Close Encounter
Yesterday, I did a Bay tour with my friend Rick. The weather was pretty good all the way up to San Francisco, but when we flew back down the Pacific Coast to Half Moon Bay (KHAF), we had to drop below 1,000 feet in order to avoid scattered clouds at 1,300 feet. This took us close to the shore, were we came very close to colliding with a seagul. Rick is a pilot, and spotted it first. For my part, I was pretty slow to react, which made for a good learning experience: when flying low, always keep an eye out for birds, and don’t think twice about where to make your evading maneuver. Because of the clouds, we decided not to land in Half Moon Bay, and flew back directly to San Carlos (KSQL) instead. We logged 0.8 hours of VFR flying.
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