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Old 28th Sep 2009, 04:40
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SASless
 
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I have camped out, stayed a day, waited a few hours, and discovered a lot of nice people and warm fires to share in my bush flying days. Even a corporate gig in the Pacific Northwest we used a fair number of taxi's and pickup trucks to get our folks to their destination. One can fly VFR/VMC in terrible conditions but landing out should never be considered "bad". Far better to spend a night in being a bit uncomfy than dead. One can sleep under a Pool Table if need be....done that too!

Looking back...perhaps our weather minima were a bit to liberal....like none but we did it in a safe manner over known routes and stayed keen on the locations of the wires. Granted the Hi-Lead Loggers could surprise the heck out of you as quickly as they could string cables.

As Gordy rightly says.....beware the pilot that says YES....and trust the one that says NO!

If you kill yourself in bad weather....sure as clockwork you will be buried in beautiful weather.
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