Runway One Two: March 2015

Burger Run to Palomar Airport

I was happy to learn there is a restaurant and transient parking now at Palomar. My typical route is KVNY>SMO>POPPR>VPLHP>VPLDP>OCN>KCRQ. We took the Special Flight Rules corridor 3,500', then up to 5,500' southeast bound, and did a landing at Oceanside Airport on the way there. Be sure you are on the radio with SOCAL before going through R2503, it's usually open, and they will let you through. I had never landed at Oceanside so figured it would be a good opportunity to get another landing in and add it to my list of airports. They had recently changed the CTAF frequency at Oceanside, but luckily someone got on the radio and gave me the new freq. Be aware of jump aircraft operations, and parachutists landing near the runway at Oceanside. Palomar will typically have you enter right traffic for runway 24 when coming from the northwest. After a great lunch at the Landings, we took a low-level scenic flight on the way back home. Socal gave us flight following along the beach northwest bound, underneath the Santa Ana Class C, and all the way to the Queen Mary. After that, I used the helo freq of 122.85, and PV practice area freq of 121.95 near LA Harbor, and around Palos Verdes, be sure and make announcements on both these freqs as it's a busy area with lots of VFR and touring aircraft.