I can't claim this one...just thought it was fun...
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
Pics: Slipping by Thunderstorms Over The Rockies
The following pictures were taken as I deviated around a thunderstorm near the front range of the Colorado Rockies on a flight between Dallas, Ft. Worth, Texas and Portland, Oregon. Heading west with the sun setting in the distance, we were on top of a layer of clouds with a large storm just to the north. In the first picture, you can see the sun reflecting off the overhang that we were just low enough to fly underneath. The overhang...
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Pic: Thunderstorms in the Morning
I know I've said his before, but the view is truly one of the best parts of my job. I took this picture about thirty minutes into a flight from DFW to Washington Dulles earlier this week. I'm always a little surprised to see such a large storm this early in the morning. We departed DFW around ...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Single Engine
Most of my flying during the past 18 years has taken place in and out of the same airport...an airport with which I am now quite familiar. Like anything else, familiarity and routine can be both a positive and a negative thing. On the positive side, it helps a pilot predict what is coming next and highlights unusual clearances, mistakes and anything else that might be out of the norm. For instance, the normal climb out of DFW goes...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Pic: Radar Attenuation
I took this picture on Sunday afternoon while descending on the arrival to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. In the picture, I'm on an ATC assigned vector for spacing with the aircraft ahead.When using airborne radar, attenuation is a term regularly used to describe what you see here. The green and yellow return standing alone on the left side of the screen does not appear to be especially large or dangerous. But it is...
Monday, August 6, 2012
Pic: Long Flight to DCA
These two pictures were taken yesterday as my day was starting to improve. I was scheduled to fly 7.5 hours and ended the day with well over 9 hours added to my logbook. Weather in the northeast was the story of the day. The first pic was taken while waiting our turn for takeoff from runway 19 at DCA. I prefer to land south and takeoff to the north, but didn't get to do either yesterday. We landed north, then the wind shifted before takeoff and we...
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