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Old July 2nd 04, 04:52 AM
The Weiss Family
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After two previous cancellations due to xwind, I took my friend for a night
flight over Reno last night.
Thunderstorms from earlier moved over the sierra.
Wind was extremetly calm, no bumps.
Good moon, but lots of cloud cover.

Beautiful flight into Reno from Minden and finished it off with a perfect
landing.
Asked Clearance if we could do some sightseeing around downtown before
departing for Minden.
The casinos are pretty cool at night, all lit up.
As a bonus (unforntunate, but still pretty cool to see) there was a big
wildfire west of Reno in Verdi.
That was pretty cool to see from the air at night.

After circling the casinos a couple of times, we headed back to Minden.
Did a couple full stop landings (to stay current) and called it a night.

All in all, I REALLY enjoy night flying. It is really relaxing for some
reason.

Adam


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Old July 2nd 04, 05:30 AM
Jonathan
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The Weiss Family wrote:
After two previous cancellations due to xwind, I took my friend for a night
flight over Reno last night.
Thunderstorms from earlier moved over the sierra.
Wind was extremetly calm, no bumps.
Good moon, but lots of cloud cover.

Beautiful flight into Reno from Minden and finished it off with a perfect
landing.
Asked Clearance if we could do some sightseeing around downtown before
departing for Minden.
The casinos are pretty cool at night, all lit up.
As a bonus (unforntunate, but still pretty cool to see) there was a big
wildfire west of Reno in Verdi.
That was pretty cool to see from the air at night.

After circling the casinos a couple of times, we headed back to Minden.
Did a couple full stop landings (to stay current) and called it a night.

All in all, I REALLY enjoy night flying. It is really relaxing for some
reason.

Adam


Sounds pretty cool! Unfortunatly I haven't flown at night in quite some
time (not even close to being current for passengers). One of these days
I will get up there...I just dont like the idea of not really being able
to see the ground ;-)

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Jonathan,

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Old July 2nd 04, 07:21 AM
The Weiss Family
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Sounds pretty cool! Unfortunatly I haven't flown at night in quite some
time (not even close to being current for passengers). One of these days
I will get up there...I just dont like the idea of not really being able
to see the ground ;-)

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Jonathan,

www.virtual-hangar.com



Just fly over the lights, and stay away from the dark areas (especially
around here where we're surrounded by mountains)!

Adam


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Old July 2nd 04, 01:45 PM
Rosspilot
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I once flew from Lake Tahoe to Reno at night . . . one of the most memorable
flights of my life.

I saw the rotating green and white beacon from 20 south of the field (or so I
thought)
but it turned out to be a military field just north of Reno--when I realized my
error, I was almost directly over Canon. The tower cleared me for 25, and I
landed uneventfully. The return flight was just incredible . . . I clicked on
the Lake Tahoe runway lights from out over the lake and it lit up with strobes
and
the brightest runway lights I had ever seen.
Landed, taxied to FBO, tied plane down and dropped keys and book in a box
outside the office. It was only 8:30 PM but there wasn't a breathing soul at
the airport. It was completely deserted.
www.Rosspilot.com


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Old July 3rd 04, 02:22 AM
The Weiss Family
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"Rosspilot" wrote in message
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I once flew from Lake Tahoe to Reno at night . . . one of the most

memorable
flights of my life.

I saw the rotating green and white beacon from 20 south of the field (or

so I
thought)
but it turned out to be a military field just north of Reno--when I

realized my
error, I was almost directly over Canon. The tower cleared me for 25, and

I
landed uneventfully. The return flight was just incredible . . . I

clicked on
the Lake Tahoe runway lights from out over the lake and it lit up with

strobes
and
the brightest runway lights I had ever seen.
Landed, taxied to FBO, tied plane down and dropped keys and book in a box
outside the office. It was only 8:30 PM but there wasn't a breathing soul

at
the airport. It was completely deserted.
www.Rosspilot.com



Boy, that must have been a long time ago.
It's probably been 15 years since the airport was called Reno-Cannon.
It's Reno-Tahoe now.


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Old July 3rd 04, 12:34 PM
Rosspilot
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I once flew from Lake Tahoe to Reno at night . . . one of the most
memorable
flights of my life.

I saw the rotating green and white beacon from 20 south of the field (or

so I
thought)
but it turned out to be a military field just north of Reno--when I

realized my
error, I was almost directly over Canon. The tower cleared me for 25, and

I
landed uneventfully. The return flight was just incredible . . . I

clicked on
the Lake Tahoe runway lights from out over the lake and it lit up with

strobes
and
the brightest runway lights I had ever seen.
Landed, taxied to FBO, tied plane down and dropped keys and book in a box
outside the office. It was only 8:30 PM but there wasn't a breathing soul

at
the airport. It was completely deserted.
www.Rosspilot.com



Boy, that must have been a long time ago.
It's probably been 15 years since the airport was called Reno-Cannon.
It's Reno-Tahoe now.



I just took out my old logbook and checked the date . . . Feb 9th, 1994.

"TVL-RNO-TVL"




www.Rosspilot.com


 




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