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Old 12-04-2018, 12:47 PM
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I decided to check out the WeatherSpork app. My first thought was reluctance to get into yet another subscription. You know: data for this, data for that, EAA, AOPA, etc. .... WeatherSpork has a 2 week trial and after playing with it for a week I'm in. I'm just amazed at how much data is available in one place and how easy it is to use and understand. This app is well worth the cost in my opinion. Very well done to the WeatherSpork developers.
Thanks for the feedback Joe! We are just beginning here and we will be adding some amazing new features in the coming months and years. Stay tuned and enjoy!
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Old 12-05-2018, 10:31 AM
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The cemetery is full of VFR pilots who didn't wait one more day. I recently spent 2 nights in Plainview TX waiting for the weather to clear while flying my 9A from FL back home to UT.
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Old 12-17-2018, 03:19 PM
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Weather chicken here (with a rusty IFR ticket)! Lots of great advice in this thread.
Edit to add: Even though I haven't kept my IFR current, I retained a LOT of situational awareness from it. As soon as I've upgraded my panel, I plan to do an IPC.

Have a big picture idea of what's going on. Where is clearer weather? What other airport options do you have along your route? As long as you know your "outs", go take a look.

How much fuel are you carrying? VFR minimum is to get to your destination plus 30 minutes...that's a little too close for me. I like to plan like it's IFR - fuel to my destination, plus alternate (with better weather!), plus 0:45 (or more).

There are LOTS of little airports dotting this country. If conditions get sour, visit one of them. Who knows what sort of cool stuff you'll find there?


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Old 12-17-2018, 06:18 PM
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Just made a flight from Baton Rouge to Brunswick, GA and back via Dothan, AL to meet my nephew's new daughter. The flight over was in CAVU, but a weather front came in behind us.

We left a day early and over-nighted in Dothan while the worst of it passed over us. Next day we filed IFR and took off at noon. Baton Rouge was VFR. We climbed through a layer of cloud about 1000' deep and were "over-the top" at 6000' until BTR approach cleared us to 3000' at which point we were in the clear. We were in clouds about 10 to 15 minutes total. The total flight time was 2:45.

I love having the option to file IFR in conditions like this. It's safer than scud running, by far, if you're trained up and your plane is ready, but I want to be flying toward better conditions and have a high enough ceiling on departure to circle back and land if necessary. Going IFR, got us home on time and safely. John


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Old 12-18-2018, 07:15 AM
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And that is precisely why I recently obtained my IFR rating. Home for me out here in west Texas enjoys about 330 days of the year with decent VFR, but with family and friends spread out all over the US I got tired of cancelling trips because of an overcast that was just low enough to make flying VFR under it dangerous.

There are still weather conditions that preclude safe flight with IFR, but those are fewer and farther between.
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Old 12-19-2018, 12:31 PM
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Have a big picture idea of what's going on. Where is clearer weather? What other airport options do you have along your route? As long as you know your "outs", go take a look.
I think you'll like this video. Exactly what you are talking about.
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Old 12-25-2018, 06:22 PM
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Here is another one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLmz...HEXi3tvra9i6LV
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