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Nick, and any others,

Good luck with the clouds. If you see "Bailey's Beads", the final flash of 2nd contact, caused by mountains on the Moon, note their "clock code", in my case they were at 2 o'clock. They reappeared at 8 o'clock, so I was right on the path of totality. If their reappearance is not symmetrical, an idea of the distance off the centreline can be gained by using the Moon's radius of 16 apparent miles. Too high, too close to the Moon.

Although I had an all around horizon good enough for keeping wings level, I was at 10,000 ft above 7 octas strato-cu and cannot know if the horizon at sea level would suit a pre-set sextant. I could not see Sirius, so small planets may not be visible. Another reason for not using up totality time with a sextant.

Please don't look anywhere near the Sun with binox. You will damage your eyes.