VFR for a helicopter is enough visibility to stop before you
hit something. But that is often harder to do than pilots
expect. The military has knocked several TV tower down when
they hit the guy wires before they saw the lights on the
tower. Sure would be nice if the guy wires were lighted,
maybe some reflectors and spotlights on the ground at the 4
corners aimed up at the reflectors.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Peter Duniho" wrote in
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| My point is that alot of this is a very academic
discussion. From a
| practical standpoint, if we are getting into splitting
hairs on the
| visability requirements, we should probably be having a
serious
| discussion of if we should be going by ground!
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| And *my* point is that, no matter where one sets the
visibility limit, it is
| plainly obvious that helicopters have more flexibility
than airplanes. If
| you need at least 1 mile to be safe in a helicopter, you
need 2 or more
| miles visibility to be safe in an airplane.
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