RBD Dallas Fly-in

[Yetti]

51 minutes ago, smccray said:

Sorry I’m going to miss it. Sitting at love field- backup plan since flying north isn’t in the cards today. 

Including the dry line?  Hard to fly anywhere in TX in the spring without dealing with that.

You do know that supercells develop along dry lines right?    I have no problem flying around thunderstorms and coastal storms that move inland.  The trick is to know which are the ok ones and which are the bad ones.   Bad ones usually have very slanted rain coming out the bottom.  Ok ones have vertical rain coming out.

[Yetti]

Ugh 

[bill98]

Ughhhhhh

 

anyone I’m Dfw area driving to RBD?

 

tomorrow is great weather 

[bill98]

[MBDiagMan]

Don is one of the greatest guys I’ve met in the Mooney community and an extremely gracious host.  This is the third Texas Springtime Fly In he has put together and the third one with marginal weather.  I hate seeing it work out this way, but knowing Don, I fully expect a fourth chance at it next year.  Thanks Don!

[DonMuncy]

We had 7 total eating lunch. Unfortunately, no fly ins. And I don't blame anyone. We left just as a terrific storm blew in. What we lacked in quantity, we easily made up in quality. 

[Stnelson903]

I flew in Friday evening. Didn’t see this till just now. Sorry I missed it. Glad we got my bird into a hanger last night


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[Dreamlifter]

Thanks Don!

Great conversations about flying Mooney’s especially Dave talking about the A Model! Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Mooney Max conference in Longview.

[smccray]

10 hours ago, Yetti said:

You do know that supercells develop along dry lines right?    I have no problem flying around thunderstorms and coastal storms that move inland.  The trick is to know which are the ok ones and which are the bad ones.   Bad ones usually have very slanted rain coming out the bottom.  Ok ones have vertical rain coming out.

Yep. No question crossing line on the map introduces risks. Times to do it, time to stay away. A blanket “stay away” from all lines is a little too conservative for me. 

[Yetti]

https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20111219X15943&key=1

https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20121127X24828&AKey=1&RType=Summary&IType=FA

I have 3 rules for flying

1.  No single engine piston in the colorado rockies

2. Always land with an hour of gas.

3. No flying through front lines

I saw the cessna 421 pilot walking around the FBO during my flight training before he went to fly through a front line.  Pretty sure he would have survived that day had he just waited a couple hours.  

[carusoam]

OK...

Got any pics of the Mooney lunch?

Who all made it?

I’ve been watching the weather with you guys...

Best regards,

-a-