Strange encounter in the clouds tonight
Went out for a flight tonight at 8pm, fancied climbing up to 5000 and having a mess around in the clouds just to keep my hand in. It was a beautiful summer evening, but as I entered a rather wispy cloud I see rain but nothing was hitting or staying on the windshield, it was like really dry snow??? , I turn out of the cloud and for the next 1/4 mile it continued to " fall" but appeard to be coming at me vertically when viewed out the side window, strange indeed. Finished the evenings flight by flying over a local beach town where the local RC guys had commandeered a football pitch for a camp-out and flying their machines. So nothing else for it than pull the power, drop the flaps and stop in for an excellent display of an enthusiasts 4 stroke Gypsy Moth doing aerobatics. The club members snapped some pics of the Maule parked next to there models and I was off home with no more "snow" in the clouds !!!
Last edited by piperboy84; 24th July 2015 at 23:05.