ismael chang ghalimi

Posted
31 January 2007 @ 9pm

Tagged
Flying, Technology

From
Palo Alto, CA

EveryTrail

Today, I flew to Half Moon Bay (KHAF) for lunch with my friend Joost. We logged our flight with the Garmin Forerunner 205 wrist GPS, and uploaded track and pictures onto EveryTrail. This map shows that we took off in San Carlos (KSQL), flew through San Francisco International Airport’s Class B airspace, got asked to do two left 360 turns to avoid heavy jets taking off on runway 28 Left or 28 Right, flew over the city, made a right 360 over Alcatraz, flew over Sausalito, then went back through SFO’s airspace, because the coastline had only marginal VFR conditions. We then cut directly across the hills, landed in Half Moon Bay for lunch, then flew back to San Carlos. The system is so good that it even shows that my first attempt at landing back in San Carlos was not that great, and that we did a go around. The second attempt was a lot better, and we logged a total of 1.4 hours of VFR flying.


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Ismael Chang Ghalimi
1 February 2007 @ 4pm

[…] Following yesterday’s successful use of the Garmin Forerunner 205 to log a flight, I have opted to go for it instead of the Suunto X9i, which does not seem to work so well according to reviews I could find online. In fact, I have decided to go for the Garmin Forerunner 305, which also provides a wireless heart rate monitor, and can connect to the Garmin GSC 10 speed/cadence sensor. This should be handy when I start biking outdoor. […]


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