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Old 9th Apr 2014, 15:58
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Tandemrotor
 
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What else have I got?

Take it from me I use EGPWS (GPWS before that) and weather radar every day of my working life, in Class 'A' airspace. (EGPWS is of course based on a system accurate enough to post a cruise missile through a letterbox!) I held a procedural Master Green instrument rating when I flew Chinook.

Because at that time, the majority of Chinook flying was entirely overland at low level, for 90+% of the flying weather radar would have been useless! Even when IFR airliners can despatch without weather radar (and I have) it's just that weather restrictions become a little more limiting.

Perhaps your flying experience is less wide-ranging?
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