Jay Beckman wrote:
My preflight Wx research yielded some conflicting info with some products at
weather.gov
I hate it when that happens!

I wish I could have frozen the plane
in midair just to better absorb the sight picture of turning base to final
over the river gorge that is right off the approach end of RWY 15.
Great picture BTW. Definitely one of those "You don't want to leave it
short" scenarios. We have a few here but w/o the added bonus of the water.


Passing the Meteor Crater, I managed to squeeze off one frame
....and a nice one frame it was.

These may mean more out here in the land of brown charts than they might to
those who fly in the land of green charts
Ah yes, the land of the multi-colored sectionals. I remember looking at
all the pretty colors in the San Francisco sectional then comparing with
the two colors of green on the Chicago sectional.

- Density Altitude Rules All.
Amen! One thing I like to do is regularly experience higher than normal
DA takeoff performance in our plane (yet within reasonable limits).
Fortunately, that's pretty easy to do with a short flight to the Sierra
Nevada foothills (and beyond).

I feel like I got tested today but I think I done good...
Sounds like it. Nothing like widening the experience level a tad.
Humbling and educational all at the same time.

Nice writeup Jay.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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