To Riverside via Disneyland

EDM Flight #39

Date: Friday May 1, 2020

• Depart: San Gabriel Valley Airport (KEMT)
• Via Disneyland
• (Full Stop) John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, CA (KSNA)
• Arrive: Riverside Municipal Airport - Riverside, CA (KRAL)
  • Direct Distance
  • Flight Distance: 84 NM

• Date: Friday May 1, 2020
  • Takeoff 4:18 PM PDT
  • Landing 5:17 PM PDT
    • Flight Time: 0:59
       
• Engine Hours: 1.18
  • Ending Hobbs: 4495.65
  • Ending Tach: 4514.4
    • SMOH 16.20

On May 1, 2020 we departed San Gabriel Vally Airport for a flight over Disneyland

Since 9/11 the area above and around Disneyland is restricted airspace

Because businesses (including DIsneyland) are closed because of the Chineese COVID-19 we hoped to be able to cross through the restricted airspace.

When we were over Fullerton (NW of Disneyland) we advised ATC that we wanted to land at KSNA. For sequencing with other aircraft the controller directed us to turn south to waypoint VPLMS which is on the south side of Disneyland.  We mentioned to the controller that that would take us the Disneyland TRF arear and the Air Traffic Crontroller granted us persmission to enter the TFR and told us, "Altitude at your discretion".

* Click on the photo for a HI-RES version of the image.

Angel's Stadium was just a bit further down Interstate-5

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