FlyingScot Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 From beautiful over the NC mountains to Snow, ice in the layers, and a low approach in the grips of the Great Lakes Snow & Ice Machine… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragsf15e Posted December 6, 2021 Report Share Posted December 6, 2021 Breakfast at 1S9, Chewelah, WA. About 30 degrees out but sunny. Runway was slicker than I thought and almost ended up in the dirt turning off a little faster than a walk! Recovered and very slowly rolled down to the next exit. Great breakfast at the Rusty Putter! 5 planes flew in this morning! Departed for a scenic flight over Sandpoint ID and Lake Pend Oreille. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted December 6, 2021 Report Share Posted December 6, 2021 Went over the Grand Canyon today and it was on fire. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragsf15e Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 3 hours ago, EricJ said: Went over the Grand Canyon today and it was on fire. Can’t believe there’s still fires this late in the year! Recently I say small ones in Oregon and idaho, but I think our current storm should finish them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Ragsf15e said: Can’t believe there’s still fires this late in the year! Recently I say small ones in Oregon and idaho, but I think our current storm should finish them. According to the tower at KGCN they were prescribed burns. Made a lot of smoke and it went down into the canyon. Got a lot of very cool pics from it! Edited December 7, 2021 by EricJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0TreeLemur Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 I think our airframes cast the coolest shadows... On an IFR flight yesterday over Fort Smith, AR, enroute to Tuscaloosa, in the tops at 9000 in our C. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 My new FB background pic, also from yesterday: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVandelay Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 I think our airframes cast the coolest shadows... On an IFR flight yesterday over Fort Smith, AR, enroute to Tuscaloosa, in the tops at 9000 in our C. I like the halo effect, I wonder what’s causing that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0TreeLemur Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 Just now, ArtVandelay said: I like the halo effect, I wonder what’s causing that? Preferential backscattering of light towards the sun by the cloud droplets. Spheres act a bit like tiny mirrors with a tendency to scatter more light back towards the source than other directions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, 0TreeLemur said: Preferential backscattering of light towards the sun by the cloud droplets. Spheres act a bit like tiny mirrors with a tendency to scatter more light back towards the source than other directions. I've always been told that the circular rainbow around the shadow is caused by ice in the clouds . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0TreeLemur Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 38 minutes ago, ArtVandelay said: I like the halo effect, I wonder what’s causing that? Cool explanation here... https://pages.mtu.edu/~scarn/teaching/GE4250/scattering_lecture_slides.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exM20K Posted December 9, 2021 Report Share Posted December 9, 2021 @Greg_D came by to bring my TN to DMAX for annual. I think it's the first time since i've owned it that someone else has flown it. Was a little weird watching him fly away. The plane is much quieter from the outside than I thought it would be. Maybe I need to ask Maxwell for some of those Loud Pipes the Save Lives when installed on Harleys. Really appreciate his making the trip as my schedule got packed this week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingScot Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 Today 3 hours of cloud deck as far as you could see punctuated by the Appalachians “peeking” above the deck. Everything was smooth and tranquil right up through the approach - then on short final winds variable from 30deg to direct crosswind 12G20. Whoever said “there isn’t such a thing as too much crosswind practice” was absolutely right - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 Boxing day saw me taking my youngest two granddaughters, along with their mother (my youngest) on their first ride. From HEF to ESN for breakfast, out over the Chesapeake Bay. Great day for Papa!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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