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Old 19th November 2005 | 15:02
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Monocock

 
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Flying over fog...

I should know this but I don't.

What distance of fog can a PPL legally overfly? I accept that the sensible side of this varies with height and that 1 mile of fog when at 3,000 feet is no issue compared to 5 miles at 500 feet.

I was met with a big white blanket today and teetered on the edge until sense kicked in and I abandoned.

Whilst driving where I had to go to instead, I wondered how much smaller that blanket would have been fro me to have decided to go for it.

I think had I been 10 years younger without wife and kids I would have gone for it. Having spent an hour stationary on the A34 I now wish I had!

Sorry if this has been asked before.
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