alan_k Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Got a nice hours out and return flight in the afternoon. I thought the sky would be clearing but the forecast was wrong again The cloud looked a bit black but it it wasn't as bad as it looks. The sun was shining edge on making it look darker. There was only a slight movement of the vario just needing a reduction in revs to stay straight and level. I was glad I had wrapped up well with my winter flying suit on, even facing the sun it was not warm. The return leg looked a lot brighter and so nice to be flying as the weekend is forecast as blown out. Hope you get some flying in this weekend folks Cheers, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Nice one alan,good to see someone flying.we may have a window 2morro maybe.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbertflyer Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I tried to fly Mon/Tue and Wed this week, each day blighted by min viz issues. Particularly bad viz on Monday, doubt if I had a mile of legal viz. I'm free flying again on Saturday (hopefully)... Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 It's a bit of a b**ger when the viz is stopping play, what do you want with the horizon anyway Got up again today for 1hr 9 min, fantastic. I beat my previous altitude with 4032 feet this afternoon, and only used 4 litres for the whole flight I got a peak descent rate of -1320 feet per min, average about -800 with full speedbar and fast trim, whoohoo. Cheers, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbertflyer Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Good one Alan & very economical. If there's no fog tomorrow, I'll be either +200ft soaring or -600ft at the bottom of the hill waiting for the fog to lift...... TBA. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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