Video of flight around St. Helens

Last week Big D and I went for a flight around Mt. St. Helens. Big D ran the video camera while I flew the plane. The video begins with us departing Scappoose (SPB). We approach Mt. St. Helens from the southwest and circle the summit counterclockwise. The other mountains you see in the video are Mt. Ranier, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Hood.

Loop around western Washington

Aero Maintainence, the FBO at Pearson Field at my home airport organized a group X-Country around western Washington. We flew from Pearson (VUO) to Bowerman Field in Hoquiam (HQM) to Jefferson County International in Port Townsend (0S9) to Chehalis (CLS) and back to Pearson. It was an absolute blast.

Five planes went on the trip. On my plane, a Cessna 172m, with me were an instructor and a student pilot. I flew the VUO - HQM and 0S9 - CLS legs. We used mainly pilotage for navigation. I've never been to the Washington coast before and it was absolutely beautiful. The flight around Mt. Olympus was breathtaking.