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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Jan 2017, 21:37
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

You are aware I was referring to ground fog right?

You are aware I was referring to ground fog right?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Jan 2017, 20:00
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

So if I'm reading this right, saturated air...

So if I'm reading this right, saturated air causing visible moisture (fog) has less density than non saturated but at the lower temperatures needed to create fog (100% saturation) the density becomes...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Jan 2017, 17:49
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

Would some weather smarty pants please clear up...

Would some weather smarty pants please clear up the issue of whether fog increases or decreases air density and also wing performance please.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Jan 2017, 11:10
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

Does fog make for thin air, I never knew that, I...

Does fog make for thin air, I never knew that, I would have thought the opposite, and my Lycoming seems to run better with a bit moisture in the air. Every days a school day.:ok:
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
24th Jan 2017, 23:49
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

Wherever the final destination was is really...

Wherever the final destination was is really beside the point, the first leg from Turweston to Chalgrove (with no IAP available) is looking more and more like a very dicey proposition considering the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Jan 2017, 09:40
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

Many years ago before I had my own strip I kept...

Many years ago before I had my own strip I kept my plane at a local airfield, returning from a flight I was contfronted by a FI from the school next door who gave me a bollocking for not signing out....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Jan 2017, 14:01
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

Yes well aware that instrument flying in...

Yes well aware that instrument flying in uncontrolled airspace is legal, pretty much 100% of my IMC flying up here in Scotland is done that way. The hard part is making sure as best you can that you...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Jan 2017, 13:47
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

Agreed, that is why incapacitation looks like the...

Agreed, that is why incapacitation looks like the most likely option as the MSA for that sector is 1400 and the official & witness weather observations were from between clag to the deck to broken...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Jan 2017, 12:27
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

If Chalgrove was indeed his destination then I...

If Chalgrove was indeed his destination then I assume he wasn't flying on a clearance which leaves making the flight as you described as they only other option.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Jan 2017, 22:15
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

In that case I'd be self announcing and shooting...

In that case I'd be self announcing and shooting I-BO if I unexpectedly hit bad weather and low minimums trying to get into Chalgrove.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Jan 2017, 21:35
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

If an emergency is declared would Benson accept...

If an emergency is declared would Benson accept an approach and landing from a GA aircraft, or would they provide a PAR/SAR or some kind of guidance into Chalgrove, again if an emergency was declared?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Jan 2017, 21:00
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

I don't think there is a published Instrument...

I don't think there is a published Instrument Approach Procedure (can't see any plates for it in SkyDemon) for his destination field. As for an ad hoc homebrew procedure, others on here have...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Jan 2017, 19:37
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

Well that didn't take long, it normally takes...

Well that didn't take long, it normally takes till about page 5 before us annoying, insensitive speculative buggers are met with the equally annoying "let's leave it to the AAIB" chorus.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Jan 2017, 17:44
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

Perhaps the game plan was to fly south until 3...

Perhaps the game plan was to fly south until 3 miles east abeam Chalgrove then a right turn onto final for the westerly runway or a modified base for the Northwesterly one but low viz prevented the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Jan 2017, 09:21
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

Is the PA30 injected or carbbed? I'd expect...

Is the PA30 injected or carbbed? I'd expect something mechanical will come into play, highly doubtful a vastly experienced guy is going to try and make a short 23 mile hop into a field with no...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
18th Jan 2017, 19:09
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

If I remember correctly from reading Graham Hills...

If I remember correctly from reading Graham Hills accident report he did not "design" any ad hoc approach he just went for it, balls to the wall, and hoped for the best, unfortunately for him and...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
18th Jan 2017, 10:47
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

How do you know he was flying low prior to the...

How do you know he was flying low prior to the accident?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th Jan 2017, 22:08
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

Shytorque, I'm trying to figure out this...

Shytorque, I'm trying to figure out this unfortunate gentlemans options for making the flight in the conditions on the day where he left Turweston and headed south to an as yet unknown...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th Jan 2017, 19:30
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

IFR question for one of you folks that fly down...

IFR question for one of you folks that fly down south. Do NATS or the controlling authority for that area have "pre-canned" low level IFR routes between airfields in the Southeast of England...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
15th Jan 2017, 17:19
Replies: 176
Views: 77,574
Posted By piperboy84

Poor man, it must be terrifying going down ...

Poor man, it must be terrifying going down because of the weather or to be forced down in that weather. Damned shame.
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