Originally Posted by
FullWings
Another thing to watch is cables, antennas and that kind of thing. Not always marked on the chart and can suddenly appear out of the gloom if you’re in the cone of poor vis around cloud base.
Oh, this is so true... Many of these area can be planted full of transceiver towers, masts. Normally lit by red navigation obstacle lights, but still better to see them clearly in advance. Now I start to wonder if it would have been better to reconfigure the aircraft for a slower flight, increase RPM and in exchange, go a bit lower to see better. More time to look, more time to decide, better climb rate with the advance of the throttle, tighter 180 if needed, and less prone to turbulence on the downwind side...