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title: "Flight on a friend's Cessna (2018)"
date: "2025-11-10"
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On 2018-04-14, I rode with my friend Yan on his Cessna 172M. Since he hadn't flown for a while, he had to take off and land a couple of times before I could get on. How exciting!

Here's the Pilot's Operating Handbook for the plane:

:: Pilot's Operating Handbook 172M_POH.pdf

Incidentally, this is the same plane that had [an emergency landing in Watsonville](https://abc7news.com/post/plane-on-beach-watsonville-emergency-landing-single-engine-engine-failure-cessna/12176729/) a few years later in 2022. My friend was not piloting nor on board the plane at the time of the incident.

![The Cessna 172M.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-15-00-27-29_DSC04180_323154966199b5bc5b0048b9fa04b9ef4589ce7a_3b85f57f707adec1.jpg)

![[Moffett Federal Airfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moffett_Federal_Airfield).](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-12-29_DSC03986_d443b6c0d4585c48b8a4a5b21606cede98a4a5dd_5ad051602676c250.jpg)

![The [Googleplex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googleplex).](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-13-41_DSC03990_56e62809f31a968541edc11ab19a277f06b9e958_e9b1c67121c01342.jpg)

![Facebook headquarters.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-16-29_DSC03992_858ed6e6fd45d5535ba9e4c0eafc1a1f7516f8b3_9da880d45b7b5ca6.jpg)

![Salt evaporation ponds.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-18-17_DSC03996_c640ca0f2b12057e21f6787500bf8f17ef4b81b3_d2db434e82eceaf4.jpg)

![San Francisco International Airport.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-25-46_DSC04012_3c26b41414543a3ef7f1bb4efba7b76c630236b1_99860eee96488586.jpg)

![The Mission district in San Francisco. In the middle you can see the headquarters of Ouster, where I used to work.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-31-28_DSC04018_6201e8e3a21598fb3a21a1f3f33a62282e46558a_4b2e5cb4aee9a1e2.jpg)

![Skyline of San Francisco.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-31-49_DSC04021_1dcb1e8daae899075dbe946693a1f0a5c8f3c04f_095fc55eca25f064.jpg)

![Golden Gate Bridge.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-33-50_DSC04039_eb215beb47ac8e4866ee45188d4166bb23fe2552_502ddf4a73b0587d.jpg)

![Golden Gate Bridge.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-34-54_DSC04049_e3803010bc25499977088a8198bd9903b05be0ca_129d7b2ae0bdf741.jpg)

![Golden Gate Bridge.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-39-50_DSC04063_dddb37b661721f42bef76322959fe67216cc54e4_5f2499ded1307c9e.jpg)

![[Alcatraz Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Island) with San Francisco in the background.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-42-20_DSC04089_224d9a0c6ca52c8e2a87a933ce6ce5fe82326213_b071570e97c8a6ac.jpg)

![Alcatraz.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-42-32_DSC04091_2a463593cc131267271ae19144345f834042b1b4_cfef48b36dbf0cec.jpg)

![Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-43-54_DSC04100_77bde528d970b43011b0b398a503ecb3e5cfd242_67e87345ffda2127.jpg)

![Downtown San Francisco.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-44-05_DSC04105_584aa61d5962435ea25d652de79c1237b72945eb_072f0f8a21a68bd1.jpg)

![Downtown San Francisco but now with a more vintage postprocessing.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-45-03_DSC04121_78ff41805ef9badd8ffc1a3437b857142a84e1a0_f01cb6482f951e35.jpg)

![Bernal Hill.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-46-40_DSC04124_12e7dc82a6627a554c867bbe74a0b43a6ea6071a_a66764cdc5f249e9.jpg)

![Emirates Airbus A380 and British Airways 747 on the tarmac at SFO.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-51-20_DSC04133_338d7ae7a8d6c2efede856cc52cdbc0b5c757d9a_8fbc745363228193.jpg)

![Stanford University.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-14-23-59-33_DSC04140_15be3428591f4eb921ef08ea9cca6f49104e12a8_7b284960ab582b61.jpg)

![[Apple Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Park). This photo is, as of writing, the lead photo on the Apple Inc. Wikipedia article and is therefore one of the most famous photos I've taken.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-15-00-05-32_DSC04161_d01e7c6d0a14768cbc3b36ba69da6fde7fd2fd5d_fe0cbd5667a10495.jpg)

![NVIDIA Endeavor building, before the new Voyager building was built.](https://i.dllu.net/2018-04-15-00-09-38_DSC04173_2c5699796f14ae65fbff9937e3ca9ebb89d8a365_56611688cd9c1ba1.jpg)