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Skirting the edges of Tropical Storm Fay - Video
One of my best IFR flights ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeNt0CZWvWk Skirting the edges of Tropical Storm Fay going to Oxford MS and return. Video includes maps of Flight Aware showing my progress both up and back with radar overlay Video does not do it any justice on the feeling of breaking out of the final rainband on my way home to scenery worth every penny of Avgas put in the tanks. Allen |
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Skirting the edges of Tropical Storm Fay - Video
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:24:34 -0700 (PDT), A Lieberma wrote:
One of my best IFR flights ever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeNt0CZWvWk Skirting the edges of Tropical Storm Fay going to Oxford MS and return. Video includes maps of Flight Aware showing my progress both up and back with radar overlay Video does not do it any justice on the feeling of breaking out of the final rainband on my way home to scenery worth every penny of Avgas put in the tanks. Allen What were your thought processes in deciding to chance this flight in this kind of weather? |
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Skirting the edges of Tropical Storm Fay - Video
I can't speak for him but he could have flown west to better weather.
Cool video. Thanks. "Gezellig" wrote in message ... What were your thought processes in deciding to chance this flight in this kind of weather? |
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Skirting the edges of Tropical Storm Fay - Video
On Aug 24, 1:43*am, Gezellig wrote:
What were your thought processes in deciding to chance this flight in this kind of weather? Very carefully.... I repeat very carefully as I do not have onboard radar. 1. Flight was decided one hour before, and I had been monitoring the radar trends 2 hours before even going to the airport. One last peek at the radar while at the airport was where the decision to launch was made. 2. No convective activity flared up in the three hours monitoring, and none "downstream" at the time of departure. 3. Winds aloft were pretty constant from surface to cruise altitude, no sharp transitional zones. Winds were pretty much the same direction in my mind reducing what I call "directional wind shear". Forecasted winds were below my personal limits and observed winds were running averaging 15 knots on the surface. 4. Lowest reported ceilings were 2500 feet so the approach for me was well above minimums at all airports I passed. One of my considerations is to consider all airports in my flight path just in case an emergency does happen is that all airports that have ILS approaches to be above their minimums when there is wide spread rain like yesterday. 5. Lastely, but most importantly, there was no "get there itis". Main reason wheels left terra firma was that I took another pilot who is in instrument training and she wanted to experience what it was like to be in the system. For me, touching clouds always good for proficiency. Dlevy: I could have deviated west to remain in the clear, but as it turned out, the clear air had more turbulence then the clouds. Since the radar returns were not showing any convective trends, I wanted some IMC time. Just before breaking out, is where I encountered the most turbulence in IMC and that was not as bad as what I encountered in the clear air. |
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Skirting the edges of Tropical Storm Fay - Video
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:24:00 -0700 (PDT), A Lieberma wrote:
Good show, Lieb, nice job. On Aug 24, 1:43*am, Gezellig wrote: What were your thought processes in deciding to chance this flight in this kind of weather? Very carefully.... I repeat very carefully as I do not have onboard radar. 1. Flight was decided one hour before, and I had been monitoring the radar trends 2 hours before even going to the airport. One last peek at the radar while at the airport was where the decision to launch was made. 2. No convective activity flared up in the three hours monitoring, and none "downstream" at the time of departure. 3. Winds aloft were pretty constant from surface to cruise altitude, no sharp transitional zones. Winds were pretty much the same direction in my mind reducing what I call "directional wind shear". Forecasted winds were below my personal limits and observed winds were running averaging 15 knots on the surface. 4. Lowest reported ceilings were 2500 feet so the approach for me was well above minimums at all airports I passed. One of my considerations is to consider all airports in my flight path just in case an emergency does happen is that all airports that have ILS approaches to be above their minimums when there is wide spread rain like yesterday. 5. Lastely, but most importantly, there was no "get there itis". Main reason wheels left terra firma was that I took another pilot who is in instrument training and she wanted to experience what it was like to be in the system. For me, touching clouds always good for proficiency. Dlevy: I could have deviated west to remain in the clear, but as it turned out, the clear air had more turbulence then the clouds. Since the radar returns were not showing any convective trends, I wanted some IMC time. Just before breaking out, is where I encountered the most turbulence in IMC and that was not as bad as what I encountered in the clear air. |
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