Extremely flow flying brought to you by a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet. Dicing through the canyons of northern California before crossing over into Oregon, this pilot appears to clip the tree tops as he wrangles is craft in some low level, high performance maneuvers.


Flying on VR 1251, a visual military route used for low level penetration training, that starts over the Pacific and ends at the Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nevada. The route also passes over the Cascades and Sierra mountain ranges providing for some interesting terrain to navigate. This aviation sectional chart depicts the route as it passes by the Klamath River just north of the California-Oregon border. The route goes on to skirt pass Mt. McLoughlin with peaks reaching 10,000 feet above sea level.