The visibility at Udaipur was 1 mile in fog, with a measured ceiling of just 400 feet. There's no traffic to speak of (in spite of my having run GA-Traffic, there doesn't seem to be much in the way of IFR general aviation going on in this part of the world...Ultimate Traffic also seems to be short on commercial aviation, too). So, we taxi out alone, complete our run up and get clearance for takeoff at 10:02. As heavy as 18AF is, she rotates at 105 KIAS, and lifts off at 118 KIAS. I hold just above ten degrees of nose up and we're in the crud almost before the wheels are in their wells.

I'm a little rusty at this, and ATC has to admonish me to hold the runway heading while I'm busy setting things for the climbout. In spite of a clumsy departure, the tower hands us off and we're immediately cleared to climb to 15,000 feet. So, up we go at 1500 feet per minute at 160 KIAS, popping out into the clear at 9,000 feet.