I got to Queenstown by bus, not scary at all. But, on the way, we stopped to watch fun-lovers on a bridge jumping off into the abyss on bungy cords. Now, that was scary! Roger Sent from my iPad On Nov 21, 2013, at 5:54 PM, "Cap'n Jimmy" <flyboy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 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. > > that approach was a piece of cake...first off, there was no > turbulence...secondly, the mountain tops were visible above the very > thin stratus layer providing excellent situational awareness...coming > out under cloud after a half minute descent, the ceiling and > visibility were excellent...I could see where this would be a dicey > place to get into if the weather were such the mountains were > obscured and the ceiling and visibility were marginal, like 200 feet > and a half a mile...having said all that, the video was beautiful... > > Jim >
