Flying from Florida to California - Need suggestions

Amandasdaddy wrote:

I heard it is better to fly early in the morning in these areas and be
grounded by arond noonish before the weather gets ugly. Does that
sound about right?

I dunno. Watching the Weather Channel, I have seen some pretty nasty
looking thunderstorms at 7:00am local time for those poor Floridians. In
your case, it will just have to be the luck of the day.

Whatever you do, watch those impenetrable lines of t-storms. I recall
reading an NTSB accident report where one such line forced a small
instructional flight off the coast and over the ocean. The CFI and
student had the unenviable decision of either attempting to penetrate the
line or run out of fuel over the ocean and ditch. They tried to penetrate
the line... and failed.

I'm thinking it might take me more than 3-4 days to get back
home...Is that too aggressive of a goal? Florida to San Jose in 3-4
days?

Are you instrument rated? Also, are you looking to sight-see along the
way, or simply fly the route to get home. To me, three days a tad on the
long side if you are an instrument pilot looking to simply fly home without
sight-seeing. If you are VFR-only? The time is probably about right.

A few years ago I flew from Kansas to upstate NY as a VFR-only pilot.
Remnants of a tropical storm parked over the Northeast US and it took me
three days to get home. A close call with another aircraft while trying to
fly under a low layer convinced me to get my instrument rating and I
started training within a week of arriving home.

--
Peter













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