I've encountered the most visually-interesting clouds using ALS, AW, and METAR. The trick is finding a location experiencing appropriate weather at the moment, largely a matter of serendipity. Alaska is often a good place to start.
Some off topic posts regarding the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II was split off to the new topic A-10 Thunderbolt II FDM sluggish.
Low-level flying — It's all fun and games till someone looses an engine. (Paraphrased from a YouTube video) Improving the Dassault Mirage F1 (Wiki, Forum, GitLab. Work in slow progress)
It was USA Tour day, so it was from Denver International over to Sweet Home Chicago and O'Hare International in the T-2C Buckeye trainer. Other photos in that thread, but love this one in flight: