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Re: I flew into some neat meteorological condition (Read 591 times)

May 28^th, 2007 at 6:23pm

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What's that a little over two minutes in, were you writing clearances on you hand? Grin

Very nice, my favorite flights so far have been VFR on top flights, or flights right through the tops. It gives you a nice sense of speed, like flying through a canyon or something without the fear of airplane and rocks meeting. Then, lining up on the ILS a couple miles out while still above the clouds, and you pop out right on the center-line (or close Roll Eyes

), it's great. Cool

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Reply #1 - May 29^th, 2007 at 12:31am

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I assume you filed IFR, but I gotta say, that is about the best a VFR pilot could hope for in terms of getting on top... benign puffies at a good altitude, with decent gaps between... and another layer of cumulus above to keep it interesting.... I was spellbound watching that. Been quite some time since I flew anywhere at that altitude.

You could give Groucho a run for his money with those eyebrows... LOL!! Cheesy

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Reply #2 - May 29^th, 2007 at 2:40am

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I was filed when we took off ( 2-mile vis and some rain)(Mobius is right, I scribble clearances on my hand..lol), but when we got up near Findlay, we came across those conditions... I wanted to explore and split the layers, so I cancelled and finished the flight VFR.

You're right.. that combo of cloud layers, VFR, is rare indeed... And unless you're close to your destination, you don't wanna do a lotta VFR flying like that.. If you have to stay on course, it can swallow you up in a hurry Shocked

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Reply #3 - May 29^th, 2007 at 8:10am

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Brett_Henderson wrote on May 29^th, 2007 at 2:40am:

You're right.. that combo of cloud layers, VFR, is rare indeed... And unless you're close to your destination, you don't wanna do a lotta VFR flying like that.. If you have to stay on course, it can swallow you up in a hurry Shocked

Yup. As benign as that looks, it can change quickly.

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