PAO - MRY - PAO Cross Country Data (12/14/2004)

Airplane

N4138J, PA28-140

IFR Clearance

PAO - MRY

Right turn 060 within 1 mile of the airport
Radar Vector Salinas
Direct
Maintain 3,000, expect 7,000, 5 minutes after departure
Departure frequency is 121.3
Squawk 4267

MRY - PAO

TORO FIVE Departure
Vector to Salinas
Gilro
San Jose
Direct
Departure frequency is 127.15
Squawk 4244

Route and Time

PAO - MRY

Check
Points		Palo Alto
(PAO)		 Monterey
(MRY)
Leg76.3
Rem.76.30
Time09:2510:02
Speed
(knts)		123.7
(avr.)		123.7

*: VOR

MRY - PAO

Check
Points		Monterey
(MRY)		 Palo Alto
(PAO)
Leg80.7
Rem.80.70
Time10:2711:19
Speed
(knts)		93.1
(avr.)		93.1

*: VOR
Track log on Map,
Altitude and terrain profile,
Altitude and speed profile,

ATC Chain

PAO - MRY

Freq.118.6121.3120.1 127.15118.4
NamePalo Alto
Tower		Norcal
Departure		 Nocal
App.		Nocal
App.		Monterey
Tower

MRY - PAO

Freq.118.4127.15120.1 121.3118.6
NameMonterey
Tower		Nocal
App.		 Nocal
App.		Nocal
App.		Palo Alto
Tower

Fuel Consumption

PAO - MRY -PAO

Consumption
(gallons)		Flight Hour
(hour)		 Fuel Consumption
(gallons/hour)
18.62.09.3

Fuel Price

PlaceTotal Fueled
(gallons)		Total Price
($)		 Unit Price
($/gallon)
PAO6.86119.762.88
PAO16.73646.862.80

Approaches

Remarks

My first IFR flight after passing the check ride (with Libor). The Bay Area was in the IMC (ceiling 1,200, tops 2,700). It was gorgeous to fly a few hundred foot above the clouds. It was also really cool to break down the clouds and see the airport! Here are several new experiences:
  1. got a "Request tops report" call by NoCal.
  2. ATC does not usually care of climb performance after departure climb according to Libor (departure climb usually has climb performance requirement). So I can climb slowly (like 100FPM) and fly faster (of course, as long as there is no terrain restriction.)
  3. could not write down the whole departure clearance at MRY. Need more practice.
  4. got a warning of possible hold at SJC on the way back from MRY to PAO. Libor tried to get a visual/contact approach clearance from NoCal to avoid holding. I did not know that we can negotiate and may be able to avoid hold. We can proceed visual approach once the airport is in sight. We were told to maintain 3,000 feet and the cloud top was 2,700 feet so that we could not get the airport in sight. In the mean time, there was a departure at PAO and we got into delayed vector, which is radar-vectored version of hold and is much easier to execute compared with real hold. Once delayed vector is assigned, we should slow down since there is no need to rush and we can save fuel.
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Last modified: Mon Mar 14 13:32:33 PST 2005