Flying a small plane over water, from Northern Ireland to Scotland?
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We flew towards the NE coast today but it was cloudy over the sea. Don’t think we could’ve done it today despite the sunshine on land.
Hence the earlier reference to fog on the North Channel.
We couldn’t even see Scotland today from the air.
Hence the earlier reference to fog on the North Channel.
We couldn’t even see Scotland today from the air.
Then I think you should probably trust your father, the pilot in command, to do the appropriate planning!
If he has any genuine queries about flying over to Scotland, then he will get lots of good advice by posting here.
I hope you will understand why it seems a little odd to other pilots that you are researching on his behalf. I have never expected any passenger to plan their flight with me. Indeed, I owe them a duty of care to do it properly myself.
If he has any genuine queries about flying over to Scotland, then he will get lots of good advice by posting here.
I hope you will understand why it seems a little odd to other pilots that you are researching on his behalf. I have never expected any passenger to plan their flight with me. Indeed, I owe them a duty of care to do it properly myself.
I certainly won’t be asking you any.
When in a hole and unable to get out, the time to stop digging is already in the past. A dignified retreat may not be possible for the OP, but personally I'm out of here while I still have some vestige of sanity remaining.
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What he's trying to tell you is that you've massively overthought this. (Either that or you're a troll and I claim my £5). Take some precautions yes, but all this nonsense (climbing to 10000feet etc etc) is just that - nonsense. If you seriously think that the engine is gonna quit - then take the train, or bus or skype the people you wish to see cos aviation in a small SEP ain't for you. Now it might be for your father (FIL I forget and can't be bothered to go back and find out), but if he's the slightest bit interested/ has an enquiring mind then why isn't he posting here to get some real answers - as has been pointed out before. It's not you that has the PPL - that info is blindingly obvious.
He owns an aircraft but it doesn't seem that he's been far in it. Land away anyone. The airplane has no knowledge of the terrain/water it's over - it's a machine that hopefully has been maintained to a high standard and won't let you down.
t's like being a model railway enthusiast with a simple oval and you pretend running the lastest superduper remote controlled engine on the track is fantastic and all you want to do. No points/switches, no extra carriages, no shunting. I don't buy it.
There...that's the amount of bandwidth I'm, prepared to waste today. I claim my fiver.
Rgds, S
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What he's trying to tell you is that you've massively overthought this. (Either that or you're a troll and I claim my £5). Take some precautions yes, but all this nonsense (climbing to 10000feet etc etc) is just that - nonsense. If you seriously think that the engine is gonna quit - then take the train, or bus or skype the people you wish to see cos aviation in a small SEP ain't for you. Now it might be for your father (FIL I forget and can't be bothered to go back and find out), but if he's the slightest bit interested/ has an enquiring mind then why isn't he posting here to get some real answers - as has been pointed out before. It's not you that has the PPL - that info is blindingly obvious.
He owns an aircraft but it doesn't seem that he's been far in it. Land away anyone. The airplane has no knowledge of the terrain/water it's over - it's a machine that hopefully has been maintained to a high standard and won't let you down.
t's like being a model railway enthusiast with a simple oval and you pretend running the lastest superduper remote controlled engine on the track is fantastic and all you want to do. No points/switches, no extra carriages, no shunting. I don't buy it.
There...that's the amount of bandwidth I'm, prepared to waste today. I claim my fiver.
Rgds, S
S .
