"CareBear" wrote:
Flying to BHM from CTJ was rather interesting. The sun was shining
bright right at me. The little sun visor in the plane really didn't
help.

Late in the afternoon if you're flying west, sun glare can be a real
problem. The solution is to not fly right into the sun. Change course 20
degrees so you're not looking right at the sun. It'll take you a little
longer to get there, but that's better than being blind.

And, as another poster pointed out, getting flight following is always a
good idea.