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Old 20th Oct 2009, 22:05
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IO540
 
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Why fly a single engine over cloud covered mountains? You're safer following the valleys, provided you keep a few hundred feet below any cloud you see, as well as a few hundred feet above the terrain, and for your legal visibility take the distance at which you can see a low cloud against a grey background, not a white house on dark moorland.
I agree 100% with 172driver.

Loads of people get killed every year doing this. It requires expert local knowledge, very good aircraft handling (slow speed turns, etc), and appreciation of local weather conditions.

I have overflown the Alps and other bits, above an overcast. The only risk is an engine failure, but scud running in the valleys carries many more risks than that.
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