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Old 26th Jul 2011, 12:32
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heli1
 
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Absolutely right JohnR81.
I have twice been caught out by weather flying VFR. Once in North Wales when I saw cloud rolling over the ridgeline ahead of me.....a rapid turn in the valley and rerouting sorted that , and a second time when visibility just started vanishing in a heavy downpour and I put the helicopter down in a field and waited until it was over.Absolutely the right decision because when it cleared I saw pylons about half a mile ahead !
Why some pilots push on in a helicopter when it is so easy to land when you run into weather trouble I can never understand.
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