOR Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52