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Flying into
Bishop CA |
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Turning Final Runway 30 at Bishop
Airport
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Best time of the year to go? |
Spring |
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Flight time in a Super Viking from KAJO? |
1.4 hours |
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Food on the airport? |
No |
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Fuel on airport? |
Yes, good price. |
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Comments about arriving and departing |
Crossing runways and glider
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Rate this trip
10 being best, 5 being average. |
9.0 Great trip. Flying up the
Owens Valley was wonderful. Spending time in the rugged
Sierra Nevada's was a real treat. |
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Why Bishop? |
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About once a month I meet up with a group of
pilots from the AOPA Forum for a West Coast User Group Fly-In. We
typically meet at a Central California location half way between
NorCal and SoCal. July 2007 was Bishop!
When we first planed this trip we were going
to walk to Bishop and eat. As the group grew 2 participants offered
cars in Bishop for us to use and one knew of a place in the Sierra's at
the 8,500 level called the
Cardinal Village
Resort.
The Cardinal Resort is a 20 minute drive from
the airport in an upper elevation
canyon surrounded by 10,000+ peaks. Next to the resort is a natural
lake with crystal clear water. After lunch we drove back (and up)
into the Sierra's to see the high country. What a trip!
Enterprise Rental Car is available in Bishop.
I'm sure the FBO can get a car to the airport but I can find nothing on
line about it.
Unless noted otherwise all
photos by my right seater, Charles Harmon
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Bishop and
the Sierra Nevada's |
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Joe and Dan arriving in the T-28 |
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Joe and Dan arriving in the T-28 |
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John arriving in his BO. Jeff in the back seat. |
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The group collecting at Bishop. |
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Cardinal Village Resort, what a find! |
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Cardinal Village Resort. |
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Lunch at Cardinal Village Resort |
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The group who attended this event. |
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A natural lake, one of 100's in the Sierra Nevada Range.
This lake is near the 9000' foot level. |
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The Owens Valley from about 9,500' |
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Heading back to the airport. |
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Dust devil near Edwards AFB. This picture was taken by
John Kaduk in his Bo at 9500. Holy ****! |
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