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Flying > Cold

petehowell

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It's cold, but clear, and takeoff is a blast-off. Might be a Minnesota thing............

Took my best gal to lunch!
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Scoped Out Lake Minnetonka:
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Checked out the Dam along the Mississippi enroute:
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Selfie on the way back to ANE:
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Severe CAVU with about minus 2200 ft DA here in SE Michigan. Still plenty cold for good braking action on our snow-packed runway.

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I was visiting friends in Great White North the other day. I didn't care about OAT because I was wearing a fur coat and mukluks. It was windy. As soon as I left the shadows of the hangars it took me 15 minutes to taxi 300 feet. I stopped three times and had to turn the airplane by hand. Couldn't fight the winds. Made it to the runway and took off from the middle. My hat is off to tenants at this airport.

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Nice pictures Pete, but having come from Minnesota and milking cows when it was below zero, its not for me anymore forever.

It is good though for controlling mosquitos. :)
 
-15c at 15,000' this week in Old Blighty.

Beautiful view though.

For the first flight of our new airplane in December I kept postponing the flight, waiting several days for the temperature to warm UP to -15C... on the GROUND! :eek:

Cold snow gives decent traction for our little airplane tires. It's when temperatures get up near the freezing point that things get really greasy!
 
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Hi Vlad

The airport in your pictures looks familiar..Is it Lachute (CSE4) north of Montreal???

Bruno

:)
 
Hi Vlad

The airport in your pictures looks familiar..Is it Lachute (CSE4) north of Montreal???

Bruno

:)


That's the one Captain hard to believe eh? I can only imagine how your maple syrup farm airport looks. On the bucket list btw :)


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