Pascal DucheminKCCR KPVF KCCRFlight following 1500' AGL.
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I took off from runway 19 on a calm but cloudy day. My destination, placerville. Knowing that clouds would be over the valley, I either has a choice of going under or below. I chose 1500 get on flight following assuming that if clouds would get lower, I would find a way to go above or if things got worst there were plenty of airports on the way.
The flight all the way to the Sierras was pretty uneventful, since I was flying low, I worked on my pilotage skills and tried to navigate based on ground references.
The arrival at placerville was pretty cool. The step is on the top of a hill, so about 5 miles out I was pretty much at the same altitude as the actual field. A couple traffics were on there we way in, but I entered in the pattern number one.
After landing, I biked down the hill to the historical Downtown. After an hour and a half, I took off again. Noise abatement procedures call out for an immediate 10 degrees left turn, then I went straight out and ask for 2500 flight following since the cloud ceiling had increased.
On arrival at Concord, there was another airplane arriving pretty much at the same time as me. Controller asked me to extend my base to the right ( landing runway was 19L ). I actually didn't understand the call until after, so made a right turn ( should I made a left turn ). Fortunately, the traffic was already easy passed and below me and got changed to 19R. Landing was uneventful.
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