On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 14:54:28 GMT, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote:

You're right about winter flying, especially for the VFR occasional pilot.
The air is usually clearer, more stable, and for those flying out of small
fields, there's even a "lift" bonus :-)

In New Hampshire, I find that the weather is most often rainy/snowy or
clear+blustery, neither of them good for Cub flying. Then there are
the winter problems associated with a grass field: much of the time it
hasn't been plowed or is muddy. Finally, we aren't allowed to fly the
Cubs if the temp is under 20 deg F. Add them together and there aren't
many flying days from Dec 1 to Apr 1.

(To make matters worse, my roll of duct tape just got banned from the
airport. The port window on Zero Six Hotel drops two inches unless
taped up, and the starboard window/door has a half-inch gap toward the
back. I have been authorized to experiment with blue painter's tape.)


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