Post by Pugsley on Mar 16, 2005 0:03:24 GMT
As if you didn't know who I was flying support for... ;D
Well, Sports Fans - there wasn't much to tell about this flight. Ramy went by at 07:34 (thankfully his position had improved, though I still wished he'd share his strategy) and he pressed on.
In the space of about a half hour - the weather got crappy, with solid overcast at 600ft and 2.5 mile visibility. I heard a man comment to a race official that only an idiot would try and fly out this early.
To which I replied: "Gentlemen, I am that idiot."
I filed my IFR plan (hey...I'm not that BIG an idiot) and took off at 0845.
After about 15 mins of flying through this soup, ATC finally turned me around - as soon as I descended to an altitude where I could see (and I use that term loosely), I canceled IFR.
I found it after a couple of minutes of earnest searching - again with the bloody crosswinds - and landed at Golovin safe and sound.
Hugs and Kisses,
Well, Sports Fans - there wasn't much to tell about this flight. Ramy went by at 07:34 (thankfully his position had improved, though I still wished he'd share his strategy) and he pressed on.
In the space of about a half hour - the weather got crappy, with solid overcast at 600ft and 2.5 mile visibility. I heard a man comment to a race official that only an idiot would try and fly out this early.
To which I replied: "Gentlemen, I am that idiot."
I filed my IFR plan (hey...I'm not that BIG an idiot) and took off at 0845.
After about 15 mins of flying through this soup, ATC finally turned me around - as soon as I descended to an altitude where I could see (and I use that term loosely), I canceled IFR.
I found it after a couple of minutes of earnest searching - again with the bloody crosswinds - and landed at Golovin safe and sound.
Hugs and Kisses,