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About 80% of general aviation aircraft fly using Lycoming engines. Clearing the trees at the end of the runway. Leaving 4500ft for 6500ft. Maintaining airflow and generating lift across the wings. All are impossible without a reliable engine. Lycoming powers my training aircraft and so fuels my quest for a private pilot certificate. This blog is a record of my thoughts and experiences on life, flight, and learning.

03 June 2008

Curses! Foiled again!

I was going to have a blog entry about flying into Chicago Midway today, but the weather wasn't cooperating. Low IFR and heavy thunderstorm, complete with torrential rain, hail, tornados, wind shear, and a whole bunch of other nasties that made me fly in a WN (Southwest Airlines) 737-700 cattle car today. The forecast for tomorrow isn't any better. So, instead of having another cool post about flying to Des Moines, I'm going to be taking said cattle car into Omaha, then driving to Des Moines. Maybe I'll take a photo of the weather that will actually turn out to be flyable VFR. I need an instrument rating.

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