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Re: Up set turbulence? Ouch They say in mt flying clinics if it's blowing hard stay 1/2 the hieght of the mt above it. Me too Frank I am never less than 2000 above the peaks more if it's blowing.

Re: Up set turbulence? Ouch I think it was a breaking wave now. A rouge mountain wave see article link below. Don't think I can hyper link with this IPAD may have to cut and paste. I was at 5,500 climbing small 4,500 ft or so mountains a couple miles ahead fits the scenario in this article. I...

Re: Up set turbulence? Ouch I am still a little in shock about the whole incident. It must be vary vary rare. I have had mountain flying training and it was not a mountain wave I don't think. Winds aloft maybe 40 knots I was miles from the mountains with climbing Terrain. I should study the...

Re: Up set turbulence? Ouch It's 5 am and it will be back on the ol horse today. After a good air frame pre flight we shall roll again. Forecast today is looking much better. Stopping to get more cargo nets for the back seat as well lol.

Re: Up set turbulence? Ouch That is exactly what I said after I landed. I wish I had the cameras running on that one. Every thing we own is in storage. We sold our home and are moving in to a new one in about 5 more days. We are living in a hotel at the moment so damn I was not prepared for a...

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Re: Up set turbulence? Ouch Thank you Peter, I always thought the training was for thunderstorms in IFR but I know now clear sky's can be more of a threat than I thought. I hate rough air as eve one does but now I know it's it a real threat to your life even in clear sky's. Another lesson...

Re: Up set turbulence? Ouch Thanks Frank, I knew about the storm yesterday (Tuesday 11th) we came over this morning at about 10 am had a tail wind from the east doing 170 knots that's one in a million chance as you know with the prevailing westerly winds. Nice and smooth too until 30 miles out...

After leaving Seattle today from our in City base Renton WA, I knew it was going to be a rough ride home over the Cascades. Although only 9 Kt winds on take off winds aloft were strong and there was a moderate turbulent air/sig warning I knew it was not going to be fun but not abnormal either...

Re: A Great Time in Dayton Sweet trip thanks for posting the link Tim. It took us 4 days and 3 nights last year to make it home from T82. I crossed the rocks a similar route last year only coming up from the south we started in Pueblo CO to Salt Lake, then the same route out through Idaho. What...

Re: A Great Time in Dayton That is awesome you all had a great time! I knew you would after last years adventure! I really had my heart set on going but just didn't work out this year. After last years adventure it was a hard call to stay grounded but it paid off. I did sell my home in 4 days...

Re: 2014 Dayton Fly In Schedule Update I'm sorry to say I have to cancel this year just to much life getting in the way. I will try to make it out your way next year ken. I know you miss Seirra Bravo. 2015 I will be back to roaming the Country. I will be canceling my reservation in a couple...

Re: Climb Speeds with Hotshot I have found in winter up north here you do not boost the take off as you already have 29" in below freezing weather. Not to mention if I go level low like 3000' no hot shot boost I get 138 knots IAS at 27" 2450 rpm just to see what she would do then throttling...

Re: Friends don't let friends fly IFR LoL to funny 4843 whiskey I once tried her IFR course a friend gave me, I could not stay awake. For some reason her voice puts me out like a light. Back in 2010 the Police had a mix up their172 had an N number of a stolen 150 years earlier. After a case of...

Re: Friends don't let friends fly IFR Ok fellow Commander drivers you have me convenced I am going after that ticket. Even at 55 I have a good 15 years before the FEDs pull my license. At that point I shall steal a old Cessna and auger it in. I would never do that to a Commander. I have...

Re: Friends don't let friends fly IFR Your right Ken, Ill keep chipping away at it. I know in the long run it will be worth it. I will have to file often in the winter if I want out of this valley so good chance I would be keeping current that way. Thanks for you input God father Ken

Re: Friends don't let friends fly IFR My video camera is a GoPro Hero-3 with a audio cable adapter that the head set plugs in to. I use a suction cup mount stuck to the aft top of the pilot window. It also has a water proof case you can film under water up to 100 meters or above 100 mph if its...

After training for IFR for a while I have come to the conclusion why? it stinks I love VFR. If you have the funds to stay a night or two and do this for fun why in the hell would you want to do that crap its not fun anymore, See what VFR is all about here on my flight. Frank from NY back me up...

Re: Small clips in time 31 hr Journey to T82 Thanks Tim maybe next year you will make it. They say it will be on the east third of the US I hope it's north. Any place is going to be a lot easier to get to for us in the NW than Texas. I used basiclly your mid Rockies route long but very pretty...

Re: Small clips in time 31 hr Journey to T82 You'r right about that Judi! I would never have traveled that far for a three night stay if I didn't enjoy every minute of the flight getting there and the challenges it pose's. Not to mention meeting all of you and seeing that many ships in one...