Photographic Logbook

MAY 25, 2025

Flying westbound toward Rochester at 6,000 feet, I traversed a variety of unique cloudscapes, blasting through them with impunity courtesy of an IFR clearance An overcast layer deprived Rochester's cityscape of its fullest color potential. Warrior 481 did not have an outside air temperature (OAT) gauge when bought I her in 2004.

OAT

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

Flying in the clouds in a single engine airplane when the OAT is below freezing is not a good idea! I filed my IFR flight plan, received a clearance and took off into the gray winter sky. Upon level off at 4,000, I was relieved to note the OAT gauge was showing +3 degrees C. The OAT immediately shot up to +5 degrees C.

VOR

Air Facts

JULY 28, 2025

Many flight clearances out of Rhode Island head through northern Connecticut and Southern Massachusetts to avoid busy airapce. The Clearance Conflict I arrived at the airport in rain, with 600–1000 foot overcast. Preflight complete, I called for my clearance. Rhode Island is only an hour’s flight from New York. Light rain.

Clearance

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

It’s technically an IFR procedure, but can be used by any pilot to assure clearance from obstacles. It’s very similar to the obstacle departure procedure and, like the ODP, guarantees clearance from obstacles. After takeoff, the SID directs the pilot to fly south to the OATES intersection near Sedona, AZ.

Density Altitude

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2025

For example, if we were to takeoff on an airfield at sea level at 0C (32F), it would take 1520ft to reach our obstacle clearance height of 50ft. Whereas for the same airfield on a different day, if it were 30C (86F), that same obstacle clearance height would take 1880ft. That’s an extra 360ft!

Density Altitude