BACFest 2022 - Palm Springs California

a2324pilot · Sep 28, 2022

Looks like fun! N9357S, Kathryn, and I stopped for the night in Sedona, AZ. 1hr 55min remaining, see you all before noon tomorrow.

sparkie951 · Sep 29, 2022

I hope everyone has a great time and very safe trips home..

And for the ones of us stuck at work, Share many pictures.. [img title="Smile" alt="Smile" /]https://www.beechaeroclub.org/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-smileys/sf-smile.gif[/img]

trumpet nelson · Sep 30, 2022

Photos from yesterday. Great fun!

trumpet

peschi · Sep 30, 2022

Greetings from Big Bear Lake, having apple pie á la mode and a coffee on the Friday afternoon fly-out!

Rickmer, Peter and Anne

a2324pilot · Oct 1, 2022

Photos from fly-out breakfast this morning.

sparkie951 · Oct 1, 2022

Looks like an imposter.. A Baby Beach wanna be that is missing a Vertical Tail Surface... [img title="Laugh" alt="Laugh" /]https://www.beechaeroclub.org/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-smileys/sf-laugh.gif[/img]

Thanks for Sharing... Glad you all are having a Great time....

peschi · Oct 1, 2022

Here is the impression from the Cessna crew after breakfast visiting the Planes Of Fame Museum in Chino...

royhwh · Oct 2, 2022

Lourdes and I had a wonderful time at our first BACFest, and truly appreciate having the opportunity to meet such a great group of people in person. Looking forward to attending more in the future!

Roy and Lourdes

mdunlevie · Oct 2, 2022

It was great to be with everyone again, wonderful times when we get together. Thanks to all who were able to attend! Here are a few of my pics (or this link: MD BAC Fest Photos)

If you want to send me your photos please do so, send to [email protected]!

Safe journeys home to all. And of course, I close with Trumpet on our anthem. https://youtu.be/tTNcuLfTf8g.

sparkie951 · Oct 2, 2022

@trumpet-nelson Very nice closing and thanks for Remembering and Honoring our Country.... A Very nice tribute.

Thanks to all for sharing, all the images are great and appreciated, If all goes well, I hope to be able to make it next year!

a2324pilot · Oct 2, 2022

Kathryn and I had a safe flight back to Iowa today. Hopefully everyone else’s trip home was the same way.

A baby Beech is a great way to travel. We lined up at KPSP on 31R at 6:35 AM PDT this morning and were pushing N9357S in her hangar at 8:05PM CDT at I75 in Iowa. Wouldn’t have beat that time going commercial. Went the whole way at 9500’, TAS 133 KTS. Winds didn’t help us much but didn’t hurt us either. Great scenery across the SW.

Ready for next year at OSH!

trumpet nelson · Oct 3, 2022

Arrived home safely after about 7 hrs in the air. Like D & K, 9500 ft and smooth air over the desert - - unusual.

About 0.3 hours of that air time was due to me needing to hand crank the gear down at my home airport and hoping for the best when I very very softly touched down. End result was a "thumbs up" for the plane ... and me losing about a pound in sweat. Yep, another story to share. But regardless ... at home at hangar one hour before sunset (another challenge for those of us going east).

It was great to see you all,

trumpet nelson (... & bike .... & lots-o other stuff)

sparkie951 · Oct 3, 2022

Glad you and the plane made it back safe.... Glad you were able to get that gear down... I hope the final fix is an easy one.... At least it was not one that left you AOG at a remote airport!

peschi · Oct 3, 2022

Here is our story of the flight back home:

Our plan to fly over San Diego and the Pacific coast north back to Torrance was impeded by the solid marine layer until noon. So we decided to go IFR DCT which worked perfectly with a VMC departure inbound Banning to avoid the climbing procedure to the southeast before being cleared on course. After reaching the MEA we got our pickup again and flew in 8000' direct ILS 29R in KTOA. We found it was a good decision because we still had to go through IMC on the ILS. Our Cessna is back safely after logging 20h during the last week with tons of amazing impressions. It was a lot of fun with all of you, thank you all and especially all the helping hands making this BACFEST possible!

Our last leg will be LH457 back to Frankfurt this afternoon. We let the professionals do it, so no worries...

a2324pilot · Oct 3, 2022

Peter, I am impressed, come to a different country, fly an instrument approach in IMC, and in a different airframe than your own. Hopefully the commercial flight went well and you are home safe.

Nelson, glad you were able to get the gear down and land safely. Hopefully it will be an easy fix so you can get to the Beech Party.

wjknight · Oct 4, 2022

Back home safe and sound. Stayed overnight on Sunday in Worland, WY. Was just too whupped to continue, but it gave me time to plan my entry back into country. Early departure on Monday and flew 4.2hrs direct to Saskatoon to clear customs. 9500 - 11000 depending on weather and concrete clouds, but mostly a smooth flight. Final leg was a leisurely 1.8hrs to Cold Lake from Saskatchewan. C-GOEN performed great for the entire trip and we logged a total of 21.6hrs for the week. Going to do an oil change this week and then it's off to Beech Party right after the Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday. See you all there.

niechiro · Oct 4, 2022

Jeff Knight said
Back home safe and sound. Stayed overnight on Sunday in Worland, WY. Was just too whupped to continue, but it gave me time to plan my entry back into country. Early departure on Monday and flew 4.2hrs direct to Saskatoon to clear customs. 9500 - 11000 depending on weather and concrete clouds, but mostly a smooth flight. Final leg was a leisurely 1.8hrs to Cold Lake from Saskatchewan. C-GOEN performed great for the entire trip and we logged a total of 21.6hrs for the week. Going to do an oil change this week and then it's off to Beech Party right after the Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday. See you all there.

My understanding is that the Covid restrictions at the Canadian border have been completely removed. Now, let's have a BACFest in Canada!

AVIATOR_ · Oct 12, 2022

BACFest 2022 - Palm Springs California

a2324pilot

Orbiting Earth

sparkie951

Touring the Galaxy

trumpet nelson

Around The Moon

peschi

Level Cruise

a2324pilot

Orbiting Earth

sparkie951

Touring the Galaxy

peschi

Level Cruise

royhwh

Climbing to Cruise

mdunlevie

Touring the Galaxy

sparkie951

Touring the Galaxy

a2324pilot

Orbiting Earth

trumpet nelson

Around The Moon

sparkie951

Touring the Galaxy

peschi

Level Cruise

a2324pilot

Orbiting Earth

wjknight

Administrator

niechiro

Around The Moon

AVIATOR_

Flight Levels