{"id":4520,"date":"2015-02-05T23:21:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T23:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/?p=4520"},"modified":"2015-03-18T14:56:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T14:56:24","slug":"a-couple-of-laps-around-smo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/?p=4520","title":{"rendered":"A couple of laps around SMO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, my MGL V6 radio crapped the bed and put me back in my pre-redundant-radio situation. \u00a0 Not a big deal, and especially now, because I really, really wanted to see Santa Monica at sunset in a plane I built myself. \u00a0 I needed to get some fuel anyway, so I headed up to the airport and got going.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2343-e1418610044297.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4513\" src=\"http:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2343-e1418610044297-384x512.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2343\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2343-e1418610044297-384x512.jpg 384w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2343-e1418610044297-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2343-e1418610044297-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2343-e1418610044297-525x700.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2344.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4518\" src=\"http:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2344-512x384.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2344\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2344-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2344-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2344-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2344-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2344-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That nest of snakes down there is the I-10\/I-405 interchange. \u00a0 The sun is setting on the Santa Monica bay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2338.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4516\" src=\"http:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2338-512x384.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2338\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2338-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2338-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2338-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2338-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2338-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heading east, towards Hollywood. \u00a0 The sun hitting the buildings at this time of day is almost as cool as the sun hitting the water.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2342.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4517\" src=\"http:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2342-512x384.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2342\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2342-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2342-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2342-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2342-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stjohn.openbar.com\/airplane\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2342-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An attempt to compose the photo to look like the City of Santa Monica signage. \u00a0This is a bit of an FU to the airport-closing shenanigans the city pulls every chance they get.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, my MGL V6 radio crapped the bed and put me back in my pre-redundant-radio situation. \u00a0 Not a big deal, and especially now, because I really, really wanted to see Santa Monica at sunset in a plane I built myself. \u00a0 I needed to get some fuel anyway, so I headed up 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