Sorry for not updating the space. I've been quite busy with work, and in most of my recreational time, playing Need for Speed Underground 2 with my brother. That's a fun game. A really fun game. I remember playing Need for Speed High Stakes back in college. I've always got such a rush from that game. I'll post a screen shot of my in-game car when I get it all customized. Now, where was I? Oh yes, Part II...
I get to see a lot of cool sights at my job, having a better view than any CEO, but without air conditioning. At about 5:15 p.m. today I was on a training flight with an instrument student. It was late in the afternoon and a few of the c
louds were letting loose some rain, as usual. As we were flying past this one shower, a rainbow appeared. It was a full, solid, perfect rainbow, and we were flying next to it. The picture I took with my camera phone doesn't do it justice, but I present it here anyway.
It's amazing how quickly things can turn bad. All at once the sky opened up and more of these showers started popping up. We could see that Executive Airport, our home base, was completely covered in a thunderstorm, so we had to land at Pompano Beach Airpark, which is only 5 miles away from Executive. A few minutes after we got inside it started pouring there as well.We sat there for two hours waiting for the weather to get better, but it never did. Not good enough to bother trying to risk flying home anyway, even if it was only 5 miles. I called Abee and she drove out to pick us up. Tomorrow morning I'll drive to Pompano and take the airplane back to Executive.
While maybe this sounds a little scary, I assure you there was never any danger to us. As I've said previously, being a pilot is more about being able to make decisions than anything else. In our local area there is an airport about every 5-15 miles, and the thunderstorms are so scattered and easy to spot here, you'd have to try pretty hard to fly into one. Even so, you always need to have a backup plan in mind, and a backup plan for that. Most of the "idle" time spent flying should be spent thinking about "what if". Not so much "what's going to happen to me if...", but "what action am I going to take if". Anyway, I could ramble on about this for a bit, but I'd rather now, and I'm sure you've had your fill of it anyway. :)
On a related note, this same storm seems to have brought down the Goodyear Blimp. There's not much news on it yet, other than that the pilots walked away. I guess when your top speed is only 15 miles per hour, there's only so much you can do. Like I said, that rain picked up a lot quicker than it usually does. Here's a link to the story.
There are other things I've been meaning to add, such as pictures from the Air and Sea Show, or my trip to San Francisco, but they'll have to wait for another time.
Be safe...
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