: VFR is 1,000 foot ceiling, the MDA on many mountain
: approaches is as high as 2,000 feet above the runway.

: OK. I cannot imagine flying VFR under a 1,000 foot ceiling in the
: mountains, where peaks extend well into the ceiling.

In many places, that type of operation is S.O.P. Southeast Alaska comes to
mind. People who live and fly there generally don't get into trouble... the
statistics are generally people from Outside flying in.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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