On 2006-11-16 17:24:33 -0700, "Morgans" said:


"Newps" wrote

Flying over a mountain range is not mountain flying. Mountain flying
is flying in the mountains, below the peaks, relatively close to the
ground in the valleys and passes.

Are you sure you want to subscribe to that strict definition?

It seems to me that dealing with mountain waves, rotors, updrafts and
downdrafts, precipitation formed from air rising over the mountains,
and some other thing (no doubt) would still fall under the
classification of mountain flying.

No?

Mountain CFI I have talked to seem to stick to the definition of
encountering any terrain 7500 ft or higher. Or course, with 14,000
peaks a couple miles from here that is easy to agree with.