Friday Photo: a busy rain cloud : Air Facts Journal

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The view: A busy rain cloud

The pilot: Mark Nye

The airplane: Cessna 185 amphibian

The mission: Flying to the cottage for the weekend

The memory: I was flying up to our family cottage in Gravenhurst, Ontario. The visibility was excellent and there were lots of fluffy white cumuliform clouds starting to tower up all around. This one caught my eye because it was pretty much on its own and it was producing a strong column of rain. I climbed to 4,000 ASL for a better look. The trees in just that one area under the deluge were glistening in the sunshine.

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Mark Nye

Mark learned to fly at Burlington Airpark CZBA in Ontario in 2006 and now is a 53-year old private pilot with just under 600 hours total time. He bought his own plane in 2013, a 1980 A185F with only 1800 TTAF.C-GWMA is totally tricked-out with a hot-rodded IO550D Engine, GAMI Injectors, Lycon Port Polish, 3 bladed 86” Black Mac prop, Robertson STOL, Sportsman leading edge cuffs, VGs, Wing extensions, leather interior, nice Garmin GNS530 and radios, Aerocet 3400 amphibious floats all new LED lighting and fresh paint. He flies for business with trips ranging from Sault St. Marie, Ontario, to Delaware in the US. He says it’s nice to be your own captain and fly direct with no commercial airline hassles! He has CanPass clearance so he can fly direct back to Brampton and clear customs there. See Mark’s YouTube aviation videos on YouTube.

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