This week, I flew my longest cross-countryyet. On Wednesday, I flew
non-stop from Ottawa (CYOW) to Sault Ste. Marie (CYAM), just about 400
nm. Conditions were a little hazy, but the ceiling was high, and I
was able to manage 6,500 feet the whole way. I stayed overnight at my
grandmother's cottag
On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 06:12, David Megginson wrote:
> This week, I flew my longest cross-countryyet. On Wednesday, I flew
> non-stop from Ottawa (CYOW) to Sault Ste. Marie (CYAM), just about 400
> nm. Conditions were a little hazy, but the ceiling was high, and I
> was able to manage 6,500 feet t
David Megginson wrote:
Here are some pictures. The quality's not great because of a
combination of a cheap camera, dirty windows, hazy air, and a need to
concentrate on flying the plane (I didn't usually look through the
viewfinder):
http://www.megginson.com/private/2003-05-28-soo-trip/
Nice vi
Tony Peden writes:
> What do you mean by CB and TCU?
Sorry -- those are the standard weather abbreviations for cumulonimbus
and towering cumulus.
You can see and avoid both when you're VFR -- if you're on top, they
stick out high above the surrounding clouds (CB often goes right to
the stratosp
Erik Hofman writes:
> Nice visual system!
We'll get there.
All the best,
David
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> David Megginson wrote:
>
> > Here are some pictures. The quality's not great because of a
> > combination of a cheap camera, dirty windows, hazy air, and a need to
> > concentrate on flying the plane (I didn't usually look through the
> > viewfinder):
> >
> > http://www.megginson.com/private/2
Wow!
Just brings home how small the UK is compared to Canada and the USA.
From my home airfield, 800nm in almost any direction by my reckoning
would land you in another country. Although a C-152 would have ran out
of fuel after 600nm probably. Did you see much variation in weather
over the d
matthew Law writes:
> Just brings home how small the UK is compared to Canada and the USA.
> From my home airfield, 800nm in almost any direction by my reckoning
> would land you in another country.
That was 800nm round trip (i.e. 400nm out and 400nm back), but it is
true that 800nm straigh
On Sat, 31 May 2003 19:18:35 -0400,
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > matthew Law writes:
> Probably considerably less. At 75% power, my Warrior could probably
> manage 600nm and still just barely have the required 30-minute fuel
..that's fuel to de
Arnt Karlsen writes:
> ..that's fuel to destination, then on to alternate, and then 30
> minutes, no? (thought it was 45 min reserve)
That's only for IFR; for day VFR, we need 30 minutes' reserve,
period (45 minutes at night).
> ..how much of the haze is window, and camera "tint"? Was this
developers discussions
Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Trip Report and Pictures:
CYOW-CYAM;CYAM-CYYB; CYYB-CYOW
matthew Law writes:
> Just brings home how small the UK is compared to Canada and the USA.
> From my home airfield, 800nm in almost any direction by my reckoning
> would
On Sat, 31 May 2003 22:26:54 -0400,
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Arnt Karlsen writes:
>
> > ..that's fuel to destination, then on to alternate, and then 30
> > minutes, no? (thought it was 45 min reserve)
>
> That's only for IFR; for day VFR, w
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