Grand Canyon flight / Magneto Failure
So last week my wife and I left the kids with the grandparents and headed for the hills in my '67 Skyhawk for my 40th birthday. Our plan was to fly from Palo Alto to the Grand Canyon by way of Las Vegas. Day 1 Flight One: Palo Alto (KPAO) -> Shafter / Minter (KMIT) Mohave (KMHV) Route on Skyvector.com Departed as planned, but the haze in the south central valley was terrible. Bakersfield reported "Skies clear, visibility 2 1/2 miles" (That's not haze, it's fog!) So, I amended my destination and went over the hill to Mojave (KMHV) instead. While having lunch I double checked the rest of the route and decided since we were already in the Mohave desert to go ahead and continue via the Trona, CA corridor instead of going South to Palmdale. Flight Two: Mohave,CA (KMHV) to Henderson, NV (KHND) via Trona Corridor Route on Skyvector.com I've done this route a few times now. This was the first time into HND that LAS approach refused to clear...