I hate winter

Denver. Clear. Sunny. No winds. Smooth.

And it's 5 F. I'm at home in front of a warm computer screen. When
it's this cold, I don't care about preheating the airplane, I can't
be bothered putting on all that cold weather gear on me!

Of course Wed. it'll be back into the 50s.

In article , Blanche
wrote:

Denver. Clear. Sunny. No winds. Smooth.

Boston: don't care, stinkin flu. (-{

--
Bob Noel

"Blanche" wrote in message
...
Denver. Clear. Sunny. No winds. Smooth.

And it's 5 F. I'm at home in front of a warm computer screen. When
it's this cold, I don't care about preheating the airplane, I can't
be bothered putting on all that cold weather gear on me!

Of course Wed. it'll be back into the 50s.


Here in the 'burb's of Phoenix it was 27 last night, mid 60's during the day
:~)

Sometime in the next two or three months I have to make a permanent move to
Colorado Springs, mid 30's and -1 right now! :~( (for now) but :~) come
summer when Phoenix is 115 (OWWW...damn door handle).

On 5 Jan 2004 16:36:12 -0700, Blanche
wrote:

Denver. Clear. Sunny. No winds. Smooth.

And it's 5 F. I'm at home in front of a warm computer screen. When
it's this cold, I don't care about preheating the airplane, I can't
be bothered putting on all that cold weather gear on me!

Of course Wed. it'll be back into the 50s.

Wed...That's two days! Last I remember all it takes is the wind to
shift from the west and 3 hours later it's 20 to 30 degrees warmer.
Wellll... That was in Boulder.

Here? Midland Mi...Same oh, same oh... Dull, dreary, cloudy, clear for
Michigan (visibility is over 6) with a low of around 5. Course we
don't get to have those breathers like you do out near the mountains.
Course I don't remember having 9 feet of snow here, like they did at
my Daughter's place near Rollinsville last Winter.

I don't think we've had a storm with more than a foot of snow in over
15 years. Up into the 60s two or three feet with 5 foot plus drifts
wasn't uncommon.

OTOH I only have to fly about a 100 miles north or NW to find winter.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 21:13:25 -0800, Jeff wrote:

I am ready for winter to be over.

Over?

It hasn't even started yet, except by the calendar. The two coldest
months and three heaviest snow producers are still ahead of us up
here.

the strong winds aloft are a killer when your ready to get back home.

This morning I flew my wifes brother and his wife back to Casa Grande
Az. from Las Vegas, getting down there was pretty quick, hour and 45
minutes, getting back was 2 hours and 15 minutes. My worst GS was when I
climed to 10.5 to go over a mountain near kingman Az, I thought I was
sucking with my 130 kt GS at 8500 ft, at 10.5 I was getting a
blistering 117 kts!!!!!

Wait till you catch a 100 knot plus wind. :-))
We took off out of Marysvill KS a few years back with winds 30 G 50
right down the runway. At 500 feet we had well over 100 knots of tail
wind headed east. We sure did make good time getting out of there.
That wind stayed with us for about a 150 miles. We still had a 40
know tail wind once out in the clear and up at 7500 feet .

I think it's time to plug in the old Tanis heater. Forecast is for
highs in the single digits to low teens for most of the week. Lows?
:-))


Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Here it will start getting better come march, Feb. and Mar.

100 kt tail wind, was the ride smoothe or ??

Last week I ferried my plane back over to north las vegas from henderson,
winds at north town on the ground were only 11 kts, at henderson they were 31
and almost a 90 degree xwind when I took off, I could feel the plane wanting
to move left as I was rolling. downdrafts was horrible as soon as I took off,
it starts to get pretty sporty when the winds here get like that at ground
level. you do everything you can just to hang on.

Roger Halstead wrote:It hasn't even started yet, except by the calendar. The
two coldest

months and three heaviest snow producers are still ahead of us up
here.

the strong winds aloft are a killer when your ready to get back home.

This morning I flew my wifes brother and his wife back to Casa Grande
Az. from Las Vegas, getting down there was pretty quick, hour and 45
minutes, getting back was 2 hours and 15 minutes. My worst GS was when I
climed to 10.5 to go over a mountain near kingman Az, I thought I was
sucking with my 130 kt GS at 8500 ft, at 10.5 I was getting a
blistering 117 kts!!!!!

Wait till you catch a 100 knot plus wind. :-))
We took off out of Marysvill KS a few years back with winds 30 G 50
right down the runway. At 500 feet we had well over 100 knots of tail
wind headed east. We sure did make good time getting out of there.
That wind stayed with us for about a 150 miles. We still had a 40
know tail wind once out in the clear and up at 7500 feet .

I think it's time to plug in the old Tanis heater. Forecast is for
highs in the single digits to low teens for most of the week. Lows?
:-))

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

FCLOWW 050900Z 051019 12007KT 0800 SN SCT002 BKN005 PROB40 TEMPO
1012 0300 +SN VV001 BECMG 1215 02010KT 2000 -SN FEW005 BKN012 BKN020
TEMPO 1519 35012G22KT 9999 NSW FEW015 BKN025=25=

it's not so much the winds (in 5000 ft forecast is 30 kt) though, but the
heavy snowfall over here in vienna, austria.

just have had about 9 inches of snow within 24 hours in the capital - huge
traffic jam.
http://www.wien.gv.at/webcam/burgtheater.htm
http://www.elalmanaque.com/navidad/w.../webcams22.htm
http://www.mfu-wien.com/wx/loav_wx.html (local airfield)

regards
wolfgang

The only bad thing about winter is the decision on whether I should go
skiing or go flying.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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In article , Cub Driver
wrote:

The only bad thing about winter is the decision on whether I should go
skiing or go flying.

Put skiis on the airplane and enjoy them both! ;-))

put skies on your cub and get the best of both


Cub Driver wrote:

The only bad thing about winter is the decision on whether I should go
skiing or go flying.

all the best -- Dan Ford
email:

see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com
and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com