"Slick" wrote in message ...
What is cloud flying?

flying clouds take a little more skill than that required for flying
gliders, balloons or parachutes (squares)... although all require changes in
air temperature to create or maintain lifting characteristics.. flying a
cloud also requires some knowledge of atmospherics for cloud formation.. it
is hard to keep flying a cloud when it looses formation because you as the
pilot took in into an airmass that was not conducive to cloud maintenance.
Landing a cloud reduces the visibility at the runway or local airfield to
zero or near zero conditions... a cloud landing is normally referred to as
fog.


ok... enough of the fun stuff...

Cloud flying is flying an aircraft within a cloud.. in the US, termed IFR,
or IMC (Instrument Flying Rules required, or Instrument Meteorological
Conditions). Not done in US with Gliders..
BT