Thread: Aspen at night
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Old January 4th 06, 09:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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Default Aspen at night

Me neither, when I fly into the mountains, I want to be VFR
1,000 above the peaks. But so far I've been lucky, my trips
to Aspen and Angel Fire have been in widely scattered
cirrus.


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James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Peter R." wrote in message
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| Jim Macklin wrote:
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| 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.
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| --
| Peter