Christmas Flights in the Bay Area

[Joe Zuffoletto]

Conditions in the Bay Area have been excellent for the past week or so and I've been taking advantage of it to fly my Acclaim around.

On Christmas Eve, I did a little formation flying with @FlyDave

On Christmas Day, I flew solo from Petaluma to Carmel and back. Didn't land anywhere, just went sightseeing. Pretty much had the skies to myself, too!

Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge:

Golden Gate Park, the Sunset and Outer Sunset districts, and Ocean Beach:

Golden Gate Park:

Half Moon Bay airport (KHAF):

Pigeon Point Lighthouse:

Santa Cruz:

Spanish Bay golf course:

Cypress Point Club in the foreground; Pebble Beach beyond:

Pebble Beach:

Downtown Santa Cruz:

Outer Richmond and Richmond districts, with downtown San Francisco beyond. Mt. Diablo looms in the distance about 20 miles away:

GGB, full span:

The day after Christmas, my wife and I did some sightseeing in Santa Rosa and the Wine Country.

One of many burned-out neighborhoods in Santa Rosa. So sad:

Napa Valley:

Lots of great flying, with more to come! Tomorrow we're off to John Wayne Airport (KSNA) to visit my parents for a few days.

Happy New Year, everyone!

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[Niko182]

how long does it usually take you to get from o69 to ksna

[Joe Zuffoletto]

About 2 hours and 10 minutes.

[FlyDave]

Nice post Joe and Great flying with you that day!

I haven't done any formation flying in a while...I'm surprised we didn't trade a little paint .

See 'ya on the rebound!

[flyboy0681]

You definitely hit all of the hot spots.

[carusoam]

Great pics, Joe!

Best regards,

-a-

[Joe Larussa]

Nice!!

[kerry]

Thanks for the pictures.  It brought back many memories.  I use to surf sunset beach regularly and also took advantage of October swells under the Golden Gate bridge while attending school in SF.