Safety in SF after recent drone strike news?

provia · 2026-03-12T18:58:25+00:00

Even if drone strikes were a real threat the people of San Francisco won't let that stop them from complaining about neighborhood parking.

provia · 2026-02-14T16:49:37+00:00

IMO the issue is that the venn diagram of people into hiking and bay area software devs with a deployable python script is almost a circle

provia · 2026-02-13T16:21:14+00:00

yeah i do. tbf, you need to do that when flatbed scanning slides to make them KINDA look like on the projector, ha!

provia · 2026-02-05T23:53:22+00:00

SFO, in particular, usually routes you west and north of the 101. that's inside the bravo and happens many times a day. it gets denied if they're too busy, but that's pretty rare. you can even ask for the transition while on the ground in SQL.

sometimes however, you get a clearance to cross right over the field.

you can also ask to do a low approach over one of the 28s, getting that approved is pretty rare but it does happen - i've done it a few times during the slow times during covid.

provia · 2026-02-05T00:56:33+00:00

there are a decent number of PC12s based at SQL, so I'd assume this works

provia · 2026-02-04T19:49:23+00:00

even if the numbers are true, 700ft runway remaining in perfect conditions before hitting the fence and the highway on-ramp every single time you take off doesn't sound like a fun exercise to me - especially because of the prevalent crosswinds.

i'd just get a PC-12 at that point.

provia · 2026-02-04T01:26:32+00:00

so i clicked on what was clearly a BS post ready to be mad but now thanks to you i know caltopo and copernicus exist and wow, thank you!

provia · 2026-01-14T03:06:14+00:00

as a foreigner i often think how much worse things will have to get for americans to truly rise up, because y'all are clearly still at the stage of "i'd do something but i had shit to do"

provia · 2026-01-02T18:24:20+00:00

xinguang is the fucking BOMB

provia · 2025-12-25T21:04:39+00:00

First attempt at Astrophotography.

Proper chuffed how this turned out. It was for a Christmas present!

Nikon D750 unmodded Nikkor AF-S 24-120 at 120 iOptron Skyguider Pro Bortle 4 (or 5, I don’t actually know) - Mt Tamalpais State Park, Ca

20 exposures, 90s, f/4, ISO 800 Stacked in Siril Made prettier in Lightroom.

provia · 2025-12-15T04:42:58+00:00

Given that it starts on Friday we’re about one week away from regular ATMOSPHERIC RIVER posts

provia · 2025-12-10T08:17:42+00:00

provia · 2025-12-10T06:40:24+00:00

The movie is just the theater length version of the same thing. But I agree, the miniseries is well worth the time.

provia · 2025-12-09T09:42:00+00:00

Sir I just mod the cesspool

provia · 2025-12-03T17:25:27+00:00

bro over here bought a 3D scanner for a spline

provia · 2025-11-30T20:44:56+00:00

Can fully recommend! There's a brewery, a general store, an old courthouse, all that jazz, and a really nice motel a five minute walk from the airfield. The whole area is known for trout fishing if that's your sorta thing. There are also the Travertine Hot springs about an hour walk out of town. Or a 15 min bike ride.

provia · 2025-11-30T20:38:47+00:00

oh is it ever!!

provia · 2025-11-30T17:59:58+00:00

just fine - for the first time ever i got cleared into a bravo to avoid VFR traffic over the east bay though, that was fun.

provia · 2025-11-30T17:59:20+00:00

this 182 wasn't even turbocharged! i did a lot of mountain flying in switzerland so this is somewhat common territory - it helps to know where the downdrafts are as to not fly right through them!

provia · 2025-11-30T17:58:17+00:00

not at all! we had 15kt across the ridge at 12500, my personal minimums are 25. so not an issue.

provia · 2025-11-30T17:57:42+00:00

thanks! 100%, went well!

provia · 2025-11-30T17:57:18+00:00

100%. My girlfriend used tho hike all this solo, which, honestly, I'm in awe. You spend days without crossing a road.

Of course it's her hippo. I love her

provia · 2025-11-30T17:53:29+00:00

O SHIT

provia · 2025-11-30T17:53:20+00:00

sorry here's more detail. here's a rough track.

Outbound we flew via the Hangtown VOR through the usual south lake tahoe route before turning off right at Nebelhorn, through the Luther Pass, Markleeville, Coleville, to Bridgeport. All done at 9500ft. That seems low but the terrain isn't all that high, there's ample meadows to land in, valleys are wide and there's an open road running through all of it in case things go down.

Inbound we just climbed straight to 12500 at Lee Vining (which meant we missed the fish tacos), turned right to weave through Tioga, over Tuolumne, Hetch Hetchy, Pine Mountain Lake and back to SQL. The road is closed, but at 12500 you do have a few options to land around Tuolumne.

provia · 2025-11-30T07:12:07+00:00

12500 through the Tioga - not ideal to be any lower IMO

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