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Old 29th Jun 2002, 19:12
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Vfrpilotpb

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Low Viz Risk takers!?

Good evening Rotorheads,

Thats the nice way to say hello, its actually very very misty and we have heavy dense drizzel at the mo, my location is 450 ft above sea level, within 1000yds of my office(from where I type this stuff) the land rises to 850ft well into the murky stuff, my ground level vision is about 500 to 600 ft then nothing but grey, and somebody has just flown a two tone grey R44 past my house at no more than 100 ft above me. Now it might be that this is some pilot who can fly with his eys shut, but even with my little experience I think this WX is a no go area for anyone but the highly experienced, I witnessed this guy come within a whisker of blatting my local electricity companies pylon, I stood transfixed and found myself waiting for the boom, I actually felt sick at what I have witnessed, if this pilot is a Pprunner, PLEASE get a life, and value the one you already have! My location is the outskirts of Blackurn in Lancashire UK, so if you read this you know its you, is your last name PRATT!
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