Today was our first non-flying day for this trip. Our original plan was to make our way to our easternmost destination, Waynesburg, PA. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate. Our personal minimums for this trip were cloud cover no lower than 3500 feet and 5 miles visibility. Though our destination had perfect weather (no cloud cover, winds at 6 kts), we would have to first cross Indiana and Ohio, where the clouds were way too low for our taste. So we decided to sit and wait.
We did check the weather every few hours and eventually the cloud cover improved, but it started raining in Indiana and the visibility got really bad along our proposed route. We eventually gave up and went to the movies instead. This was the first time during this trip where not having an instrument rating kept us from getting where we wanted to be.
We will try again tomorrow, when the weather is expected to be somewhat better.
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What movie?
ReplyDeleteYeah, we need details!
ReplyDeleteYou know, a cumulative route tracker would also be interesting, e.g. http://www.runwayfinder.com/?loc=KPAO;SUNOL;PXN;AVE;PMD;KVCV;SOGGI;PSP;KTRM;BLH;VICKO;GBN;KAVQ;TUS;CIE;CUS;ELP;T27;WHOLE;PIO;KROW;KAMA;KPYX;KMHK;KFOE;OJC;DAYRE;TUSCO;KDNV;
ReplyDeleteJulie and Julia. And now I want beef stew!
ReplyDeleteAnd the cumulative route thing is not a bad idea. I shall add that.
The cumulative route link has been added. It's not as detailed, listing only the airports but no waypoints, but it should give you a good idea.
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