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Old April 28th 05, 10:36 PM
Nathan Young
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On 28 Apr 2005 13:28:31 -0700, "Paul kgyy"
wrote:

The water temperature in Lake Michigan is still in the 40s. Lights,
flotation gear, all useless except to help them find your frozen body
unless your flotation device is a raft with a cover.

When I fly east IFR out of Gary airport, ATC usually sends me out 040,
which puts me about 10 miles off shore while still climbing. I always
hope that if a problem develops I'll have time to head for shore.


Yikes, that is not a good vector. They won't give you vectors towards
Knox? I would think you would be below most of the ORD and MDW
arrival traffic.
 




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