http://www.pilotquest.com/blog/ PilotQuest.com: helping you pursue your dream of flight en-US Copyright 2008 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:02:38 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification It's officially Summer in the northern hemisphere.  On June 21, the first day of Summer, we had thunderstorms here in San Jose and elsewhere in Northern California, some with frequent lightning.  We even saw one that had a small funnel cloud.  While we usually have some minor thunderstorms in the Bay Area at times from Spring to Fall, these conditions were things we see maybe once every 5-10 years.  So that's rare here.

Some of us pilots stayed on the ground to watch the storm from safety.  We also noticed that some were flying around the pattern while thunderstorms with active lightning were within 5 miles of the field.  Here in California, we don't often get practice exercising judgment about thunderstorms.  But it really is important.  While you wouldn't hesitate to drive a car under a thunderstorm, flying a light aircraft near one is a different story.  It's a case where we have to know the difference and exercise appropriate judgment.  So let's talk about the safety issues behind it.
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I've set up this site to talk about flight training.  It's all about helping you pursue your dream of flight.  I'll invite other CFIs to participate in blogging on the site.  And any of our students or potential students are welcome to participate in the discussions here.  As questions/answers and other information become available, this is where I'll post it. ]]> http://www.pilotquest.com/blog/2008/06/welcome-to-pilotquest.html http://www.pilotquest.com/blog/2008/06/welcome-to-pilotquest.html site news Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:53:46 -0800