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07-25-2009, 05:59 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Severe wx enroute warning
Mornin' guys/gals,
I just got off talking to a briefer while watching the stuff move Southeasterly on Intellicast (.com). The RV is packed (for now) but they're talking severe convective stuff later with 1" hail around southern Indiana/Kentucky area, in what is at present a gap between two systems....sucker hole??
So for now, we'll just sit but still hope to see y'all by Sunday.
Regards,
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07-25-2009, 06:48 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
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Good call, Pierre. That doesn't look like a fun line to penetrate. Hope to see you at OSH. We are planning to leave Monday afternoon or Tuesday AM.
Vic
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07-25-2009, 07:45 AM
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It's really banging around up here this morning. Isolated cells, but strong ones. I think waiting is a good idea.
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07-25-2009, 07:56 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
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Yeah, but...
....In the past, we'd fly right up to a fast moving front, land and wait it out for a couple hours as it passed, then go.
However, 1" hail pounding on my gal while we wait doesn't go down good, so it'll stay tucked in my hangar for now.
There's always tomorrow,
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RV-10, 510 TT
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Air Tractor AT 502B PT 6-15 Sold
Air Tractor 402 PT-6-20 Sold
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Louisville, Ga
It's never skill or craftsmanship that completes airplanes, it's the will to do so,
Patrick Kenny, EAA 275132
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07-25-2009, 08:13 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pierre smith
....In the past, we'd fly right up to a fast moving front, land and wait it out for a couple hours as it passed, then go.
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That's my normal strategy too, but it looks like tomorrow AM may be a better time to penetrate the front as it loses energy in the TN/KY area. This is one of those half dozen times a year I wish I had XM.
If we keep close to interstates and conditions dictate we *should* be able to use my buddy's super duper cell phone for radar info similar to what XM provides.
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07-25-2009, 08:41 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
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Smart move Pierre
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Originally Posted by pierre smith
There's always tomorrow,
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Three of the most important words a pilot can learn.
Lots of folks didnt get to see tomorrow because they didnt learn them 
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07-25-2009, 09:23 AM
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Another one
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07-25-2009, 09:27 AM
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The front moved through here about 4-5 am with quite a bit of lightning but not much else. Very little rain. It lost much of its punch over night.
Right now Paducah is VFR and north of there seems rather calm although there is a cloud deck at about 4000'. For sure if you launched now, that Paducah hole will close by noon or early afternoon when the front renews itself.
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07-25-2009, 10:13 AM
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More time yet, take a jet!
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07-25-2009, 03:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pierre smith
....In the past, we'd fly right up to a fast moving front, land and wait it out for a couple hours as it passed, then go.
However, 1" hail pounding on my gal while we wait doesn't go down good, so it'll stay tucked in my hangar for now.
There's always tomorrow,
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WX kept us on the ground here in Louisville KY. We will leave tomorrow. (Sunday) |
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