On Jun 24, 4:02 pm, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:19:42 -0400, "birdog" wrote in
:

Who the hell's dumb enough to fly up a blind canyon below the rim?


According to observers near the accident site, the local
visibility was practically nil in heavy rain showers and the
ceiling was approximately 800 to 1,000 feet agl. [The weather was
unrealistically severe that evening including thunder
storms.]

'Unrealistically severe' - was this a simulated flight?