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"®i©ardo" wrote in message
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Alan Erskine wrote:
"Scubabix" wrote in message
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Has this happened to anyone else? In Atsugi, Japan, there is a large
incinerator just outside the base. Because the environmental controls
aren't as strict as other places, it would put out a lot of smoke at
times.
We were approaching in an H-3 from Yokosuka and told the field was IFR.
The
visibility was unlimited except about a 100 yard wide plume of smoke
centered on the tower.

Rob

So it really does happen? LOL!


Yes, they're still up there waiting!

;-)

That's OK; the Sea King's got the endurance for the job. ;-)

"Alan Erskine" wrote in message
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"®i©ardo" wrote in message
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Alan Erskine wrote:
"Scubabix" wrote in message
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Has this happened to anyone else? In Atsugi, Japan, there is a large
incinerator just outside the base. Because the environmental controls
aren't as strict as other places, it would put out a lot of smoke at
times.
We were approaching in an H-3 from Yokosuka and told the field was
IFR.
The
visibility was unlimited except about a 100 yard wide plume of smoke
centered on the tower.

Rob

So it really does happen? LOL!


Yes, they're still up there waiting!

;-)

That's OK; the Sea King's got the endurance for the job. ;-)

HAD the endurance. We ended up flying an instrument approach to a
completely VFR field. I was very proud of my pilots for not saying the
things to the tower over the radio, that they were saying about them in the
aircraft.

Rob

"Scubabix" wrote in message
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"Alan Erskine" wrote in message
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That's OK; the Sea King's got the endurance for the job. ;-)

HAD the endurance. We ended up flying an instrument approach to a
completely VFR field. I was very proud of my pilots for not saying the
things to the tower over the radio, that they were saying about them in
the
aircraft.

Rob

Hehe... So, the aircraft had the endurance, but it was a close call for the
crew?

That's OK; the Sea King's got the endurance for the job. ;-)

HAD the endurance. We ended up flying an instrument approach to a
completely VFR field. I was very proud of my pilots for not saying the
things to the tower over the radio, that they were saying about them in
the
aircraft.

Rob

Hehe... So, the aircraft had the endurance, but it was a close call for
the
crew?


No, sorry, I didn't make myself clear. I was referring to the Sea King is
no longer in service in the US Navy, except a couple of isolated
rescue/utility locations. It wasn't a close call at all, just annoying to
have to add the time of an instrument approach when the field was completely
visible to the entire world, except the tower.

Rob

Scubabix wrote:
"Alan Erskine" wrote in message
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"®i©ardo" wrote in message
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Alan Erskine wrote:
"Scubabix" wrote in message
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Has this happened to anyone else? In Atsugi, Japan, there is a large
incinerator just outside the base. Because the environmental controls
aren't as strict as other places, it would put out a lot of smoke at
times.
We were approaching in an H-3 from Yokosuka and told the field was
IFR.
The
visibility was unlimited except about a 100 yard wide plume of smoke
centered on the tower.

Rob
So it really does happen? LOL!


Yes, they're still up there waiting!

;-)
That's OK; the Sea King's got the endurance for the job. ;-)

HAD the endurance. We ended up flying an instrument approach to a
completely VFR field. I was very proud of my pilots for not saying the
things to the tower over the radio, that they were saying about them in the
aircraft.

Rob


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