Good weather -- flying more?

We fly year-round, but many pilots around here seem to shut the hangar
door after Thanksgiving, and not open it again until Easter.

This year, with such unseasonably warm weather, I'm wondering if anyone
is seeing more GA traffic? We're not any more than a normal January
here in Iowa City -- which I find rather surprising, given the really
nice weather.

I suppose it's a habit thing: It's January, dammit, and folks just
don't expect to be flying -- so they're just NOT? Dunno -- but it's
sure been wonderful, flying in shirtsleeves in January...

What are you guys and gals seeing in your neck of the woods? Are you
taking advantage of it, and doing any (perhaps abnormal for mid-winter)
cross country flights?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Although the weather up here in our neck of the woods has been mild, it as
also been mostly overcast... low overcast. There hasn't been an increase in
the VFR traffic over our normal December/January, in fact, I'd say there has
been less traffic.

The IFR guys are still active with most people waiting until noon and warmer
temps to climb up into the clag. I watched our Aztec divert westward
towards Rochester MN yesterday to get around a line of showers and precip
that extended across southern WI before turning south towards Boone, IA
(Ames area). I was happy to see him make that decision. Even with ground
temps in the 40's there's been plenty of ice above the inversion layers
we've been getting here.

Jim

On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 06:57:13 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote
(in article . com):

We fly year-round, but many pilots around here seem to shut the hangar
door after Thanksgiving, and not open it again until Easter.

This year, with such unseasonably warm weather, I'm wondering if anyone
is seeing more GA traffic? We're not any more than a normal January
here in Iowa City -- which I find rather surprising, given the really
nice weather.

What unseasonably warm weather? We have had so many storms and power outages
I haven't even had a chance to make an appointment to renew my medical.

On 6 Jan 2007 06:57:13 -0800, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

This year, with such unseasonably warm weather, I'm wondering if anyone
is seeing more GA traffic?

Snort. Here in the Seattle area over the last month, we've had record rainfall
(and when it's a record in Seattle, it's a LOT of rain), flooded streets,
flooded houses (one woman drowned in her own basement), flood airports, rain
followed by freezes, rain followed by several inches of snow (not significant in
the Midwest, but significant in an area that rarely sees it and is very hilly)
storms featuring 100 MPH winds (significant in an area with a zillion trees in
very, VERY soggy soil) and power failures affecting over a million people (I
live in an urban area ~10 miles from Sea-Tac airport, my power was out for four
days, friends in more remote areas were out for a week). And with all the
moisture, even when it ISN'T raining, fog forms at the drop of a hat.

Daddy, tell me that fairy story again, the one about good weather... :-)

I flew exactly twice during the entire month of December...on the second, and on
the 31st. On the 2nd, the air was so milky with haze and fog I didn't even
leave the airport area; it was like flying inside a cow.

Ron Wanttaja

Despite all that weather in Seattle, I managed to had 9 flights in
December, out of Paine field. Thanks to having my own plane and a time
flexible job.

Ron Wanttaja wrote:

Snort. Here in the Seattle area over the last month, we've had record rainfall
(and when it's a record in Seattle, it's a LOT of rain), flooded streets,
flooded houses (one woman drowned in her own basement), flood airports, rain
followed by freezes, rain followed by several inches of snow (not significant in
the Midwest, but significant in an area that rarely sees it and is very hilly)
storms featuring 100 MPH winds (significant in an area with a zillion trees in
very, VERY soggy soil) and power failures affecting over a million people (I
live in an urban area ~10 miles from Sea-Tac airport, my power was out for four
days, friends in more remote areas were out for a week). And with all the
moisture, even when it ISN'T raining, fog forms at the drop of a hat.

Jay Honeck writes:

I suppose it's a habit thing: It's January, dammit, and folks just
don't expect to be flying -- so they're just NOT? Dunno -- but it's
sure been wonderful, flying in shirtsleeves in January...

You'll pay for it when it's 115 degrees in July. The world is getting
warmer.

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Mxsmanic wrote:

Jay Honeck writes:

I suppose it's a habit thing: It's January, dammit, and folks just
don't expect to be flying -- so they're just NOT? Dunno -- but it's
sure been wonderful, flying in shirtsleeves in January...

You'll pay for it when it's 115 degrees in July. The world is getting
warmer.

That is just a simulated weather forecast. In Colorado we have had
blizzards, unusual snow amounts and lots of cold. Global warming
fanatics should look at global temperatures over the last million
years or so (certainly hundreds of thousands of years) then shut up.

Ron Lee

Ron Lee wrote:

Mxsmanic wrote:


Jay Honeck writes:


I suppose it's a habit thing: It's January, dammit, and folks just
don't expect to be flying -- so they're just NOT? Dunno -- but it's
sure been wonderful, flying in shirtsleeves in January...

You'll pay for it when it's 115 degrees in July. The world is getting
warmer.


That is just a simulated weather forecast. In Colorado we have had
blizzards, unusual snow amounts and lots of cold. Global warming
fanatics should look at global temperatures over the last million
years or so (certainly hundreds of thousands of years) then shut up.

I'm with you. What we are seeing now isn't even a blip on the scale of
past climate cycles.

Matt

Global warming IS happening, but it is solar system wide.
Permafrost on Mars is melting and fresh signs of water are
flowing out the side of craters. See www.nasa.gov for
recent pictures of Mars or Google for "Mars water." NASA
also reports that the Moons of Jupiter and even Pluto are
having heating. I don't think it is caused by SUVs or even
cow gases.

But Al Gore can't get elected complaining about God or just
natural solar cycles.


"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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| Ron Lee wrote:
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| Mxsmanic wrote:
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| Jay Honeck writes:
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| I suppose it's a habit thing: It's January, dammit,
and folks just
| don't expect to be flying -- so they're just NOT?
Dunno -- but it's
| sure been wonderful, flying in shirtsleeves in
January...
|
| You'll pay for it when it's 115 degrees in July. The
world is getting
| warmer.
|
|
| That is just a simulated weather forecast. In Colorado
we have had
| blizzards, unusual snow amounts and lots of cold.
Global warming
| fanatics should look at global temperatures over the
last million
| years or so (certainly hundreds of thousands of years)
then shut up.
|
| I'm with you. What we are seeing now isn't even a blip on
the scale of
| past climate cycles.
|
| Matt

In article ,
"Jim Macklin" wrote:

But Al Gore can't get elected complaining about God or just
natural solar cycles.

feh - Gore can't get elected. period.

--
Bob Noel
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lawyers will hate