determined2fly
Well-Known Member
Came across a neat video
Eh, like I said, buzzing the houses? Not good. Having spent a fair amount of time remaining VMC around clouds I'd like to point out that there is a fine line between "cloud" and "area of fog/mist/rain that while reducing visibility still meets the applicable 1,2, or 3 miles for legality purposes" and from what I could see in the video it looks a little more like the latter than the former. Did the guy bust cloud clearance requirements? Probably, but like I said without your 500 foot tape measure its awfully hard to prove. Now I don't disagree that the guy probably needs an attitude adjustment as well as a lesson on what is and what is not a good idea to do over a heavily populated area, or put on the Internet, but I won't go around yelling "OMG a dangerous lawbreaker!"Dude definitely entered clouds at least twice and was intentionally a couple hundred feet over that mountain covered with houses. Doing it when you get stuck is one thing, doing it intentionally from takeoff is another, filming it and putting it on the interwebs is a whole different level of fool. I mean, he's in a Bonanza, get a clearance. I've got no sympathy for him if Mr Inspector shows up asking a few questions.
What about this guy???
The pilot in video #1 is a tool.
Video #2 is AWESOME!
Eh, like I said, buzzing the houses? Not good. Having spent a fair amount of time remaining VMC around clouds I'd like to point out that there is a fine line between "cloud" and "area of fog/mist/rain that while reducing visibility still meets the applicable 1,2, or 3 miles for legality purposes" and from what I could see in the video it looks a little more like the latter than the former. Did the guy bust cloud clearance requirements? Probably, but like I said without your 500 foot tape measure its awfully hard to prove. Now I don't disagree that the guy probably needs an attitude adjustment as well as a lesson on what is and what is not a good idea to do over a heavily populated area, or put on the Internet, but I won't go around yelling "OMG a dangerous lawbreaker!"
TwoTwoLeft said:The pilot in video #1 is a tool.
Video #2 is AWESOME!
What about this guy???