I remember this one horribly well. I didn't post on the original thread as there was a lot of arguing going on. That evening I was in the area with a VFR only twin Squirrel working my c**k off due to the conditions. I binned the rest of the job, chucked it in a field and spent the night in a nearby pub.
God help anyone flying as things were that evening, especially a low time PPL.
The viz was patchy and down to zero in places with very wet cloud hanging off the hills. A climb to MSA was utterly out of the question as the weather obviously went up a long way and I didn't want to spend the rest of my life in IMC with the usual VFR standard of instruments that the 355 provides as a basic VFR fit.
That night frightened me at times. Sadly for Steve Hislop he probably didn't know enough to know how much trouble was awaiting him.
VH
Last edited by verticalhold; 3rd Aug 2007 at 14:56.