Inside SOCAL TRACON...

Inside the busiest TRACON in the world.  We went down to MCAS Miramar near San Diego and took a tour along with fellow AOPA pilots.  SOCAL TRACON handles one of the most congested airspace in the world including Arrivals and Departures for LAX, Ontario, San Diego, Santa Ana, Long Beach, Burbank, and everything in-between.  After the Power Point presentation, you get broken up into your home airports sectors, plug in a headset' and sit beside a controller and watch them work.  You can even go to the training room, and "pretend" to be a controller in their simulators, and get a real feel of what it's like.  It's truly amazing what they do.  They are very calm, professional, and do an awesome job. 



Training consoles in the simulator room


Inside the Camarillo Tower...

Here's some views of the Camarillo (KCMA) Tower Tour I did a few years ago with my nephew...


KCMA was formerly known as Oxnard Air Force Base





The 747 Wing House...

We flew over the Wing House, made entirely of scrapped Boeing 747 Parts.  It above the Sycamore campground, in the hills East of the Point Mugu State Park.  Dick Clarks "Flintstone House" is on a hill just down the road from here too.  




on our way to lunch at Camarillo

Be sure and make annuncements on 123.025 when flying the shoreline low level thru here.  You can continue up the shoreline and transition westbound to Oxnard by talking to Pt. Mugu tower on 124.85.   If you want to go to Camarillo, check in just west of here at CSU Channel islands (VPCSU).