Cofg,

Why on earth wouldn't you fly in winter? If Lake Superior forms a wolf's head on the map, I live in the mouth, Michigan's Keweenaw peninsula. We get an average of 200 inches of snow per year (about 116 inches right now) and wind chills you don't wish to hear about. We use skiis on our planes and fly every day we can see a quarter mile, snow or no. I flew today, off the snow, in 10 mph winds, gusting to 20.

The engines LOVE the cold, believe me. Sometimes, under 10 degrees F., we have to use lighter fluid to juice them a bit on start-up, but today everything, 2 strokes and 4 strokes, started easily: 28 degrees F.

Flying doesn't have to stop when it's cold and snowy. I make my own radio mitts, by the way, to keep the hands warm without gloves.

Jack