September 26th

I'd been intending to fly to Vacaville with Jarron to swap the Air Command for the Bandit, but that didn't look like it was going to happen, so I took Tilly to the park.  She pottered around, said "hi" to some other dogs, and I brought her home after she'd tripped for the 4th time, meaning she was getting over tired.

I went to the airport and played with the new and old GoPro - sadly, the old Hero 7 is better, even at 4K, which makes me think I'm missing something, or there's something wrong with my Hero 10.

I think I'll have to talk to GoPro, so I've saved a video to YouTub to show what I'm seeing.

September 25th

We got going early, and flew to Alta Sierra, a private airstrip, to see a house that's for sale there.  We're not that serious about buying, but figured that it was worth checking out.

There were a couple of things that would kill us wanting to live there (hangar door height, internet speeds, power cuts, runway only lands / takes off one way), so after seeing it, we made the neighbours' day by taking off and heading to Auburn to meet Randy, Bill and family and Shane.

After lunch, we headed back to Lincoln.

When we got home, I looked at the video from my shiny new GoPro 10 from the landing at Alta Sierra (where I'd forgotten to turn it off, so we only had the one video) and was disappointed - it seems to stutter tracking left to right with the Hypersmooth stuff turned on.

September 22nd

Todd was showing a bunch of people around the airport, and asked me to talk to them about the gyroplanes, so I went and did that :o)

September 19th

I'd been thinking I'd have a quiet day, so I started out taking Tilly to the park.  We walked around while she yelled at the kids to get off her lawn, and stole a ball from a black Labrador.

Chris' planned trip to Santa Barbara didn't happen, so he suggested lunch at Auburn.  Fine, I'll see you there :o)

I took a meandering route there as I had time to kill.  Bill also came and met us there.  Shame Wings was closed :o(

We decided to head to Oroville, as the golf course is always open.  Bill and Chris were in their RVs, so I was bringing up the rear.  I had thought about dropping the gyro at Lincoln, but figured it would be quicker to just fly it to Oroville.

It was very gusty and blustery, so I headed down to the flat land before going North, rather than have the crap beaten out of me the whole way there.  Chris ordered for me, and I arrived just as lunch was brought out :o)

After lunch, I flew back - the other side of Beale so hopefully it wasn't as bumpy.  It was still pretty bumpy.

Shane was at the hangar, getting ready for a lesson, so after I'd put my plane away, I went through a bunch of stuff with him.  When Ken arrived, and Shane left for a flight, I headed home.

So much for a quiet day :o)

September 18th

Today was the Cops and Rodders show at Cameron Park, so I picked Randy up early and we flew over there, getting there just before 08:00.

It was funny, we flew straight in on finals, and there was a Cessna behind us - he suggested we all pull off at the mid runway turn out and then we could back track to the North exit.

Randy and I landed right on the displaced threshold and pulled off at the North exit :o)

We spent the day looking at classic cars and planes, and answering questions about the gyroplanes.

At the end of the day, we did a quick fly past and headed home.

September 15th

I went to the EAA membership Zoom meeting about Chris, Randy and Henry's Bay tour in April.

September 13th

Tilly had an exciting night.  As usual, she got me up so she could go out and pee some time around midnight, only to find a skunk in the garden.  She shouted at it, and it sprayed at her, but luckily she wasn't close enough that it hit her.  Still, the garden smelled of skunk all night and into the morning.

Something's been digging under the back fence and in the lawn, so maybe that's solved that mystery.