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Old 01-07-2013, 11:54 AM
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Default Flying over clouds

Do you like to fly your RV over clouds? I do. There is the short video of my flight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2dDgJDHqQo&hd=1
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Old 01-07-2013, 01:04 PM
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My personal IFR minimums in a single engine airplane are 1000' ceiling; departure, destination and enroute. So yes, I will fly above the clouds if there is at least a 1000' ceiling below.
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Old 01-07-2013, 01:16 PM
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Flying over clouds, no problem. Flying that close to the tops, problem!

Perhaps the rules and regs are different in Russia but here in the U S of A, I would be concerned about even posting such a video on the internet, let alone actually flying along those cloud tops that closely. Perhaps the regs would never bite me, perhaps posting a video would never bite me, but just be in the wrong place at the wrong time when another plane busts through that layer and finds me there, well, ouch! I know, I know, a lot of links in the chain would have to break first. Still. . . not interested in tempting fate.
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Old 01-07-2013, 01:46 PM
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Thanks for sharing, looks like you we're having a great time.
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Old 01-07-2013, 01:57 PM
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Very nice video. I've always wondered what the clouds look like in Russia. They appear to be just like the ones here in the US!
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Old 01-07-2013, 03:30 PM
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My personal IFR minimums in a single engine airplane are 1000' ceiling; departure, destination and enroute. So yes, I will fly above the clouds if there is at least a 1000' ceiling below.
Yes, safety is ahead of enjoy! The lower edge of clouds was about 3100'
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Old 01-07-2013, 03:32 PM
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Very nice video. I've always wondered what the clouds look like in Russia. They appear to be just like the ones here in the US!
... and grass here is green too
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Old 01-07-2013, 04:14 PM
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Flying over clouds, no problem. Flying that close to the tops, problem!

Perhaps the rules and regs are different in Russia but here in the U S of A, I would be concerned about even posting such a video on the internet, let alone actually flying along those cloud tops that closely. Perhaps the regs would never bite me, perhaps posting a video would never bite me, but just be in the wrong place at the wrong time when another plane busts through that layer and finds me there, well, ouch! I know, I know, a lot of links in the chain would have to break first. Still. . . not interested in tempting fate.
"Do not do it" speaking by words of TV shows
I'm not so mad to fly through clouds tops catching icing The actual altitude of flight was about 6000'

https://picasaweb.google.com/1035534...92977859899986




That was the final phase of flight approaching to home airfield before diving into clouds for landing.
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Old 01-07-2013, 04:35 PM
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And the rules for just about everything are different in Russia....

Very pretty Alex!
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Old 01-07-2013, 05:52 PM
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... and grass here is green too
Glad to hear that! Growing up in the USA during the cold war, my mental image of everything in Russia was in black and white.
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