> The direct route to Camarillo over the coast was awash in red, signifying that conditions were too crummy to fly. But if Zobayan stayed inland and east of dow

> The direct route to Camarillo over the coast was awash in red, signifying that conditions were too crummy to fly. But if Zobayan stayed inland and east of downtown L.A., he could duck through a pass in the hills, cut across the San Fernando Valley, scoot over a low pass, and descend into Camarillo from the east. The conditions still wouldn’t be great, and the route would take longer, but he could handle it. I used to fly a lot. Not helicopters, mostly Cessna 150/172. There was more than one time that I tried a trick like this. Once it was power lines that I just barely missed when I was descending to Concord (CA) under a low overcast at night. I repeated that trick the next morning over the Altamont Pass when I noticed the red balls on the power lines ahead of us. I climbed over them and missed them by a good hundred feet. RIP Kobe and family and friends and crew.