Highlights of
September 2002
Ranger Jon
On patrol in the Mt.
Burdell Marin County Open Space ... Jon and Care are Open Space Trail Watch
Volunteers. Jon is on patrol with the K-9 unit.
![](BurdellJonAsia6.jpg)
Sea
Ranch
In early September, Jon went to Sea Ranch for
a solo life/career planning retreat.
![Sea Ranch Lodge](SeaLodge.JPG)
![](SeaHouse.JPG)
![Trees at Sea Ranch](SeaTrees.JPG)
![View from the Road](SeaView.JPG) ![The Beach](SeaBeach.JPG)
![The River](SeaRiver.JPG) ![](SeaHotSpot.JPG)
![Air Strip](SeaStripSign.JPG) ![Sea Ranch Airport](SeaStrip.JPG)
![Barn](SeaBarn.JPG) ![A House](SeaChalet.JPG)
Ithaca
On 9/11/2002, Jon braved the US Air
transportation system and flew to Ithaca to meet with the Architectural Studio
Team
![Arch Studio Team](IthacaTeam.JPG)
![Doug Expounds](IthacaDoug1.JPG)
In addition to working, Ben took some of the
team out on Cayuga Lake in his boat.
![The cruiser](IthacaBoat.JPG) ![Captain Ben](IthacaBen.JPG)
![A blue Herron](IthacaHerron.JPG) ![](IthacaLock.JPG)
We convened at Ken's afterwards for a BBQ.
![Ken](IthacaKen.JPG) ![](IthacaBurger.JPG)
N97920
On September 16th, Jon purchased N97920, a
1979 Cessna 182 - our first airplane.
![Exterior](Exterior.jpg)
![Panel](Panel.jpg)
![Front Left](97920FrontLeft.JPG) ![Tail](97920Tail.JPG)
![Nose](97920Nose.JPG) ![Pilot](97920Pilot.JPG)
![Proud Owner](97920Owner.JPG) ![](97920Side.JPG)
Instrument Rating
On September 19, Jon passed the checkride and earned his
instrument rating. On to commercial - the next rating....
![](IFR.jpg)
Emergency Maneuver Training
After earning his instrument rating, Jon flew 97920 down to
Santa Paula, CA for emergency maneuver training, a course to help deal with
in-flight emergencies. Jon learned from Rich Stowell (click on patch or card
below for Rich's website) how to recover from spins, spirals, control failures,
engine failures, rolls, etc.
![Click to go to Rich's Home Page](EMTPatch.jpg) ![Click to go to Rich's homepage](RichStowellCard.jpg)
The training was held at Santa Paula airport in a Citabria
and Decathalon - both Aerobatic planes...
![Decathalon](EMTDecathalon.JPG)
![Decathalon Taking off](EMTDecath2.JPG)
![Decathalon](EMTDecath1.JPG) ![Decathalon Cockpit](EMTCockpit.JPG)
The Santa Paula airport also features a
museum with old planes that Jon could explore between sessions.
![Museum](EMTMuseum.JPG)
![Museum](EMTDC.JPG)
Jon stayed by the pier in Ventura and did a
bit of sightseeing in nearby Ojai.
![97920 Parked at Santa Paula](EMT97920.JPG) ![Ojai Valley](EMTOjaiValley.JPG)
![Ventura Beachfront](EMTVentura.JPG) ![Ventura Pier](EMTVeturaPier.JPG)
After the course, Jon flew 97920 back to
Northern California...
![Central California - flatland](EMTFlatland.JPG)
![Mountains - Central CA](EMTMtns.JPG)
![GPS helped me home](EMTGPS.JPG) ![Concord Airport - almost home](EMTCCR.JPG)
![Safely Home](EMTHome.JPG)
On to October
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