Wet, Bumpy, and Cold

Andrew Gideon wrote:
: I'd a very nice "getting feet wet" flight today. I was in the clouds for
: roughly half the brief (two hour) (CDW-SWF-CDW) flight, I was in wet clouds
: watching the thermostat drop, and some of those clouds hid *bumps*.

I had a similar experience yesterday with my freshly-minted IFR
ticket. Coming home from Columbus, OH to SW Virginia both departure and
destination had great VFR. A bit out of Dodge I hit IMC, got a clearance,
and flew into precip at 7000, +2 C. Got 9000 and picked up some light ice
at -2 C. Tried to go over at 10 but it got worse. Went down to 8000 and
it melted off.

Never really too nervous since the MEA in that area was 5000' and
I knew where I was going was good. Kind of nifty to get over an hour
of solo actual, though.

-Cory

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