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Shelter Cove ~ 0Q5 |
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Sunset over Shelter Cove
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Best time of the year to go? |
All year |
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Flight time in a Super Viking from KAJO? |
3.4 hours |
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Food on the airport? |
Yes |
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Fuel on airport? |
No, no services at all. |
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Comments about arriving and departing |
Pretty standard, right traffic for runway 12. |
Rate this trip
10 being best, 5 being average. |
8.0 Great location, the whole town is walk able. Good
restaurants, nice lodging. Walk along the coast. Little else
to do. |
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Flying into Shelter
Cove ! |
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Shelter Cove is located along California's "lost
coast" named that because it so far off the beaten path. What a
gorgeous place to visit. Pretty much all hotel rooms are along the
surf line. Good places to eat everywhere in town. Transpiration is
not needed just bring some walking shoes.
There used to be an golf course in the middle of
town then some developer built a runway on it, and left the golf course
which now surrounds the runway 360 degrees. I met the airport
manager, he is also the greens keeper. While on final you have to
watch for golfers about to tee off because they drive balls right
across final just before the pavement starts. Golf carts are another
worry but they are a lot easier to see.
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San Francisco, the Golden
Gate and Alcatraz (far left) off the left wing |
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Out in the middle of no
where we came across this temple. It was huge with a moat
full of water. I have no idea what this is. |
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Close up of temple. Look at
the trees, walkways, entrances to get an idea how huge this
thing is. A google search
gave some answers.
www.cnn.com/US/9605/13/buddhists |
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California coast line |
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California coast line |
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Watch out for golf balls on
final. |
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Super Viking on final. I
would have taken more pictures but didn't know it was a SV
at the time.. |
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That sign says it all. On
both ends of the runway golfers tee off across final
approach |
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Super Viking on the go |
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Bonanza on the ramp.
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In the old days when a barn
stormer left his plane in a pasture the cattle were known to
eat the fabric, I guess there was something in it they
liked. Had me a little worried all night. |
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Got a pretty good ground
speed all the way home, this isn't a turbo. Just over 500
miles in 2:29 that includes a climb to 15,500. |
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