BelowRadar
We tend to look at what we do rather than what others do. As an example I flew into Le Touquet landing with an overcast sky cloudbase right on minima for the ILS,
I turned around and took off IFR just in time to hear a G reg homebuilt flying back VFR to the UK.
He was following the beaches past Le Touquet and had been forced down to below 200 feet. He was navigating using the sea/beach line. I had him on frequency listening to his progress as he turned towards the UK. Halfway across the channel I was relieved to hear he was climbing to 700 feet as the cloudbase had improved.
That may not be weather you would dream of flying VFR but this guy was and there are a surprising number who do get up to antics like that.
Apologies for the thread drift ....... but are there really glider pilots MENTAL enough to fly in cloud, without transponders etc. etc. ??!!
VMC on top
The answer to that is YES I nearly hit one in a twin
well documented in a long thread here but didnt you know that ?
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