John York Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Using Photographic scenery enhanced by Landscapes, I've just taken a 250 nm flight from New orleans to Galveston and a few things struck me. Just how much land in America is still unsettled and although I know aerial photography tends to flatten images, how flat everything is. I know it undulates but there a vast areas where that's the case. And I've also got a challenge ahead. I'm pretty sure that Galveston is an un-towered airport. If that's the case getting my PF3 ATC to work when I leave is going to be a problem! Ah well, thats an adventure for another day. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 " how flat everything is" Try the north west mate.. heaps of hills and mountains there. I rarely fly in the North East.. Terry. PS: Stand by for "outrage". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 No outrage. From above much of the country outside the mountain regions of the west and northeast. What many don;t realize are things like the 5000 foot rise from the Mississippi to Denver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Sorry, I should have explained that having explored the USA from north to south and across from east to the west, I'm now travelling around the Country in shortish hops limiting them to roughly 300nm each. I started from the north west so still still have a fair way to go. Never having had the opportunity to visit America, this is about the only reasonable way I have of seeing it. My interest is also enhanced by the reading (fiction) I do because many of the stories are set in America. And, of course, so many films are stories are in America too.I John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 JohnY, the truth is that North America is all those things--the western Cascades and the Rockies, the flat middle states and provinces. the variety of hills and valleys east of the Mississippi. the northern reaches of tundra and ice. I've had the chance to travel enough to say that I have yet to see an area of the world that does not have a geological equivalent in North America. Except for Somerset, of course. My home state of Washington manages to include all of those things, so you can see the world in a day's car trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Galveston does indeed have a VFR tower. IFR services are probably from Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Thanks Oldendirt. That's information worth having. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 And another thing; I came to America to fly to escape our never ending winter, sometimes called summer. I expected decent weather. What have I had on virtually every flight along the South? Low clouds, rain and today flying from Galveston to Brownsville, I've had thunder, lightening, heavy rain, and clouds you need to plough through! If this lasts much longer, I'm coming home! John PS - Sorry about the 'Spoiler' Don't know how it came up and then couldn't ger rid of it! Spoiler Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Typical late summer weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 On blimey. Now you tell me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Then there's the humidity and bugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 It's really humid here in southern New Mexico at this time of year, gets up to 24% on some monsoon days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Get over to the east coast and check out the first "bullseye" of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Sorry Oldendirt, I'm travelling West now. What's 'bullseye'? 'Then there's the humidity and bugs'. I'm glad I'm flying in an airconditioned 'plane then Rodger but thanks for the info' anyway. Did I need it though I ask myself? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 That's a relief. I'm in El Paso. I guess from the look of it, it never rains there! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 5 hours ago, JohnY said: Sorry Oldendirt, I'm travelling West now. What's 'bullseye'? 'Then there's the humidity and bugs'. I'm glad I'm flying in an airconditioned 'plane then Rodger but thanks for the info' anyway. Did I need it though I ask myself? John A bunch of closely spaced concentric circles on a weather map - hurricane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 I'm 40 miles north of El Paso (Las Cruces, NM). It rained last night! This is our rainy season and we are just about at our annual average, about 6 inches. That's about the same amount as a rainy couple of hours in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Well, that does surprise me Doc Z. I had to do a ''go around' to land there. First time of trying I needed to go over some hills and it didn't work. The second time was fine. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Thanks for the translation Oldendirt. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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