liltaka Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 We left KIGQ on 10/11, now we are stuck at Liberal, KS. Wind will kick up to 20-30 anywhere west from here later today. 10/11 1335/1910 KIGQ - KMQB - KLXT - KEWK 10/12 0730/0935 KEWK - KLBL (32kts head wind @ 4500) 10/13 Do tour of Dorthy's house... too windy at Liberal 10/14 KLBL - KDHT - 0E0 - KFMN - KPGA I think we should get to KFMN... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 If you recall, we got stopped by high winds in Amarillo on our way to Page a couple years back. Good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liltaka Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Hi FastEddieB, Somehow, weather report changed and we are thinking to go on tomorrow morning. Wind will be anywhere between 20-25 constant tomorrow. All we need is little lower than that to take off from Liberal, Las Vegas, NM & Santa Fe are forecasting 8-12 constant all day tomorrow. So, once we get out of Liberal, we will be OK. Right now, TAF shows 10-24 gus, but METAR says 9kts constant. TAF is wrong in our favor! Hoping for a little lower wind & right down the runway would be wonderful! Let's see what happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liltaka Posted October 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Decided to stay at Liberal today 10/13. We will continue early tomorrow 10/14. Our instructor always said "it is always better to be on the ground thinking of flying rather than in the air wanting to get down on the ground". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT4ME Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 'Looks like the weather should get much better! Enjoy the flight! See ya in Page. tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opticsguy Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 I used to fly into KIGQ several times a year when my MIL lived there. Earlier this year I left Aurora for Dallas and the winds were 50kt at 3000ft. During climb I was doing 40kt on the ground. After 4 hours of flying we put her down in Marion, IL and spent the night. I won't do that again. I did do Sturgeon Bay (KSUE) to Dallas with one stop in October. It requires a tailwind to do it in one day (850 nm). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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