Murky today

[peterh337]

Down below (cloudbase 2000ft)

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/peterh337/winterhaze/1-2.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/peterh337/winterhaze/4-2.jpg

Climbing up a bit

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/peterh337/winterhaze/2-2.jpg

and here we go (3000ft)

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/peterh337/winterhaze/3-2.jpg

Quite a significant inversion. +2C on the ground, -5C at cloudbase, -3C above the cloud.

Sadly one cannot often do this, because the base of controlled airspace is usually too low to get above the clouds.

[thing]

You fly from the wrong place Peter, there's no CAS around here. Thrashed a 172 up to 10,000' last summer. felt a bit sorry for it actually. Very nice photos, what camera was it?

[peterh337]

I am suprised you think the pics are especially good. They are low-res and very hazy. Only the one with the sea reflecting the sun has been tweaked, to remove what would have been an even denser haze.

The camera is a Pentax K5. 1/1000 or so. F6.7 or so. ISO280 on the above mentioned pic, 1/2000, F6.7, ISO160 on the VMC on top pic. TAV mode (you set shutter and F, the camera picks the ISO).

[thing]

I am suprised you think the pics are especially good

They capture something to me, they don't have to be technically brilliant. Besides, I have low standards and strive to maintain them.:)

[Pilot DAR]

It was a beautiful day!

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/PilotDAR/Jims%20DAR%20Testing/IMG_3868.jpg

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/PilotDAR/Jims%20DAR%20Testing/IMG_3865.jpg

My favourite lake for landing on... (but not where you see the open water!)

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/PilotDAR/Jims%20DAR%20Testing/IMG_3867.jpg

Sorry, modest camera (but the windows were not that great anyway!)

[peterh337]

Great pics PD :ok:

However I suspect you are wearing something thicker than even us here :)

The OAT here right now is a mere -6.5C
EGKK 102220Z 00000KT 9999 FEW026 M06/M08 Q1037

[AdamFrisch]

What's that, Dar? A Thurston Teal?

[Pilot DAR]

No, as enticing as the water is, the Teal is preserved and tied down for the winter. It's not nice to takeoff the water in air which is below freezing, and splash the airplane. It instantly freezes all over the airframe, windshield, and prop.

My job was to be sure that the pods stayed on this: (they did!).

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/PilotDAR/Jims%20DAR%20Testing/IMG_3863.jpg

It was a lovely +3C here, though it is supposed to be -16C tonight. It's going to be brisk, as I have to be in the lake, in a suit, at 8 tomorrow morning.

[AdamFrisch]

Those pods looked like retractable pontoons, almost like some of those modified Goose's (Geese?) have.

[Artistic Intention]

Murky again today, these two were taken this morning just to the south of Wellesbourne, on one you can see the Wellesbourne runway.

Murky below, clear as a bell above.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/AFKAE/P1010523.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/AFKAE/P1010527.jpg

[Tupperware Pilot]

Very merky today but still a great days flying. (and photography).
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/6858493217_337dffd5c8_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tupperware_pilot/6858493217/) RAF Barford St John... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tupperware_pilot/6858493217/) by Air Frame Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/tupperware_pilot/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7187/6858485707_85f22924a8_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tupperware_pilot/6858485707/) Cool Cub Shadow.. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tupperware_pilot/6858485707/) by Air Frame Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/tupperware_pilot/), on Flickr
Turned out to be a great days flying at Hinton.. Hinton in the Snow 2012 - a set on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tupperware_pilot/sets/72157629275319899/)