Originally Posted by
LeadSled
PS: Genuine question, I so far have not made any attempt to work through it, but what is the legal status of "observations" you obtain from weather cameras?? You guys installing them, what is your view.
This doesn’t answer your question, however from what I’ve been led to believe and I’ve seen it myself on occasion, that *most* instructors are advising their students to check the weather cameras when planning their flights.
The use of cameras when airborne could give a false sense of security and could be described as somewhat fool-hardy.... but... it could one day save your life when looking for an alternate or similar.
The key is in carefully checking the timestamps, just like you would on a weather forecast.
Cameras are about as useful as a weather forecast.