Question re. capability in bad weather
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Thanks Brom......didn't know about the selected airfield concept with tempo's with no period given in metars (baffled me, since a 2 hour tempo given in a 30 minut period metar would defeat the purpose. I've heard of tendancies and speci's on metar, but never of an forecast. Thought that was the purpose of Taf's). Hey, I learned something new 
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Why didn't you just ring the unit, most Police units will tell you if they were flying and what they were upto within reason. When you lost sight, that could have been when it landed?
Why didn't you just ring the unit, most Police units will tell you if they were flying and what they were upto within reason. When you lost sight, that could have been when it landed?
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hmmm tries hard to remember minima from paom.....
congested area: daytime.... 600' agl and 1000 metres visibility
however.. its late and i'm a few stellas into the evening
Anywhooo for our fixed wing friends; being sat in the hover in 40 kt winds is similar to sitting in washing machine at 1000' and wearing crash helmet.
Its apparently quite hard work for the pilot too.???
congested area: daytime.... 600' agl and 1000 metres visibility
however.. its late and i'm a few stellas into the evening
Anywhooo for our fixed wing friends; being sat in the hover in 40 kt winds is similar to sitting in washing machine at 1000' and wearing crash helmet.
Its apparently quite hard work for the pilot too.???
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Bananaskiner,
Close on the minima's, I believe for congested area by night 600' 5km viz, reduced to 2km with CAA exemption, 500' msd withing 1km. Therefore the only cause for concern would be the viz on the aforementioned metar. Not forgetting the small detail of the Pennines, Fohn effect, etc. If the author of this thread was so interested in the weather over Sheffield why didnt he get the TAF/Metar from Doncaster (EGCN) which would have given him more accurate information???? Just a small point i thought i would raise.
Close on the minima's, I believe for congested area by night 600' 5km viz, reduced to 2km with CAA exemption, 500' msd withing 1km. Therefore the only cause for concern would be the viz on the aforementioned metar. Not forgetting the small detail of the Pennines, Fohn effect, etc. If the author of this thread was so interested in the weather over Sheffield why didnt he get the TAF/Metar from Doncaster (EGCN) which would have given him more accurate information???? Just a small point i thought i would raise.
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Therefore the only cause for concern would be the viz on the aforementioned metar. Not forgetting the small detail of the Pennines, Fohn effect, etc. If the author of this thread was so interested in the weather over Sheffield why didnt he get the TAF/Metar from Doncaster (EGCN) which would have given him more accurate information???? Just a small point i thought i would raise.
Should also say my observing position is high on one of the westerly hills of Sheffield looking east over the city - so when the bad wx closed in on me (temp dropped from 7C->1C, hail followed by snow) and I lost sight of the helicopter they would still have had ~5 minutes before it reached the city centre.
Anyway, my main reason for posting was being so impressed that the thing could be up there - and after all the info I remain so
Just wish I could afford to learn to fly rotary myself!
