fiebichpvApril 5, 2019, 4:13pm
Yesterday was an almost perfect day for flying.
Wind was about 10 MPH and varied about 20 degrees either side of the runway. Sky was mostly cloudy with splashes of light showing on the ground resulting from holes in the clouds. My flight varied from 500 to 1000 feet AGL and at times was comfortable, other times it was quite turbulent.
The turbulent air was in the shadow of clouds. The photos describe a variety of scenes I thought were noteworthy. Some were of the nearby town of Douglass, KS, others were of farmland and one of the sunbeams shining through a hole. Another was of a farm where custom combining is their mainstay, they also have a few animals but they are for their own use. We still have a smoke haze resulting from range land burning about 50 to 100 miles away in the Kansas Flint Hills.
This is prime cattle grazing land and selected areas of land are burned every three years to keep out trees, shrubs, and weeds. The grass is Bluestem which has roots up to 12 feet (yes, feet) deep. In the cropland scene, winter wheat that sprouted last year is about 6" high, hayfields are greening-up, other fields are either under cultivation for this year's planting or are left in the soil bank.
I have been able to fly numerous times during the past two weeks, it is a great time to be airborne especially now that the temperature is above 65 degrees. One photo shows my new position in the hangar. We now have only two planes housed instead of three. This location makes it possible for either of us to exit the hangar without moving the other plane.
Paul D. Fiebich
a.k.a. AirBike Ace
Wind was about 10 MPH and varied about 20 degrees either side of the runway. Sky was mostly cloudy with splashes of light showing on the ground resulting from holes in the clouds. My flight varied from 500 to 1000 feet AGL and at times was comfortable, other times it was quite turbulent.
The turbulent air was in the shadow of clouds. The photos describe a variety of scenes I thought were noteworthy. Some were of the nearby town of Douglass, KS, others were of farmland and one of the sunbeams shining through a hole. Another was of a farm where custom combining is their mainstay, they also have a few animals but they are for their own use. We still have a smoke haze resulting from range land burning about 50 to 100 miles away in the Kansas Flint Hills.
This is prime cattle grazing land and selected areas of land are burned every three years to keep out trees, shrubs, and weeds. The grass is Bluestem which has roots up to 12 feet (yes, feet) deep. In the cropland scene, winter wheat that sprouted last year is about 6" high, hayfields are greening-up, other fields are either under cultivation for this year's planting or are left in the soil bank.
I have been able to fly numerous times during the past two weeks, it is a great time to be airborne especially now that the temperature is above 65 degrees. One photo shows my new position in the hangar. We now have only two planes housed instead of three. This location makes it possible for either of us to exit the hangar without moving the other plane.
Paul D. Fiebich
a.k.a. AirBike Ace