Ed_Wischmeyer
Well Known Member
So Thursday, I spent six hours sweating in the hangar, helping a man load up and waterproof (with tarps) a set of ultralight wings he bought from the EAA chapter. Yesterday, I was completely wiped out and missed the 10 AM break in the weather, having decided I'd rather sleep at home than in the airplane in flight. A really good call.
This morning, up early to get going before the thunderstorms got their second cup of coffee. Did that, however, the morning fog decided to sleep in -- 200 and a quarter as I write this.
And big storms blocking the route to Oshkosh, too. The one just north of Atlanta is moving ESE at 40 knots, and another storm a few hundred miles west is moving at 50 knots. FSS confirms that shooting the gap, wide as it is, is a really bad idea. And if I did make it through, I'd have 30 knots of headwind heading north, on the nose. Being instrument rated and current isn't going to help much today.
So maybe in a few hours, I'll head off towards, say, Raleigh-Durham area, then zig west to get past the weather that's supposed to come to visit for a while in Indianapolis. Hopefully I'll be able to get far enough west so that I won't be stuck somewhere for a few days.
Driving is a two day pain, especially going through that storm. And there are two reasons for really wanting the plane at Oshkosh. But I might get desperate and burn some airline miles, dunno.
Life would be so much sweeter if Van would only decide to build a 250 knot, twin turbine airplane. I wouldn't need six seats, two would do. And I could actually afford the gas for it, too, maybe five hours per year...
This morning, up early to get going before the thunderstorms got their second cup of coffee. Did that, however, the morning fog decided to sleep in -- 200 and a quarter as I write this.
And big storms blocking the route to Oshkosh, too. The one just north of Atlanta is moving ESE at 40 knots, and another storm a few hundred miles west is moving at 50 knots. FSS confirms that shooting the gap, wide as it is, is a really bad idea. And if I did make it through, I'd have 30 knots of headwind heading north, on the nose. Being instrument rated and current isn't going to help much today.
So maybe in a few hours, I'll head off towards, say, Raleigh-Durham area, then zig west to get past the weather that's supposed to come to visit for a while in Indianapolis. Hopefully I'll be able to get far enough west so that I won't be stuck somewhere for a few days.
Driving is a two day pain, especially going through that storm. And there are two reasons for really wanting the plane at Oshkosh. But I might get desperate and burn some airline miles, dunno.
Life would be so much sweeter if Van would only decide to build a 250 knot, twin turbine airplane. I wouldn't need six seats, two would do. And I could actually afford the gas for it, too, maybe five hours per year...