All good reasons. Rainbows from above is something I have experienced and something not many people get to see. The first time was right after a small shower early in the day when taking a friend for a ride in a Champ. The rainbow formed as we were doing the preflight so we jumped in to see what it looked like in the air. We were amazed to find that at a few thousand feet the rainbow did not end, it became a complete ring with the bottom of it looking a few hundred feet above the ground. Now I know why we never find the pot of gold at the end, because there is no end.
On the ground you only get to see a maximum of half of the rainbow because at least half is below the horizon. Now every time there is a rainbow and I am home my wife and I jump in the plane with the camera looking to see the full rainbow, but unfortunately, the four or five times we had a rainbow the clouds or position of the sun have not agreed. You need the sun fairly low on the horizon and moisture in the air, but no clouds in the direction of the rainbow. It is fairly elusive for all the conditions to be perfect. I have only seen it once and looking on the net I have never seen a picture even close to the one I saw. One day.....over the rainbow. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: KR> Why we fly From: Doran Jaffas <kr2owner at gmail.com> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Sat, March 22, 2014 6:41 pm To: krnet at list.krnet.org I hope I am doing this correctly. There is alot of tech talk on here and I learn everytime and I am an experienced builder. I tend to get involved with the mechanics of our aircraft and flying but today I found myself remembering why I fell in love with flying Here are a cpl of my thoughts and I would like to read yours if you are willing. Contact me at kr2owner at gmail.com Seeing rainbows from above. Sharing flying stories. The sigh of a perfect landing on a manicured grass runway. The smiles of a first time passenger. The quiet solitude of an early morning preflight. Engine start up. The way my everyday world looks from a few hundred feet up. Your reasons? Doran N186RC
