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Old 8th Jan 2015, 19:55
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I agree 100% with A and Es post above! Some permit aircraft are very well equipt for instrument flight and at some point the pilot is better climbing to MSA and getting an SRA or PAR into somewhere or at worst vectors towards better weather where a safe descent can be made.

G makes a good point on controlled off airport landings! I can remember a great story of two pilots one German the other English flying over France when bad weather forced them to land in a field and wait for the weather to clear through.

they were enemies but both landed in the same field and shared cigarettes together as well as chatting to each other.

After the weather cleared they both took off again in different directions as friends.

G part of the problem is surely that off field landings are not encouraged or taught and probably not even contemplated as an option by most pilots when doing that and taking to a field might be the best option available

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