Comment on "Virga: What is It, and When to Avoid (Pilots Tip of the Week)"
Virga is dissipation from a cloud that evaporates before reaching the ground.pilot could expect mild to excessive sink, gradient, shear turbulence I have seen lots of it but never flown near it.I would think it best avoided?Comment on "Cloud Soaring Record set on Airborne XT-582 Trike !!! In Oz !!"
Recieved notice yesterday that the "Morning Glory' cloud formation has begun. Very early this year and may reflect the beginning of a long El Nino cycle, according to the Queensland triking source.Comment on "Flying Blindfolded - Solo - on a PPC/PPG type aircraft - not a WSC Trike"
Jeff, I've whited out accidentally a couple times. The first was ridge soaring a HG under a low cloud layer, I passed through a wisp of cloud for ~ 3 seconds- I got...I was going to pass through about 100' of clou...Comment on "Your Engine Just Quit, Should You Land On A Road Or A Field?"
I've had a few failures. It seems that each time after the engine quit I was sure I heard a deep, slightly ghostly voice coming from behind a nearby cloud... a vague, barely seen white face in the sky with a halo above said "Oops, sorry - I thought you were Monty." ;-D