ilovecornfields Posted March 9, 2020 Report Posted March 9, 2020 So, it was a fun day for flying today with a series of storms moving through but we wanted to have a last pre-coronavirus family get together so we made a short hop over the mountains to the Central Valley. Lots of good IFR with the rain, multiple layers and clouds right at the freezing level. Took off right into a rain cloud but the flight over was pretty benign. On the way back, I was pretty proud of myself for having safely navigated the conditions and had even asked for a block altitude to avoid zooming up and down from the turbulence and up/downdrafts. I remembered my pitot heat, had the TKS running full steam and even got direct to the IAF for the RNAV approach. I was all proud of myself until my Apple Watch started beeping at me “your heart rate has been greater than 100 and you appear to be at rest.” How rude! Who wants a watch that follows you around and destroys your self confidence?! 2 6
Yooper Rocketman Posted March 9, 2020 Report Posted March 9, 2020 With what you do for a living how could flying ever come close to stressful? Tom 1
ilovecornfields Posted March 9, 2020 Author Report Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Yooper Rocketman said: With what you do for a living how could flying ever come close to stressful? Tom Funny you should mention that. I’d never thought about it, but it has never gone off at work. I guess I also have considerably more “hours” doing what I do at work than I do flying a plane so hopefully I’m better at it. It ok. I’m over it. My wife told me my landing was “totally acceptable” so it’s nice to know that neither my wife not my Apple Watch are impressed by my piloting abilities. 1
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