Filing IFR
Posted by Dave Minor Sun, 08 Apr 2007 02:47:00 GMT
I wrote a bit drearily abou passing my instrument rating and not really feeling super excited about it. The time came when it really helped out and I failed to note it here.
On a recent trip (first trip after passing the rating in fact), the forecast was for partly cloudy skies on our return trip and Sarah was scheduled to work that night. When I popped my head out of the house we were at a couple of hours before our intended departure, the sky was about 2000 overcast. The airport lobby (KTKI on the edge of DFW Class B airspace) was filled with VFR pilots waiting for the ceiling to go up.
We filed, strolled in, and took off. Popped out on top about 4000 feet and enjoyed the remainder of the trip punching holes in the top of fair weather cumulus clouds. Sarah rode in the front with me for the first time in our plane. She flew a lot of the way home.
Later that week, I was able to take a business trip that otherwise would have been called off due to weather. It was a great feeling to be able to make those 3 flights that week without having to scrap them.
Tomorrow we were scheduled to make a 2 day cross country to Arizona. Easter winter storms are causing those plans to be rearranged. I’m not sure how fun dodging mountains with 25 knot headwinds would be….
