I recently read through the ?IFR in the flight levels? thread and it made me itch for a good IMC day. I agree with all the posts in that thread about the appropriateness (or lack thereof) of an RV for serious weather flying. BUT? I love flying IFR/IMC and try to jump on good IFR days such as this morning. I had to head back to SC today, so I decided to do it this morning while I had a nice, safe stratus layer my entire route - OVC about 800-1000 my entire route. While I had a pretty good headwind, it was silky smooth and beautiful above the layer.
About to hit the ceiling:
Break out about 2,500 later:
I love it up here!
Time to head back down:
Keeping the skills sharp, plus a free bug wash!
The latest Dynon update added charts ? great addition that gives great SA:
I?m soon coming up on my one year anniversary of owning my RV. A bit over 100 hours in my RV, and I still can?t get over the capability of my plane compared to the planes I had been renting.
About to hit the ceiling:
![2.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi601.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt98%2Fh60av8tor%2F2.jpg&hash=cddc33c02daf768b300ed7e663ccb302)
Break out about 2,500 later:
![9.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi601.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt98%2Fh60av8tor%2F9.jpg&hash=43b9821bfabd8ed8e43632ba5cc3e467)
I love it up here!
![14.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi601.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt98%2Fh60av8tor%2F14.jpg&hash=55dbfa5436495c654adec4b466802bd1)
Time to head back down:
![22.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi601.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt98%2Fh60av8tor%2F22.jpg&hash=f1bd80d4e18bf6f2473408d49819bbd5)
Keeping the skills sharp, plus a free bug wash!
![24.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi601.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt98%2Fh60av8tor%2F24.jpg&hash=705db97166e178a716a393edaeaaa5a1)
The latest Dynon update added charts ? great addition that gives great SA:
![26.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi601.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt98%2Fh60av8tor%2F26.jpg&hash=7e624e4d5da84283201282b9c69c6008)
I?m soon coming up on my one year anniversary of owning my RV. A bit over 100 hours in my RV, and I still can?t get over the capability of my plane compared to the planes I had been renting.