with my favorite girls
Griffith Observatory
Spitfire Grill at the end of this path through the park
Breakfast at the Spitfire Grill, KSMO
patio view from The Typhoon Restaurant
departing Runway 21 and over the Santa Monica pier
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We approached KSMO straight in to runway 21 from the Griffith Observatory. Once tied down at the transient parking on the East side of the field, there is a short walk south through a park to the Spitfire Grill. It's aviation themed, just not right on the tarmac, but a great place to fly in for breakfast. The Typhoon restaurant has the most amazing patio view I have ever seen at an airport, but they are open for lunch and dinner only. Be sure and tell ground "runup complete" and request taxi to the runway on the ground freq. before leaving the runup area. Also be sure and veer left 10 deg. and overfly the golf course as you depart 21 to the shoreline. Request "straight out departure, and right turn at the shoreline", otherwise they will remind you of the Bravo surface area that is straight out from 21.
We approached KSMO straight in to runway 21 from the Griffith Observatory. Once tied down at the transient parking on the East side of the field, there is a short walk south through a park to the Spitfire Grill. It's aviation themed, just not right on the tarmac, but a great place to fly in for breakfast. The Typhoon restaurant has the most amazing patio view I have ever seen at an airport, but they are open for lunch and dinner only. Be sure and tell ground "runup complete" and request taxi to the runway on the ground freq. before leaving the runup area. Also be sure and veer left 10 deg. and overfly the golf course as you depart 21 to the shoreline. Request "straight out departure, and right turn at the shoreline", otherwise they will remind you of the Bravo surface area that is straight out from 21.
