Re: avoiding bad weather

[Jim Macklin]

If the airplane is damaged, out of annual and repairs
adequate to get a ferry permit are not possible at the
location, trucking is likely easier than flying in a crew
and tools to some remote lake.

I didn't say VFR, I know full well what the VFR and IFR
minimums are. The OP was talking 200-300 YARDS visibility.

How many times have you landed with 1 mile, how many times
have you landed with 1/2 mile? How many CAT 1 ILS have you
done to minimums? Ever done a CAT 2?



--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Peter Duniho" > wrote in
message ...
| "Jim Macklin" > wrote
in message
| ...
| > Lots of reasons to truck airplanes. They are easy to
take
| > apart, just a few bolts, maybe fewer than a dozen.
Often
| > the airplane has an expired annual inspection and it is
| > cheaper to truck it than to fix and fly.
|
| If it's as simple as an expired annual inspection, a ferry
permit is easily
| obtained. No need to "fix" at all before flying.
|
| > [...]
| > 1/2 mile is a minimum for most landings under the best
| > conditions, a full mile is often required.
|
| In the US, 1/2 mile is illegal for VFR flight, even in
uncontrolled
| airspace. 1 mile is the legal absolute minimum, and in
some airspace 3
| miles is the actual legal minimum.
|
|

[Peter Duniho]

"Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
...
> If the airplane is damaged, out of annual and repairs
> adequate to get a ferry permit are not possible at the
> location, trucking is likely easier than flying in a crew
> and tools to some remote lake.

No doubt. But that's not what you wrote the first time.

> I didn't say VFR, I know full well what the VFR and IFR
> minimums are. The OP was talking 200-300 YARDS visibility.

You didn't say you *weren't* talking about VFR, and the airplane in question
was unlikely a) to be flying an instrument approach to its destination, and
b) to be on the truck because of visibility in the first place.

If you're going to write ambiguous, irrelevant posts, you ought to be
prepared for having them corrected or clarified, rather than getting
defensive when someone does.

Pete

[Roger[_4_]]

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:04:00 -0600, "Jim Macklin"
> wrote:

>If the airplane is damaged, out of annual and repairs
>adequate to get a ferry permit are not possible at the
>location, trucking is likely easier than flying in a crew
>and tools to some remote lake.
>
>I didn't say VFR, I know full well what the VFR and IFR
>minimums are. The OP was talking 200-300 YARDS visibility.

Now he said 2 to 300 yards not 200 to 300. Sounds just like my old
boss when we'd ask about the raises. Oh...they are probably going to
be between 4 and 500 dollars a week.
>
>How many times have you landed with 1 mile, how many times

One mile? probably half a dozen times. My instructor had me do
several right down to minimums in actual before taking the check ride.
If the ceiling is high enough one mile is not bad. Kinda gloomy though
and it makes a circle to land really interesting.

>have you landed with 1/2 mile? How many CAT 1 ILS have you

Nope and no intention of trying.

>done to minimums? Ever done a CAT 2?
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com