Had a little time to get in a simulated flight.
I was thinking of last week when one of our grandchildren had me up in the Cessna 172 and the fog rolled in off the lake as we started home from our short cross country flight.
Well, that gave me time to share with her a few short stories and a couple of tall tales about my flying experience and fog...
When I was not much older than her, going into my last year of High School and a proud holder of a brand new Commercial Pilots License with a Float Endorsement I had a summer job flying the new Cessna 180s along with some older Piper Aircraft on floats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_180
We would start flying about 05:00 give or take a few minutes and by 06:30 the fog would roll in off Georgian Bay and cover everything for miles inland.
It happened quite quickly but the fog was gone for float flying activities to resume by 09:30 or so.
Most of us would grab a few hours of sleep as we flew long hours or until it was dark.
Here are the pictures of a short cross country flight I just completed.
FSX and Windows 7
FSWC.......Flight Simulator Water Configurator
Season.....late summer
Time........dawn
Aircraft.....DE Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd DX60 X 1927 Cirrus Moth with
84HP Cirrus 11 Engine
Location...Ontario, Canada
Sun Rise
No fishermen or boaters on the lake yet.
Aerodrome looks quiet.
Will circle the aerodrome before lining up for the water runway which I have already done a precautionary check on, need to check the windsock again.
Fog is starting to roll-in.
Sometimes we all wished there was just a little more horsepower up front...
Comments and advice most welcome...
