Just got a update from Tomas: Still stuck in Flagstaff. Now due to snow. We are waiting for a window...
Prov 2005 Log
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After an early start we headed off towards Albuquerque and began to see our first terrain. Some were content to... Read »
Just got a update from Tomas: Still stuck in Flagstaff. Now due to snow. We are waiting for a window... Read »
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Locations
Steinbach:
Steinbach South Airport
Box 1056
Steinbach MB R5G 1M8
CANADA
Phone: +1 (204) 326 2434
Toll-free: 800 HARV AIR
Fax: +1 (204) 326 4182
email: info@harvsair.com
Steinbach.HarvsAir.com
St. Andrews (Winnipeg):
St. Andrews Airport
601 Club Road, Unit 100
St. Andrews, Manitoba R1A 3P6
CANADA
Phone: +1 (204) 339 6186
Toll-free: 800 HARV AIR
Fax: +1 (204) 339 6289
email: StAndrews.HarvsAir.com
Day 3
Just got a update from Tomas:
Still stuck in Flagstaff. Now due to snow. We are waiting for a window and then head out west, possibly Vegas. Grand Canyon is out due to weather.
Weather at the time of reporting:
METAR KFLG 16:08Z 03/05/05
KFLG 051608Z 21004KT 10SM BKN007 OVC020
M01/M02 A3012 RMK AO2 CIG 006V011
TAF FLAGSTAFF, AZ
KFLG 051451Z 051512 20003KT 4SM -SN BR FEW001 SCT004 OVC015
TEMPO 1517 1SM -SN BR BKN001 OVC004
FM1700 VRB06KT P6SM -SHSN SCT018 BKN029
TEMPO 2024 2SM -SHSN BR BKN018CB
FM0100 VRB04KT P6SM VCSH SCT022 BKN029=
We woke up in our hotel and opened the window to 3 inches of fresh snow – not what you want to see in Arizona when you just flew 800 miles to get away from the stuff. Darryl called FSS (flight service station) for a weather briefing which went something like:
Darryl: “We’re leaving Flagstaff and want a WX briefing.”
FSS Guy: “Have you looked out the window?”
Darryl: “Uh…”
FSS Guy: “That would be pretty a self-explanatory weather briefing don’t you think?” (very sarcastically)
In short, to an Arizona FSS Specialist, the weather was not good.
Note: As of Thursday, Darryl still had not recovered from the sarcastic tones of this FSS specialist and we all believe that he is harboring some bitter feelings as he tends to bring it up hourly.
Tomas and Darryl went up for some circuits to check it out and determined it would be safe to fly. We took off into scattered at 9000’ with light showers along the route and determined that Arizona flight service has never actually seen weather before. The pilots had a lot of practice diverting as we changed plans along the route several times due to reported weather, and wound up in Kingman AZ. After a short break, we were off to the busy Las Vegas airspace. The controllers were friendly, although very busy, and the pilots did a great job at dealing with clearances and navigating through the busy class B airspace.
