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Great flying today, 3 planes flew to Poughkeepsie for Bfast then down the Hudson Corridor over Central Park then by Lady Liberty on the way to Old Bridge to see an RV. A short 2 min picture slide show of the 3 RV12s over Manhattan.
Brent number 1 contacted ATC for the flight of 3 and we were give clearance and guided around the TFR left turn over Central Park and then down the East River.
https://youtu.be/Yu23CeT5wjI
This morning, I headed up from Fallbrook to Oceano (L52). I had planned to go there today anyhow, but yesterday my friend Jason (an RV-14 builder), in town with his RV from Colorado, sent me a message saying that he was looking for a lunch spot midway between SoCal and Northern California, and asked if I wanted to join him. That was all that I needed to solidify my plans to go to Oceano...
I left around 10 AM and stayed fairly low, 6,500', as I made my way north due to stronger winds above. The winds were as strong as predicted, but fortunately I mostly just had a 25 knot crosswind at my altitude, with not too much of a headwind component (10 knot average).
I arrived a little earlier than Jason did, so I fueled up while I waited. Once Jason arrived, we walked over to the Rock & Roll Diner. After a pretty good lunch, we walked back to the airport and checked out each others airplanes for a bit..
Jason departed north, and I departed back south. Going home, I wanted to climb up to take advantage of the tailwind, so I climbed to 11,500'. I saw a pretty constant 180 knot groundspeed for the entire flight home... Really nice, smooth flight home.
All in, about 2 hours 45 minutes of flying, a fantastic flight up and back, and a great visit with a friend, made possible by our RVs.
You flew right over my house in Newport Beach; can see my neighborhood in your first photo, between your cowl and the reservoir.
PERFECT day to fly in SoCal, as your images show. Sadly, I'm still grounded, recovering from foot surgery.