Friday (close enough)
Flight from DFW area to San Angelo for the funeral of a friend’s dad.
Turned 8 hours of driving into 2.3 hrs of flying.
(click any image for a much larger version)
Forecast headwinds so I’m staying low. This is near Grandbury (sandbars and looking over at the RV-15 prototype….)
The more I climbed the more my ETE grew. 53kts on the nose in this shot, so I took it from 4,500 down to 1,000’agl.
Blue area. Tried 4,500. Nope. Went low. Not how every few minutes I’d bump it up 100’ or so as the terrain rose. Got the headwind down to 36 from 54.
The nice folks at Skyline FBO were kind enough to keep my plane in their WWII era hangar during the funeral. Gusting 40kts in west Texas Friday….
Coming back had a better wind situation.
The shot of the day. Between layers coming home. 58*F. Monitoring center and enjoying 1.1 of flying instead of 4 driving. Lovely machine.
Flight from DFW area to San Angelo for the funeral of a friend’s dad.
Turned 8 hours of driving into 2.3 hrs of flying.
(click any image for a much larger version)
Forecast headwinds so I’m staying low. This is near Grandbury (sandbars and looking over at the RV-15 prototype….)
The more I climbed the more my ETE grew. 53kts on the nose in this shot, so I took it from 4,500 down to 1,000’agl.
Blue area. Tried 4,500. Nope. Went low. Not how every few minutes I’d bump it up 100’ or so as the terrain rose. Got the headwind down to 36 from 54.
The nice folks at Skyline FBO were kind enough to keep my plane in their WWII era hangar during the funeral. Gusting 40kts in west Texas Friday….
Coming back had a better wind situation.
The shot of the day. Between layers coming home. 58*F. Monitoring center and enjoying 1.1 of flying instead of 4 driving. Lovely machine.
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