Greetings from Anchorage, Alaska!

[Aaron Lavigne]

Been around aviation for quite a few years now, and I've had the opportunity to fly in some interesting places and experience just about every kind of flying condition you can imagine. Aviation has a way of keeping you humble, no matter how many hours you have in the logbook.

I'm based out of Anchorage, where flying is a little different from what you find in the lower 48. Between the changing weather, mountain terrain, and unpredictable conditions, you learn pretty quickly to respect the environment and never take a flight for granted.

Always good to connect with fellow pilots, share experiences, and hear how things are going in other parts of the aviation world. Looking forward to being part of the discussions here.

 

Blue skies and safe flying, everyone

[rgmwa]

Welcome to Australia. Bit warmer down here than where you are!

[Aaron Lavigne]

20 hours ago, rgmwa said:

Welcome to Australia. Bit warmer down here than where you are!

Haha, definitely warmer down there! I'm actually in Anchorage, Alaska, so we're used to quite a different kind of weather up here. Hope you're enjoying the sunshine in Australia!

[facthunter]

Australian weather varies a LOT with No Mountains above 8,000' and a Lot of what Might be called desert. It's one of the World's driest continents.. 40 degrees C in Alice Springs today. It gets to 50C in the Kimberleys (North West). The North doesn't have Summer and Winter. Just a WET and a DRY season and plenty of Crocodiles to make life Interesting..  Tasmania (An Island) is in the Roaring Forties Latitude and it's South West corner would get 190 Inches of rain a Year.  and it's too cold for Crocodiles, Which taste Bad no matter what they try to tell you. Some times I'd Fly out of tropical Darwin at 1330 and fly through a snowstorm south of Kinglake on approach into Melbourne at about 2200..BIG contrast.  Nev