But with a forecast of 10% cloud cover that meant that there had
to be cirrus clouds. In fact there were cirrus cloud overhead all day.
This is what it looked like at around 1 PM (and all morning before that):

Later, when we were flying it looked somewhat like this:

The soarcast called for good lift and a high TOL at 5,900', but with an north... mehr

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Karen and Danny write:
We had a good winter in Arizona, thanks for asking, and now we're
happy to be back in the land of green grass and corn thermals, as I sit in my
office in down jacket and snow pants.We squeaked by again in 2019, and don't see a need to change fees or policies. 
Like last year, we will be emphasizing service to solo... mehr

On our Race and Rallys up through Georgia we stopped here a number
of times:Tom Lanning sends:
"Michael Parson, 56, owns the Tree House in Vidalia, a city of
about 10,000 people roughly 170 miles east of Atlanta. He has been selling fried
shrimp and prime rib to-go for the past few weeks and is doing fine financially,
he said, with no... mehr

The back to the mid eighties on Friday. Human caused global
warming is happening to us right now here at the flight park.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/04/22/record-april-heat-miami-florida-gulf-coast/?itid=hp_hp-more-top-stories-2_heatwave8pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans
All of Florida is toasty
The heat hasn’t been restricted to... mehr

https://www.fai.org/news/civl-category-1-instruments-list-april-2020-update?type=node&id=24473CIVL Category 1 Instruments List April 2020 update. mehr

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With a forecast for a west northwest wind of 8 mph on the ground
and 14 mph at 4,000', I wasn't all that excited about a day of flying with a
strong cross wind. Again, we are resolved to flying tasks that bring us back to
Wilotree Park. One significant other driver per pilot restricts us from going
long distance.
The wind was reasonably... mehr

It's the first time in decades bald eagles have been found nesting
in an Arizona saguaro cactus. mehr

Thanks to Ken de Russy. mehr

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Thanks to Rob Lesser. mehr

The view to the southeast from our 5th wheel at Wilotree Park. Click on the
picture to get the high resolution version. A minute later they all took off at
once and flew away. mehr

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Angelo Mantas <hypoxicagain>
writes:
My girlfriend's brother lived in Telluride back in the '70s. When
he passed on, we inherited this poster. mehr

Phill Bloom <<phillipbloom>>
writes:
Your recent articles inspired me to send this picture.

I purchased this vario as a back up for navigation. The screen is the best I’ve
seen so far. It is also totally customizable and can automatically switch
between three screens in flight. The only bummer is no air speed but it still... mehr

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/well/live/coronavirus-contagion-spead-clothes-shoes-hair-newspaper-packages-mail-infectious.html?utm_source=pocket
Your chances of catching the virus when you go outdoors is
extremely low, provided you’re keeping a safe distance from others.“Outdoors is safe, and there is certainly no cloud of... mehr

There are a million alligators in Florida. We have a large pond
and have even bigger lakes very close by. We're going to have gators in our
pond. They move around. The pond is surrounded by wetlands.
On Friday a gator in some distress was found in the north field. Scott, our
local resident power plane pilot, jogged by him a few times and the... mehr

https://www.ushpa.org//member/lecture-series

Thanks to everyone who attended our first USHPA Lecture Series webinar on
Wednesday, and a huge thank you to Honza Rejmanek for giving a fantastic
presentation!
Honza's talk covered air and the terrain, thermal development, convection, and
more, and included a Q&A at the end. The recording is now... mehr

https://www.facebook.com/groups/772690156104749/permalink/3987630327944033/
OK, so 2.5 years and three iterations later and I believe I have
finally arrived at a decent Bluetooth headset solution. The design goal was to
have something robust, fool proof, good audio, and no faff (e.g. forgot to
charge and will still work for you for the day).... mehr