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04-14-2011, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Cedar Park, TX
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These days, the tops around here are pushing over 11000'. Summer in Texas. I wouldn't be anyplace else, but it is a tricky decision. Another couple of weeks, the tops will be 14500'+.
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04-14-2011, 09:08 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton, Nevada --- A34
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That would be a normal day, David
Many a day I do exactly what you suggest on my commute to College Station and that was my initial expectation. It is common to have low fog and clouds along the route. Physically, I could have climbed when I first encountered the clouds (I think) and gotten over, but I was trapped under the Class B airspace. In fact, I remained trapped under the controlled space for quite awhile as I tried to skirt to the northeast. By the time I broke out from the space, I had an ~5000' overcast. The clear sky was back over the Bravo airspace.
Yeah, I could have called up Houston Approach for permission into Bravo, but my limited experience working with those guys has been that I probably would have been sent out of the space, not into it.
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04-14-2011, 10:35 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Fuquay Varina, NC
Posts: 75
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Evening,
the thread and post about being cautious and maininting SA is very appropriate. The only thing I'll add is using FlightWatch.
I know that sometimes FlightWatch is a PITA to reach them, but, if you want to know the current situation, or get a heads up about the WX 100 miles ahead, giving them a call has always yielded postive results for me.
They can't make a decision for you, but, they can give you a real-time peek at the radar, satelite, and observations. This may confirm, affirm or totally confuse your current appraisal of the situation, but, that in and of itself, can give you a clue if you should bail out (so to speak) of a bad situation.
Safe flying, spring is sprung, summer is fast approaching and DSC's are on the way.
Cheers
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04-15-2011, 06:17 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dayton, NV
Posts: 12,256
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gciampa
Evening,
the thread and post about being cautious and maininting SA is very appropriate. The only thing I'll add is using FlightWatch.
I know that sometimes FlightWatch is a PITA to reach them, but, if you want to know the current situation, or get a heads up about the WX 100 miles ahead, giving them a call has always yielded postive results for me.
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That's a good reminder if you don't have onboard weather, but if you do have XM, then Flightwatch is completely redundant - their weather is no more up to date than what comes over the satellite. I miss the old days when there were actual FSS guys at airports around the country that could look out the window for you...
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