Comments on: IFR Adventures http://noticetoairmen.com/pirep/83/ifr-adventures/ Sharing a lifelong love of aviation Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:59:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Don Jones http://noticetoairmen.com/pirep/83/ifr-adventures/#comment-509 Don Jones Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:55:23 +0000 http://noticetoairmen.com/pirep/83/ifr-adventures/#comment-509 My wife and I were flying to KADS for a weekend visit with my son, his wife, and the grandsons on OU/Texas weekend. The class B was full of aircraft coming to Dallas to watch the game. The problem; forecast was for BKN045 P6SM and what greeted us was OVC004 2SM BR. I hit the cloud bank over Burnett (7K feet) and did not see land again until I saw the "jack-rabbit" for ADS' rwy 15. The biggest lessons learned; 1) stay current; this weather just dropped in on the Dallas area very quickly. IFR certified pilots were in the air but several shared with ATC that it had been a while since they had flown hard IFR and they needed help (and they got it). 2) The 1-2-3 rule in the FAR for identifying an alternate is good but a better rule is always identify an alternate. The "big" guys do and that weekend was a great example of why we all should. See you in the air. Enjoyed the videos. Don My wife and I were flying to KADS for a weekend visit with my son, his wife, and the grandsons on OU/Texas weekend. The class B was full of aircraft coming to Dallas to watch the game. The problem; forecast was for BKN045 P6SM and what greeted us was OVC004 2SM BR. I hit the cloud bank over Burnett (7K feet) and did not see land again until I saw the “jack-rabbit” for ADS’ rwy 15. The biggest lessons learned; 1) stay current; this weather just dropped in on the Dallas area very quickly. IFR certified pilots were in the air but several shared with ATC that it had been a while since they had flown hard IFR and they needed help (and they got it). 2) The 1-2-3 rule in the FAR for identifying an alternate is good but a better rule is always identify an alternate. The “big” guys do and that weekend was a great example of why we all should.

See you in the air. Enjoyed the videos.

Don

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