Weather misery
More bad weather this past week has led to several cancellations of the QXC, under some rules the visibility has to be 10km or better and so far it's been worse with mist and fog in the mornings. I have another date booked for this coming Tuesday but looking at the expected weather ahead for next week does not look to promising!
It's a little frustrating as I have now not flown in awhile and I am almost at the end of the course, it would be ideal to get the license before the worst of the autumn/winter weather sets in. Breaking the momentum I suspect will lead me to need more lessons to stop any rust setting in.
It's a little frustrating as I have now not flown in awhile and I am almost at the end of the course, it would be ideal to get the license before the worst of the autumn/winter weather sets in. Breaking the momentum I suspect will lead me to need more lessons to stop any rust setting in.
posted by Chris @ Thursday, September 15, 2005
3 Comments:
At Friday, September 16, 2005 12:22:00 am,
Flyinkiwi said…
I've been up to 6 weeks without flying with not too much rust building up. :)
I wouldn't want to be not flying for much longer especially if you are building towards the checkride.
At Friday, September 16, 2005 1:40:00 am,
Oshawapilot said…
Hey Chris; I doubt that your "Winter" is like ours here in Canada, but I quite enjoyed flying in the cold temperatures.. (-28c was my record).
The planes climb better, the air is generally smoother (less convective turbulence) and the visibilty on a snow covered landscape was amazing.
Just out of curiosity, what are your "official" units of measure in aviation where you live? I noticed you quote visibilty in KM, suggesting Metric.
Although we are also Metric here in Canada, as far as aviation goes we are still running in tandem with the USA, which is still stuck in the archiac imperial days.
That means miles and gallons for us in aviation, even through the rest of our lives are kilometers and litres. :-)
At Sunday, September 18, 2005 8:18:00 pm,
Chris said…
Yeah cold temperatures don't worry me to much, in fact flying over a snow covered landscape sounds fantastic! The autumn period however is likely to be strong winds and overcast skies and will curtail flying.
Our official units of measure are metric, although like most people my generation and older we tend to think in imperial terms as that was what we were taught at school.
In aviation we use litres rather than gallons, and measure pressure in millibars. However we also use statitute miles alongside kilometres and many older aircraft measure airspeed in MPH. Newer aircraft of course use Knts.
In daily life in England, everyone uses statute miles rather than kilometres and more often than not measurements are still given in 'feet and inches'.
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