Salty
Touchdown! Greaser!
It's rare to get IMC in Florida that isn't deadly or at least uncomfortable, but got some yesterday.
First vid is of my first real IMC departure. Got the clearance over the phone. Funny thing, I was using my bluetooth to call from the ramp and forgot about that when I read back my clearance, I keyed the mic and said it, and the guy on the phone said "I didn't hear your read back". Duh! lol
Unfortunately, the airport is under the Tampa approach path, so my clearance required an immediate turn to get out of the way. So, some nice climbing turns in IMC at low level is always fun. I hit the clouds at about 800 feet and break through again around 2000.
On the way back home, ATC really, really wanted us in the clouds. We kept breaking out as the clouds went down, and ATC would send us back down into them again. It was odd how perfectly they kept us at the top of the cloud layer. But it made for some cool visuals.
First vid is of my first real IMC departure. Got the clearance over the phone. Funny thing, I was using my bluetooth to call from the ramp and forgot about that when I read back my clearance, I keyed the mic and said it, and the guy on the phone said "I didn't hear your read back". Duh! lol
Unfortunately, the airport is under the Tampa approach path, so my clearance required an immediate turn to get out of the way. So, some nice climbing turns in IMC at low level is always fun. I hit the clouds at about 800 feet and break through again around 2000.
On the way back home, ATC really, really wanted us in the clouds. We kept breaking out as the clouds went down, and ATC would send us back down into them again. It was odd how perfectly they kept us at the top of the cloud layer. But it made for some cool visuals.