▼

Monday, June 12, 2017

Flight last Saturday

This brief video is from last Saturday. I took off for a short flight in reasonably good weather, only to return about 40 minutes later with the visibility reduced close to minimums at around 5-6km to the north of the aerodrome [where I was] and a little more to the south. Fun times?!!

Note around the 47 second mark where I pull the map out... I'm not lost, just checking the flight visibility by comparing what I can see vs what I should be able to see :-)


It was certainly a good reminder of how quickly the weather can change.


at

4 comments:

  1. Andre13 June 2017 at 08:54

    What a scenic place to fly, weather or not!

    Love the use of a simple VNC too!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Rodney14 June 2017 at 19:05

    Thanks Andre. It is a lovely place to fly. This is one occasion where a physical map was easier than an electronic one. There were no questions of the scale of the map or layers being displayed :-)

    Cheers, Rodney

    ReplyDelete
  3. Andrew M17 June 2017 at 18:28

    Hi Rodney

    That weather turned to crud pretty quickly. How close were you to Special VFR, do you think?

    Cheers

    ReplyDelete
  4. Rodney17 June 2017 at 19:20

    Hi Andrew,

    Yeah, it was quick. I had estimated at least 6km viz. Tower them estimated "5-6km to the north and 8-9 to the south". It was fine, but close to SVFR. I also had a viable option to go to PP is needed.

    Cheers!

    Rodney

    ReplyDelete