Friday, January 14, 2005

Living in the Nozzle of a Hair Dryer

The saying among many pilots is that flying in Hay is like "living in the nozzle of a hair dryer". That description was right-on today. It was hot and windy. We were all guzzling 1.5 liter water bottles and looking for more. The launch was suspended when it became apparent that a front was approaching. After a couple of delays, the day was cancelled by the safety committee. They feared strong winds behind the front. Many pilots towed up anyway to fly back to town or do some flying photography, or to do some aerobatics. Later this evening the winds did pick up and everyone was glad there were not in the air.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey Tom, fun reading your posts. even most of the bluesy ones. I guarantee you're having more fun than most anyone up here. The most flying I have seen latley were some Chickadees stupefied by the weather. Speaking of living in a nozzle...the nozzle up here spat out rain, sleet and snow .... and that was just this morning between 8 and 9 a.m. It sucks out! PK up in VT