The lovely early spring weather this Sunday prompted me to take a little jaunt down the California gold country in Placerville Aviation’s lovely Diamond DA-40 “Star,” N232JP (lovingly referred to as ’2JP’, pronounced ‘two-juliet-papa’, hereafter). Since the weather promised to be comfortable in the central valley (as opposed the oppressive heat of high summer), I decided to lead an expedition to the legendary Castle Air Museum, at Castle Airport (KMER) (formerly Castle Air Force Base). In addition, I decided to use the low temperature — and attendant low density altitude — to take a flight over the beautiful Yosemite valley and the fabled Hetch Hetchy reservoir.
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