Here's pic from the departure - I had my phone in my pocket set to capture every 10 seconds or so - and this was the only decent shot. There was actually a temp inversion as it got warmer for a time as I climed. The freezing level at the time was over 12K. Despite lots of moderate precip, all was very smooth. Navigating to the first fix on the north side of a MOA - which I was later cleared to just go directly across.
This pic highlights the absolutely awful ergonomics of the Gippsland GA-8. The pilot seats have no wear near sufficient legroom and my knees are up near my chest and my legs splayed out to just get purchase on the rudder pedals. Meanwhile the seat pan is hard as a rock and the sitting position puts pressure right on my tail bone. Next time I need to bring my issued Oregon Aero seat cushion. Its a great pickup truck of an aircraft otherwise.
This aircraft has Garmin Flight Stream - allowing instant uploading of flight plans from Foreflight to and also from the panel.
Also no jump-seater attempting to pull the fire T-handle (on left side of panel) ...
