Ed_Wischmeyer
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Yesterday, I drove out to the airport and saw weather so strange that I almost turned around and drove back home. VFR and calm. It was great to exercise the RV-8 again, and surprisingly, my skills were maybe better than the last time, a month ago.
So this morning, lying in bed, I wondered if I could make it two in a row. Then I heard the thunder.
Realizing that the airport was 11 nm miles away, I looked at the aeroweather. It said VFR, but what you had to look in the fine print to see the scattered clouds at 400'. No, thanks.
I was going to fly the -9A to AirVenture, but at the last moment, cancelled and went on the airlines. They zig-zagged on the way up to O'Hare, avoiding weather that I certainly could not have flown through. Same thing on the way back. The window seat gave great views of towering cumulonimbus...
When I lived in Arizona, I kind of felt that I could go flying every day, but rarely could I fly the entire day. Mom used to say that every place had six weeks of really bad weather per year. I think Georgia is over-achieving, certainly in the aviating department...
So this morning, lying in bed, I wondered if I could make it two in a row. Then I heard the thunder.
Realizing that the airport was 11 nm miles away, I looked at the aeroweather. It said VFR, but what you had to look in the fine print to see the scattered clouds at 400'. No, thanks.
I was going to fly the -9A to AirVenture, but at the last moment, cancelled and went on the airlines. They zig-zagged on the way up to O'Hare, avoiding weather that I certainly could not have flown through. Same thing on the way back. The window seat gave great views of towering cumulonimbus...
When I lived in Arizona, I kind of felt that I could go flying every day, but rarely could I fly the entire day. Mom used to say that every place had six weeks of really bad weather per year. I think Georgia is over-achieving, certainly in the aviating department...
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