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  • DanS333

Mountains, they hide in clouds

A great reminder about the importance situational awareness.

http://www.boldmethod.com/blog/2015/07/pilot-flies-plane-vfr-into-imc-and-nearly-hits-mountain/

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By: mike currill - 15th July 2015 at 00:06

Nor much else apart from getting where they were going(which they nearly didn’t) by the look of it.

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By: Propstrike - 14th July 2015 at 21:58

Holy Cr*p ! No thought of minimum safety altitude ?

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By: mike currill - 14th July 2015 at 21:17

Even at the beginning of the clip the conditions were at best marginal for VFR. If I was in that position I’d have been looking for a safe place as near as possible to get back on the ground.

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