First up, here are the pictures I took: http://picasaweb.google.com/jscottcard/0TX1
Wow, what a great event. We had a ball. The site is amazing. We only live an hour away, but never quite understood the quality of this gem. Tanya and I launched IFR from Georgetown climbing through the broken layer at about 1200'. We were on top by 7000', happy campers for the ride. Our plan was to shoot a GPS approach into Clebourne (CPT, about 10mi. SE) to get down. That worked great. Within about 30mi, it was solid overcast at no more than 2000'. We broke out at about 1000', canceled IFR, and broke off the approach to make the run over to 0TX1. I don't know what everybody else was talking about with 1800' high ceilings... The reality was that when we arrived, there were places only 2mi. from the field that were only 900' at best. Weather definitions sometimes vary with just how macho the pilot you are talking to is
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As far as I could tell, it was a full fly-in although the locals that we talked to (Tom & Bonnie, Don, the Sutters) said it was quite light because of weather. Most of the VAF "celebrities" were there of course. Familiar faces are always a welcome site. I think Tanya and I got suckered into more than one "big adventure" in the months and years to come courtesy of Rosie. We're looking forward to many more great adventures. Food, yapping, a tour of Don's house (thanks), and simply drooling over the whole location and concept of this airpark.
While everyone was talking, I stood there and filed an IFR flight plan for the trip home on the Iphone and Weathermeister. The only way to roll. There were few planes left as we launched and stopped our climb at 2500'msl. We picked up our clearance with Fort Worth Center, climbed on up to 8000' which put us on top for another easy ride 1hr home. We shot the GPS 18 back into GTU with bases at 4000' and very thick haze (about 5mi).
An easy trip for us with new found utility of the IFR ticket. Tanya and I sat around amused at the fun of the IFR trip for the last 1.5hr at home.
Wow, what a great event. We had a ball. The site is amazing. We only live an hour away, but never quite understood the quality of this gem. Tanya and I launched IFR from Georgetown climbing through the broken layer at about 1200'. We were on top by 7000', happy campers for the ride. Our plan was to shoot a GPS approach into Clebourne (CPT, about 10mi. SE) to get down. That worked great. Within about 30mi, it was solid overcast at no more than 2000'. We broke out at about 1000', canceled IFR, and broke off the approach to make the run over to 0TX1. I don't know what everybody else was talking about with 1800' high ceilings... The reality was that when we arrived, there were places only 2mi. from the field that were only 900' at best. Weather definitions sometimes vary with just how macho the pilot you are talking to is
.As far as I could tell, it was a full fly-in although the locals that we talked to (Tom & Bonnie, Don, the Sutters) said it was quite light because of weather. Most of the VAF "celebrities" were there of course. Familiar faces are always a welcome site. I think Tanya and I got suckered into more than one "big adventure" in the months and years to come courtesy of Rosie. We're looking forward to many more great adventures. Food, yapping, a tour of Don's house (thanks), and simply drooling over the whole location and concept of this airpark.
While everyone was talking, I stood there and filed an IFR flight plan for the trip home on the Iphone and Weathermeister. The only way to roll. There were few planes left as we launched and stopped our climb at 2500'msl. We picked up our clearance with Fort Worth Center, climbed on up to 8000' which put us on top for another easy ride 1hr home. We shot the GPS 18 back into GTU with bases at 4000' and very thick haze (about 5mi).
An easy trip for us with new found utility of the IFR ticket. Tanya and I sat around amused at the fun of the IFR trip for the last 1.5hr at home.
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