The forgotten Californian airports

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#1

I was looking for a route to airports which I had never flown to and I decided to fly from KSJC to @Thunderbolt’s home airport KSNA. Those airports never receive any love in IF and it would be great if they could be featured on the ATC schedule someday. My friend @ZinZowe joined too.

Rotating out of KSJC with @ZinZowe in the background.

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Turning south after takeoff.

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We observe rocks and mountains as we head towards Orange County!

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Passing LA, which gets way too much attention in IF.

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Flying next to island of Catalina. The airport (KAVX), is difficult to land at because of wind shears on final approach. I highly recommend doing a short hop from California (except LAX of course) with the TBM or other GA aircraft!

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Turning base over the rocky hills!

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Doing a good-ish landing on the short runway at KSNA!

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Thank you for reading and I hope to see more people flying to KSJC and KSNA in IF as they receive pretty much no traffic!

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#2

Finally someone at these two airports. Airports like SFO, LAX, and SAN are fun to fly at but i do agree that they get a little too much attention

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#3

I like your pictures, and nice landing by the way!

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#4

One of my favourite routes to do is Zamperini Field (Torrance) to Avalon. Also I really like Orange County SNA and the most convenient airport in SoCal (my opinion) is Burbank Bob Hope

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#5

Awesome pictures! JWA is the best airport. That approach sure took you guys inland!

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#6

Oh goodness, don’t get me started on the traffic down the 5 to that airport. It’s a disaster. LGB (using the 91/405) and SNA (55/405) are much better.

Thanks for visiting KSNA! Great airport.

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#7

Nice pictures, how was the flight?