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Stop Making Sense
On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:33:33 GMT, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
I beg to differ. I fly a "spam can" (Arrow IV) and find that IFR capability (pilot and aircraft) adds enormously to utility. My use is about 30/70 respectively business/personal. There are many, many trips I have been able to safely complete IFR that I would not have even considered VFR. Some of that is regional, no doubt; we get a lot of IFR weather here in the Northwest. The Weather Channel is reporting today that Seattle has had 20 straight days of rain. Portland has had 20 out of 21 days. The statistic was '20 days that had measurable rainfall.' It's not the same as '28,200 continuous minutes of rain.' About a quarter to a half of those 20 days had daylight periods of acceptable flying weather. Yep, it looks like if you live in the Northwest, it's IFR flight -- or nothing. Thankfully, that's the exception rather than the norm. Tsk, tsk. Rain IFR. It's raining right now, and I can see the foothills of the Cascade mountains, ~15 miles away. Sea-Tac airport is reporting 5500 broken, 11,000 overcast. I just got back from a flight. Other than a drop of rain that got on the INSIDE of my glasses prior to putting the goggles on, I had no problem with the rain. There's no question that cross-countries would be iffy without an IFR ticket/IFR equipment, but for those of us who like cutting holes in the sky (albeit soggy holes), it ain't that bad.... Ron Wanttaja |
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