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... Playing the legal card here isn't helpful. My main intent is to play the safety card. As anyone who's flown in the haze can attest, the visibility of 2.9 miles vs. 3.1 miles is not something that is easily determined in flight. Todd's estimate was 2-3 miles, not 2.9. More importantly, his description of his view corresponds to 1-2 miles (or even less). Remember that it's also very possibly to legally fly under VFR in legal VMC and still require instruments to control the aircraft (night, OTT with strange clouds below, etc) Sure, but under those conditions you still have adequate visibility to see and avoid other aircraft. That's precisely what's different in the situation under discussion. --Gary |
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three-eight-hotel wrote:
Is there any way of finding METAR information for a previous day??? It would be nice to see a copy for peace of mind... http://www.uswx.com/us/stn/?code=d&n=24&stn=kRDU http://weather.noaa.gov/ |
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Perfect! Thanks!
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Thanks John! That's very useful, within the 36 hour window, as you
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three-eight-hotel wrote:
I don't think it would have been considered VFR in IMC... [...] I probably had visibility of 2-3 miles through the haze, In most areas, 2 miles viz is IMC, or at least not VMC. You can't see aluminum ahead fast enough. Jose |
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