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2016 Year End Flight with FlyDave in Northern CA


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The day after Christmas I had the good fortune to go up in FlyDave's Bravo on an absolutely perfect Bay Area day. We did a short Bay Tour from Petaluma and for the first time I got to play photographer instead of pilot. So now I finally have some great aerial photos of SF and the surrounding area.

Here's Dave's Bravo on the ramp before departure.

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Lots of rain lately, so everything is green and lush.

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The Petaluma River snaking its way towards the San Francisco Bay. You can see San Francisco in the distance.

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San Quentin Prison, home of California's (nominal) death row.

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View showing San Quentin's proximity to San Francisco and a lot of very pricey real estate.

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Beautiful Marin County.

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Hillside homes in Sausalito. My house is circled in red.

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Next we headed towards the Golden Gate and the Pacific beyond.

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The Marin Headlands, looking northwest.

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Turned around to get some shots of the City. Here we are approaching it from the northwest. Ocean Beach, Golden Gate Park and the western neighborhoods are in view.

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Approaching San Francisco.

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Even closer. You can see Salesforce Tower under construction, the first building in SF that will be taller than the Pyramid.

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Another prison: Alcatraz. It's shrouded in white tarps while extensive renovations proceed beneath.

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The new section of the Oakland Bay Bridge, with downtown Oakland as a backdrop.

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UC Berkeley in the foreground with Mount Diablo in the distance.

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Heading back to the airport over pastoral Sonoma County.

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Short final, runway 11 at O69.

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Dave, thanks for the amazing flight! It was a perfect way to close out another year of flying Mooneys.

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