Saturday, April 26, 2008
California Trivia :
and this is 1 of 3 vaults built that are supposed to be visible from
space by the aliens ;)
Friday, April 25, 2008
Desert, Colorado River, Farm land...
California!
Time to leave Tucson, headed for Santa Monica
and touch and go's! This was a C-130 landing also have F-16's fighters
practicing!
Titan II silo doors
total facility battery power!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Long day!
This morning's flight went as expected: IMC on departure, then cruising above the clouds at 8000'. The ride was smooth all the way to Pecos TX, which was severe clear but windy. After a gourmet lunch at the local Sonic, we set out for Tucson. It was a 3 1/2 hour flight through unrelenting light-to-moderate turbulence including 20-knot headwinds. Tonight we check out the Tucson dining scene and nightlife, then tomorrow visit the Titan Missile Museum, then off to LA!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Weather Flying
The three-hour flight from New Orleans to Austin turned out to be quite fun. Shortly after departing New Orleans, a big line of nasty thunderstorms showed up on NEXRAD (they were only 3 scattered cells a half an hour before but had since merged and grown). I requested a new routing from ATC which would take us south of the line, and this routing worked out just right to keep us clear of the thunderstorms as well as many of the Cu buildups in the area. Flying at 8000' was almost entirely smooth and kept us above most of the clouds. The ceilings at Taylor Muni were high enough by the time we got there to make a visual approach.
Austin once again welcomed us warmly! :-)
Tomorrow looks like more of the same: lots of IMC between Austin and our fuel/lunch stop in Pecos Tx. However, it is forecast to be clear at Pecos and for the rest of the route west. Then we'll just have to deal with turbulence over the desert Southwest!
Austin once again welcomed us warmly! :-)
Tomorrow looks like more of the same: lots of IMC between Austin and our fuel/lunch stop in Pecos Tx. However, it is forecast to be clear at Pecos and for the rest of the route west. Then we'll just have to deal with turbulence over the desert Southwest!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
