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this morning i used an expired groupon (got face value, phew!) for a flybayarea.com<\/a> U-Fly experience, which is basically a you-fly-the-plane aerial tour of the bay area. it was quite overcast this morning but luckily it started clearing up the more west we went. i handled the controls for, i estimate, about 3\/4 of the flight.<\/p>\n

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(drawing is an approximation) We flew east over my neighborhood, down around the bottom of the bay (flying directly over Mineta San Jose Airport [SJC], so cool!), then out to the coast and back<\/p><\/div>not gonna lie, it was scary! towards the end of my hour in the air i was getting barfy, not because of the choppiness of the air at lower altitudes but because i was so scared of doing something wrong and causing a horrifying plummet to our deaths. yes, the instructor\/guide was right there, but still. scary! nonetheless, i had a blast and can cross this off\u00a0my bucket list<\/a>! if you are at all interested in flying a plane, this is an experience you can’t pass up.<\/p>\n

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Here we go!<\/p><\/div>\n

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My home is one of those dots!<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the air! The propeller looks weird due to phone<\/p><\/div>\n

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Instrument panel<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pacific Ocean<\/p><\/div>\n

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Redwoods<\/p><\/div>\n

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Heading back to civilization<\/p><\/div>\n

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On approach to San Carlos Airport<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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