Saturday 9/8/12 rides

Hanna and Ben chose to fly over Fremont Peak where Hanna had ridden horses on the fire trails and paths below.

After returning to the airport we looked at the Swank Farms Corn Maze just to the right of Runway 24 where we intend to land:

After landing Hanna got in the front seat for a photo op!

Kim and Don were next to ride and upgraded to a Monterey Bay Adventure Ride out to the coastline.  Here Don is taking pictures while we are on tow behind our Pawnee.

 The instruments show 75mph at 6700' with a climb rate of 300fpm over Prunedale while heading west:

Watsonville in the foreground and Santa Cruz in the distance at the north end of Monterey Bay:

After releasing from the towplane we slowed down to about 50mph and just cruised around enjoying the sights.  After a few maneuvers to experience the nice flying characteristics of the classic Schweizer 2-32,  we headed back.

One last look shows Elkhorn Slough/Moss Landing on the right and the Monterey Peninsula off in the distance with some left-over fog over it and a little patch over the Carmel Bay:

After landing they both add their comments!