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BASCA Web Site
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Business Association of San Carlos Airport. Air SF Flight Services. Air West Aircraft Engines. San Carlos Aviation Supply. San Carlos Flight Center. West Valley Flying Club. Zanette Aviation Insurance Service, Inc. Return to BASCA Home Page. BASCA is a 501(c)(6) California Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation.
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What To Expect
http://www.thomas-daniel.com/what_to_expect/index.html
You want to learn to fly and you ask yourself how it will work. This page provides some pointers. First, you must choose an instructor. If I can't fly with you, I'll be happy to provide recommendations. Otherwise, you may look at flight schools, each will list affiliated instructors. For example, here are flight schools at Palo Alto and San Carlos airports. West Valley Flying Club. San Carlos Flight Center. Self study, for example using material that I list on Equipment. Most people need about 70 hours o...
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Air Diamond: T-Routes
http://blog.airdiamond.com/2009/02/t-routes.html
3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Friday, February 27, 2009. The concept for this image, published in the March, 2009 edition of AOPA PILOT magazine, sort of popped into my head the moment I got the assignment. The idea was to highlight t-routes, which are special airways instrument rated pilots can fly when they have GPS on board. The final composition was done in 3D, but very little of it is actually 3D. In fact, the "parts list" for the shot is:. 6 blue tubes,. In the end, onl...
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Air Diamond: April 2009
http://blog.airdiamond.com/2009_04_01_archive.html
3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Sunday, April 12, 2009. This is what Eric does at Pixar! Eric works as a shading artist for Pixar. I've been around him numerous times when others have asked him to explain what "shading artist" actually means. Poor Eric struggles to describe what shading is, to onlookers who typically smile for politeness' sake, but really have no idea what he means. It's sort of like trying to describe someone's beauty by "undescribing" that person's appearance.
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Air Diamond: I was on Flight 3407 too
http://blog.airdiamond.com/2009/02/i-was-on-flight-3407.html
3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Friday, February 13, 2009. I was on Flight 3407 too. I have no photo for this post, because no photo would do this justice. We were over an area just north of the San Pablo Bay (San Francisco), which was pretty sparsely populated. There were wide open fields all around me, so choosing a landing spot was more about choice. One time, I did have an engine emergency; but it occurred right smack dab in the center of Oakland International, just after t...
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Air Diamond: March 2009
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3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Sunday, March 29, 2009. I've flown at this time of the day quite a bit. For me, and I hope for other pilots too, this image invokes memories of how smooth the air can be as the sun sets, and how gorgeous the views can be. This image also reminds me, however, of how I always. Forget to take off my sunglasses after sunset, which gives the early evening a disturbingly dark flavor. If it was me flying this place, I would definitely. Learn To Fly Blog.
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Air Diamond: This is what Eric does at Pixar!
http://blog.airdiamond.com/2009/04/this-is-what-eric-does-at-pixar.html
3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Sunday, April 12, 2009. This is what Eric does at Pixar! Eric works as a shading artist for Pixar. I've been around him numerous times when others have asked him to explain what "shading artist" actually means. Poor Eric struggles to describe what shading is, to onlookers who typically smile for politeness' sake, but really have no idea what he means. It's sort of like trying to describe someone's beauty by "undescribing" that person's appearance.
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Air Diamond: Aircraft Lighting
http://blog.airdiamond.com/2009/03/aircraft-lighting-was-tough-subject-to.html
3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Sunday, March 29, 2009. I've flown at this time of the day quite a bit. For me, and I hope for other pilots too, this image invokes memories of how smooth the air can be as the sun sets, and how gorgeous the views can be. This image also reminds me, however, of how I always. Forget to take off my sunglasses after sunset, which gives the early evening a disturbingly dark flavor. If it was me flying this place, I would definitely. Learn To Fly Blog.
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