Yeah, when he banks right into the clouds and the visibility goes to ZERO, that’s a scary moment. But then my mind races forward thinking, “Wait a minute! We have the video so there must be a happy ending. As noted, you have to trust the instruments, which is something photographers have been doing for more than a century. Of course we aren’t playing with lives, but still, you gotta trust the meter.
On Nov 21, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Herschel Mair wrote:
when he banks to the right, into the clouds, with that peak off to
the left ....I feel a sinking feeling.
On 11/21/13 11:23 AM, Stephen Ylvisaker wrote:
Appreciate
this video, Jan.
stephen
Here's
a great video
of descending
into
Queenstown,
NZ. This
would be a
great exercise
in trusting
the
instruments.
Great
Video. There
is nothing
like being IFR
& dropping
between the
peaks in
Queenstown.
There are
always
lenticular
clouds
around the
summits and
there is
usually lots
of turbulence,
which does not
make for
comfortable
IFR
approaches.
After a few
real hard
approaches
into Q I do
believe it to
be a great
Laxative.
Sweat dripping
down your
shirt and
trying to have
a calm voice
for the
passengers is
not a natural
mix.
VFR is
great on a
good day,
otherwise you
have to sneak
around the
valleys and
sometimes they
are full of
cloud, and
turning in the
valley's
is not always
an option.
Milford Sound
is even better
with a
specific
rating
required
before you can
take
passengers in
there.
Sometimes
the windsocks
at each end of
the runway
face each
other and
there is no
way to drink a
coffee on
approach,
using full
throttle and
a dive bombing
seems to work
most times,
the only
turbulence
then being
initial
contact with
the runway.
Stopping
before an
overrun then
becomes a
problem as it
is quite
short.
But Q
is the most
scenic
airfield I
have ever been
into,
Best view is
the pilots
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