Wow, if you could BARELY see him. It must have been extremely hard,
maybe impossible for him to see the runway. Were the runway lights
covered up by the snow too?

Actually, this happened right at dusk, so there was just barely enough
light for him to see the airport -- except that everything was white.
The only way he could possibly see the runways was by discerning the
difference in snow depth between the indented surface -- the runway --
and the surrounding area. Even with 6 inches of fresh snow it would
have been a different depth than the unplowed surrounding areas.
(We've got around 18 inches on the ground now...)

How he managed to do this in the failing light, in a driving snow-storm
and near-zero visibility is beyond me. He's one lucky SOB.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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