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Old 1st Oct 2009, 14:58
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I was on a weekend break last year with my partner and her 2 freinds. We stayed in a little cabin and I had landed the heli about 400 Meters away in a car park. The Friday evening we flew there the weather was Ok(Ish). Around the mountains There was lots of clouds but they where not really a factor. What was a factor was the following day I awoke to FOG!! Long story short, we waited a couple hours and it did lift a little. So I decided to start the Bell up and see if I could get out through a Valley. This attempt failed and the fog all of a sudden got worse. I had no choice but to make a precautionary landing in a field with no houses or a road! in sight. And O2 where of no use, because when I checked my phone I had no signal. I was screwed. Waited there for almost 2 hours before the fog had lifted again and I went back, picked up my slightly confused freinds and managed to get out of the mountains! It was a good lesson though. Wouldnt want to happen to me again though
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