Fog

[Alan Erskine[_3_]]

If Dave hasn't beaten me to the punch.

[Scubabix]

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

[Alan Erskine[_3_]]

"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!

[®i©ardo]

Alan Erskine wrote:
> "Scubabix" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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!

;-)

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[Alan Erskine[_3_]]

"®i©ardo" > wrote in message
...
> Alan Erskine wrote:
> > "Scubabix" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> 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. ;-)

[Scubabix]

"Alan Erskine" > wrote in message
...
> "®i©ardo" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Alan Erskine wrote:
>> > "Scubabix" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> 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

[Alan Erskine[_3_]]

"Scubabix" > wrote in message
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>
> "Alan Erskine" > wrote in message
> ...

> > 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?

[®i©ardo]

Scubabix wrote:
> "Alan Erskine" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "®i©ardo" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Alan Erskine wrote:
>>>> "Scubabix" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> 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
>
>
Discretion is the...

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Moving things in still pictures!

[Scubabix]

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