{"id":759,"date":"2021-04-25T08:47:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T07:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.smiffycorner.co.uk\/?p=759"},"modified":"2021-04-28T22:47:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T21:47:56","slug":"the-falklands-west-coast-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/?p=759","title":{"rendered":"The Falklands | West Coast USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello! You join me in a little motel just around the corner from Oakland Metro. Over looking the Bay of San Francisco and I&#8217;ve realised I&#8217;ve not made a blog post since my preparation to leave the UK, that&#8217;s my fault, we have flown from Alaska, through the states of Washington and Oregon and obviously now in California. The airplane is performing exceedingly well and due for an inspection from tommorrow (Monday). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We did have an issue when we flew into the state of Washington, the manager at Olympia wouldn&#8217;t allow me to land so I had to divert to Tacoma Narrows and the 747 had to head directly to San Francisco. First I thought it was due to the virus and testing, turns out they were having issues with the FBO and runway to be re-laid. From there we headed to North Bend Airfield in Oregon. Yesterday we got back on track into California. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.smiffycorner.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424194949_1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"761\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/travel.smiffycorner.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424194949_1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/travel.smiffycorner.co.uk\/?attachment_id=761\" class=\"wp-image-761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424194949_1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424194949_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424194949_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424194949_1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424194949_1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.smiffycorner.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424192612_1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"763\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/travel.smiffycorner.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424192612_1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/travel.smiffycorner.co.uk\/?attachment_id=763\" class=\"wp-image-763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424192612_1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424192612_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424192612_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424192612_1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424192612_1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.smiffycorner.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424191220_1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"766\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/travel.smiffycorner.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424191220_1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/travel.smiffycorner.co.uk\/?attachment_id=766\" class=\"wp-image-766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424191220_1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424191220_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424191220_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424191220_1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424191220_1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.smiffycorner.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424190925_1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"767\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/travel.smiffycorner.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424190925_1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/travel.smiffycorner.co.uk\/?attachment_id=767\" class=\"wp-image-767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424190925_1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424190925_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424190925_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424190925_1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210424190925_1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we are hoping to head out towards Reno and Lake Tahoe and Yosimite before the Conquest is due for an engine service. I&#8217;m heading to bed sorry its a short post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATE: OK so we made it down to Yosemite after spending the day bouzzing around Lake Tahoe, one thing I have noticed with the West Coast (especially in the morning) is it&#8217;s pretty foggy and grey. I did get some photos around Reno but the aircraft is currently in the hanger under FAA quarantine and virus decontamination measures and also under going a technical inspection, I am hopeful that once that is done I can retreive my cameras. and get the pictures up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Videowise the system is working and footage not so great at the moment&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! You join me in a little motel just around the corner from Oakland Metro. Over looking the Bay of San Francisco and I&#8217;ve realised I&#8217;ve not made a blog post since my preparation to leave the UK, that&#8217;s my fault, we have flown from Alaska, through the states of Washington and Oregon and obviously [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-falk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":781,"href":"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions\/781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flying.sarge-smiffy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}