Shake rattle and roll

Going to Cleveland again, right after lunch... Looks like daytime
heating and lifted convection ought to bring me to milk shake
consistency by the time I get back... Luckily, the fat old Apache
just wallows along in these conditions and doesn't seem to mind - more
than I can say for the loose nut on the yoke...

denny

On Aug 15, 8:26 am, Denny wrote:
Going to Cleveland again, right after lunch... Looks like daytime
heating and lifted convection ought to bring me to milk shake
consistency by the time I get back... Luckily, the fat old Apache
just wallows along in these conditions and doesn't seem to mind - more
than I can say for the loose nut on the yoke...

denny

Hopkins?

"Denny" wrote:

Going to Cleveland again, right after lunch... Looks like daytime
heating and lifted convection ought to bring me to milk shake
consistency by the time I get back...

Ain't it the truth?

I took a 20-mile hop over to Bay Minette for fuel Monday ($1.10/gal. cheaper
than BFM) and by the time I got back and tied down the airplane, I was
dripping with sweat. That was around 6 PM.

I hate this time of year.

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

On 8/15/2007 10:01:03 AM, Paul kgyy wrote:

Hopkins?

My guess would be Burke Lakefront, the Meigs of Ohio. Very scenic airport
right on Lake Erie.

--
Peter

I took a 20-mile hop over to Bay Minette for fuel Monday ($1.10/gal. cheaper
than BFM) and by the time I got back and tied down the airplane, I was
dripping with sweat. That was around 6 PM.

We flew to Lansing, MI on Sunday, for my sister's 60th b-day. Got off
work at noon, in the air by 12:30, on the ground with my sis by 3PM.

Spent a couple of hours with the family, then blasted off at 5:30.
Before hopping in the plane I was stunned to see a HUGE blow-up of
weather over Omaha, hurtling toward Iowa at 40 knots! TOTALLY
unpredicted, quite violent, and we sweated it all the way home,
watching XM on the 496 as the system slowly engulfed Iowa like a huge
amoeba...

As it turned out, we landed with plenty of time, and the massive storm
fell apart after sunset.

THAT is what I hate about this time of year. The heat I can deal with
by climbing, but these late-afternoon pop-ups are hard to predict, and
can really catch you unaware. They literally blow up out of clear
air, almost anywhere, and make long cross country flights at this time
of year more of an adventure than I would like.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:37:59 -0700, Jay Honeck
wrote in .com:

late-afternoon pop-ups are hard to predict

Here's some information:

http://www.drjack.info/INFO/holti.htm
AUTOMATED HOLLISTER THERMAL INDEX PREDICTION (TIP) PROGRAM

http://aviationweather.gov/general/p...ocs/dec-03.pdf
http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/

http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/gra....php?element=T

Strange you should say that. My editor at KP wanted me to do my December
column (due yesterday, Monday) on the "Best Of Show" awards we gave out at
Oshkosh. One of the awards was for the new DUATS Golden Eagle 07 software
that is truly quite amazing.

To give it some life, I fired Eagle up on Sunday afternoon and decided to
show how you could use it to go from Ainsworth NE to Iowa City IA with that
same big hunking line of crap around Omaha. Just left clicked and dragged
the flight line down to Lincoln, then did a few screen captures and viola,
instant graphics for the article.

Seems both of us used that same storm system at the same time for different
purposes.

Jim

--
"If you think you can, or think you can't, you're right."
--Henry Ford




Spent a couple of hours with the family, then blasted off at 5:30.
Before hopping in the plane I was stunned to see a HUGE blow-up of
weather over Omaha, hurtling toward Iowa at 40 knots! TOTALLY
unpredicted, quite violent, and we sweated it all the way home,
watching XM on the 496 as the system slowly engulfed Iowa like a huge
amoeba...

Denny wrote:
Luckily, the fat old Apache just wallows along in these conditions
and doesn't seem to mind - more than I can say for the loose nut
on the yoke...

Loose nut? I thought nearly all the fasteners on aircraft had to be
safety wired. That's why they usually come with little holes in the
ends, but sometimes they don't and you have to drill them yourself.
Maybe it's time to get a set of those fancy pliers and make an
appointment at the local body-piercing shop; that way you can get
that loose nut safetied in real good.



Matt Roberds