Comment on "How would you fly past Santa Barbara Class C if you did not have a transponder or airspace endorsement?"
Ok, good. I'm glad nobody voted for going under the class C shelf in this case ;) At < 1500 ' almost 4 miles out, you could glide back only to about 1 mile from...A True Story: Landing at the Wrong Airport- [Good story, kinda funny & instructive]
I've almost done it. Spent about 2 or 3 minutes visually lining up on a military airport instead of a small rural airport about 3 miles away (hidden by low clouds)....Trike Flying over The Grand Canyon-- Oct 26, 2012
The Grand Canyon Last Friday (Oct. 26) was a nice day for a morning flight out of my home field at Lodi, CA. Afterwards, during the 1 1/2 hour drive home I stopped about 2 PM for a bit of lunch and checked WX reports as is my habit. Holy S*#t!!! The reports had changed and there.........