DFW to ATL.. Not Today

Geico266 said:
I would have gone and picked my way through with XM weather. The radar screen shot shows a nice open area to the south as an out.
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Picking your way through storms with XM weather is a pretty terrible idea, which has been illustrated in numerous NTSB reports labeled "fatal", and has been discussed here to death (no pun intended).
 
Alexb2000 said:
I'm not following, LA was a solid CB line top to bottom. South as in out in the gulf?
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Pick your way though the line. Done it many times.

The screen shot shows open areas to the south. Also, launch early to avoid day heating and convection. If it gets belows mins land. You have that many hours behind you.

Why are you adverse to landing for fuel?
 
I think mayhaps we jumped the gun - that isn't a screenshot it's a live feed.
 
Ted DuPuis said:
Picking your way through storms with XM weather is a pretty terrible idea, which has been illustrated in numerous NTSB reports labeled "fatal", and has been discussed here to death (no pun intended).
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Done it many times. Set and respect mins.
 
Geico266 said:
Done it many times. Set and respect mins.
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You already said you did it many times, which only proves you've repeatedly done something that is a bad idea many times.
 
Ted DuPuis said:
You already said you did it many times, which only proves you've repeatedly done something that is a bad idea many times.
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The OP asked for opinions of piston plane drivers on a go or no go decision. I gave him mine.

I did not ask for yours.
 
Geico266 said:
Pick your way though the line. Done it many times.

The screen shot shows open areas to the south. Also, launch early to avoid day heating and convection. If it gets belows mins land. You have that many hours behind you.

Why are you adverse to landing for fuel?
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OK I've got it now. That isn't a screen shot, it's a link to active weather radar, those are the conditions now, not Thursday morning.

You didn't read the thread did you? It's OK, I know you didn't, perhaps read it and then let me know what I can do to make better decisions.
 
Henning said:
It really wasn't too bad, on any given route there were only a few sections that were imminent death if the engine crapped out, most of the time you could land on the right of way or very close to it without getting too badly hurt. That's why I took the PA-12 over the 150, tail wheel and chrome moly = decent crash worthiness, add a 4 point Hooker Harness and a helmet and the chances of flying it into a survivable crash are pretty good. I was crashing stuff at high speed long before I started flying so it doesn't bother me a bunch as long as I can see my crash zone.
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Geico266 said:
The OP asked for opinions of piston plane drivers on a go or no go decision. I gave him mine.

I did not ask for yours.
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That is correct, he asked for opinions. By providing yours, you're opening yourself to critique, since we want to make sure the OP receives and uses good advice.
 
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