So how many of you have ever noticed that military weather reporting tends to stop quantifying any visibility great than 7 miles? ?Visibility 7+? is the norm, leaving much to the imagination?.or local knowledge of what that really means. Here are a few shots taken on a flight the morning after Thanksgiving, launching out of Big Bear Lake (L35) in the mountains northeast of the LA basin. Visibility was reported to be 7+, and I can buy that!
The view across Lake Arrowhead to the west, across the Antelope Valley ? towards Palmdale, Edwards a little to the right of that?
Looking slightly to the left of the previous shot at the San Gabriel?s ? LA basin to the left, the high desert to the right.
Further left ? San Bernadino and Redlands at the base of the mountains, with the San Diego off in the distance, beyond the coastal range.
Proof that you CAN get a nice day in LA ? but sometimes, you just need to be above the smog to see it!
(Return trip from Big Bear to Houston on Saturday? Two legs ? mine was from Big Bear to Silver City, NM?then Louise took the front seat and got us all the way home ? with an hour of fuel still in the tanks!! Yeah, I still love the RV-8?.)
Paul
The view across Lake Arrowhead to the west, across the Antelope Valley ? towards Palmdale, Edwards a little to the right of that?
Looking slightly to the left of the previous shot at the San Gabriel?s ? LA basin to the left, the high desert to the right.
Further left ? San Bernadino and Redlands at the base of the mountains, with the San Diego off in the distance, beyond the coastal range.
Proof that you CAN get a nice day in LA ? but sometimes, you just need to be above the smog to see it!
(Return trip from Big Bear to Houston on Saturday? Two legs ? mine was from Big Bear to Silver City, NM?then Louise took the front seat and got us all the way home ? with an hour of fuel still in the tanks!! Yeah, I still love the RV-8?.)
Paul