Our trip to San Andreas, California (Calaveras County).
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| We didn't take any pictures of the trip going. We were pretty busy, as we were chasing a VOR for a bit (Manteca/ECA). :-) But we got some pretty good shots at the airport and leaving the area. This first picture is a view from the transient parking area towards the main building(s). |
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| Here are the buildings again. Not much happening today! It was really quiet considering it was a Sunday afternoon, and a beautiful one too! Mind you, there are no diners or snack shops here - we were hoping to get something to drink or snack on, but no such luck. |
| Airport FBO. It is a nice little airport. It is on a beautiful plateau above the valley floor. The view is great, the hills were green, the air really fresh and clean. :-) A nice place. |
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| The taxiway at CPU. Notice how it just drops off. |
| A twin-seaplane, the only one in the state from what I hear. A couple of the tires were flat, it looks like it hasn't gone out in a while. |
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| After about 20 minutes we took off. Here we are airborne! This is a view off the cowling - look our prop is invisible! It was a little more hazy going the return trip. |
| A nice shot of one of the many water-ways. Beautiful scenery on this trip! I highly recommend it! |
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| And another reservoir or water-way/lake(?) ... and that was it for our photo-shoot on this trip. It took us a little less than one hour each way. |