The Experimental Aircraft Association reported today on the mounting damage totals at Corona Airport. Tenants and businesses at the Corona (California) Municipal Airport are now four weeks post-flood and while the floodwaters have receded, the west end of the field is still without electrical power, reports EAA member Patrick Brunner. “Many of the businesses are still not operational, having lost… Read more →
Never Rains, But it Pours
As if the first round of rains weren’t enough, another storm is on the way to Southern California. Normally this wouldn’t be bad news, as Socal seems to be in a perpetual state of drought. But the water from the first series of storm systems has not had a chance to receed. As of this morning, the water level behind… Read more →
More Corona Airport Disaster Photos
I’ve added some new photos of the Corona Airport flood. These are great aerial shots that really show the extent of the damage. I don’t know who took these pictures. I’ve just been saving copies of anything and everything to my hard drive in an attempt to preserve a record of what’s happened. I know these images are available in… Read more →
Samson, Delilah, and Student Pilots
Oh yeah, I have a web site. Sort of forgot about that for the past few weeks. It’s understandable. I’ve either been out at the airport trying to keep my students from wreaking havoc on the runway, or in rehearsals for Samson et Delilah at Opera Pacific. Typically I’m flying from 9 am to 5 pm and then in rehearsal… Read more →
You Take the Good, You Take the Bad
You take them both and there you have… 1. Retreating water! That’s good: 2. Prado Dam could be on the verge of bursting. That’s bad: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 725 AM PST FRI JAN 14 2005 …DAM BREAK FLOOD WATCH FOR PRADO DAM BREAK IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM PST FRIDAY FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY… Read more →
Happy Birthday
Happy birthday to me! Read more →
Corona Airport Update
I arrived home this evening to some disturbing news from the Corona Airport. Oh, the water level has started to receed — and that’s great. But apparently there’s been some sort of a disagreement between a few pilots (who wanted to evacuate their airplanes) and the guy who runs the Corona Park Department. The head honcho at the Park Department… Read more →
Corona Airport Flood Video
Well, things at Corona have gone from bad to worse. Despite the dry sunshine, the water level at the airport continues to rise. This is primarily because of the warm temperatures, which are melting snow in the mountains and driving the runoff down toward Prado Dam. Or as it might more accurately be described, Prado Lake. Today the water claimed… Read more →
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Yesterday everything was fine. A little rain, but nothing looked abnormal out there. Today? Well, today the Corona Airport looks a little different. I spent the whole day helping people pack up everything in their hangars and carry it to “dry” ground. There were hundreds of people out there working as fast as they could, trying to beat the rising… Read more →
New Year, New Job
I just finished my first week as a full-time flight instructor at Sunrise Aviation. Suffice it to say that with record levels of rainfall and a storm system that has parked itself over Southern California for the past week, I haven’t been doing much flying. That’s ok, though. It’s given me a chance to get some ‘check-outs’ done. I’d like… Read more →