Speaking of flying low ...
I highly recommend everyone get some dual in an R-44
or if you think you are Bob Hoover, an R-22.
Those guys never climb above 500 feet.
A different world. Highly educational, at least for me.
Acquiring Weather Knowledge
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vanNostrum
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Thank you all for your valuable contribution to this thread,appreciated
Very helpful clearing the cow webs created by not flying for eleven years
Very helpful clearing the cow webs created by not flying for eleven years
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Eric Janson
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[quote author=vanNostrum link=topic=7036.msg18945#msg18945 date=1504895173]
How would you advise an inexperience VFR GA pilot on how to learn to evaluate the weather,
make a safe go/no go decision and what to do flying in different weather conditions?
Can you go back to your early days and share how you did it?
[/quote]
[b]Not comfortable? Make a 180. Wish more people would do it.[/b]
Years ago I was flying a C206 between 2 airports reporting good weather. However enroute I ran into deteriorating weather conditions and it got to the point that I was no longer comfortable. So I made a 180 and landed back at at the point of origin.
Joe (yes - that Joe!) thought is was pretty funny but said I'd done the right thing. I know he gets a lot of flak on the other website but I can't remember him ever telling me to push weather.
These days I'm spoilt. I fly an aircraft that is certified to land with just 75m (250 feet) visibility - you wouldn't even want to be driving on the roads in such poor visibility.
There is no requirement to see anything prior to touchdown. The biggest issue with this kind of visibility? Finding your way to the gate.
How would you advise an inexperience VFR GA pilot on how to learn to evaluate the weather,
make a safe go/no go decision and what to do flying in different weather conditions?
Can you go back to your early days and share how you did it?
[/quote]
[b]Not comfortable? Make a 180. Wish more people would do it.[/b]
Years ago I was flying a C206 between 2 airports reporting good weather. However enroute I ran into deteriorating weather conditions and it got to the point that I was no longer comfortable. So I made a 180 and landed back at at the point of origin.
Joe (yes - that Joe!) thought is was pretty funny but said I'd done the right thing. I know he gets a lot of flak on the other website but I can't remember him ever telling me to push weather.
These days I'm spoilt. I fly an aircraft that is certified to land with just 75m (250 feet) visibility - you wouldn't even want to be driving on the roads in such poor visibility.
There is no requirement to see anything prior to touchdown. The biggest issue with this kind of visibility? Finding your way to the gate.
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Chuck Ellsworth
[quote]Joe (yes - that Joe!) thought is was pretty funny but said I'd done the right thing. I know he gets a lot of flak on the other website but I can't remember him ever telling me to push weather.[/quote]
It is nice to see someone giving Joe credit. :)
It is nice to see someone giving Joe credit. :)
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Colonel
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Never understood why Buffalo Joe gets shit upon so much
by the internet experts.
Remember when TC shut him down recently, and told him
he had to go if he wanted paper from TC - extremely dubious
legally, IMHO - he kept paying everyone, didn't he?
Must be a lot of jealousy. As usual.
by the internet experts.
Remember when TC shut him down recently, and told him
he had to go if he wanted paper from TC - extremely dubious
legally, IMHO - he kept paying everyone, didn't he?
Must be a lot of jealousy. As usual.
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David MacRay
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Easy solution, sell it. We go halfers on a champ. Then if you get stuck I drive your truck over, you obviously leave because you have work. I hang out and wait for better wx until I can fly back.
Genius right?
Genius right?
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Colonel
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I'd like a champ. Or an old cub. Or a t-craft.
They're all so light, and fly and land so slowly and
gently. Sammy Mason had a video of him sitting
backwards in one and landing it (FAA made him
take it down).
Like dogs, I love all of those elderly aircraft.
Perfect on a grass strip, after dinner. They're
all about being in the air. Not so much getting
someplace. Like a sailboat.
[img width=500 height=375]http://www.skyhavennh.com/pictures/Champ/MVC-020S.jpg[/img]
They're all so light, and fly and land so slowly and
gently. Sammy Mason had a video of him sitting
backwards in one and landing it (FAA made him
take it down).
Like dogs, I love all of those elderly aircraft.
Perfect on a grass strip, after dinner. They're
all about being in the air. Not so much getting
someplace. Like a sailboat.
[img width=500 height=375]http://www.skyhavennh.com/pictures/Champ/MVC-020S.jpg[/img]
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