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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

The pilot’s feeling of terror would be little different between 2 meters of visibility and a quarter mile visibility...

What might get adrenaline flowing like crazy would be wind shears and turbulence, and loss of lift as headwinds turn to tailwinds.


9 posted on 07/23/2014 7:21:56 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: C210N

“The pilot’s feeling of terror would be little different between 2 meters of visibility and a quarter mile visibility...”

BIG DIFFERENCE!


11 posted on 07/23/2014 7:27:41 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: C210N

Yes, he would be focused on his instruments, anyway, but he should have diverted or, if not possible, should have scrubbed the flight before take-off.


12 posted on 07/23/2014 7:28:34 AM PDT by expat2
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