Hi guys....
Went for an early morning spin over the South shore bays of Long Island this morning. I was out about 4,000 feet at an altitude of 200 feet when I noticed that the fog was rolling in. I figured that I'd stay in front of it and all will be well. What I hadn't figured was the speed at which the fog was moving! Within seconds of realizing this, my screen went from clear to light gray. I stopped going forward at that point, swung the cam downward and watched the ground beneath me disappear. Now I'm flying on instruments! The cool part about this was being on GPS, and knowing the terrain (no trees, just marshgrass) I took the P3A up to the legal maximum (400' ASL) and broke the fog at about 350'. It was like I was above the clouds...well, I was in a way. Going from terrain to map, I flew above the fog back to my take off point, came down through the fog of which I was now enshrouded with to a good landing. Went back to my cuppa joe and thought about what just happened.....I guess you could say I made an instrument landing!
Went for an early morning spin over the South shore bays of Long Island this morning. I was out about 4,000 feet at an altitude of 200 feet when I noticed that the fog was rolling in. I figured that I'd stay in front of it and all will be well. What I hadn't figured was the speed at which the fog was moving! Within seconds of realizing this, my screen went from clear to light gray. I stopped going forward at that point, swung the cam downward and watched the ground beneath me disappear. Now I'm flying on instruments! The cool part about this was being on GPS, and knowing the terrain (no trees, just marshgrass) I took the P3A up to the legal maximum (400' ASL) and broke the fog at about 350'. It was like I was above the clouds...well, I was in a way. Going from terrain to map, I flew above the fog back to my take off point, came down through the fog of which I was now enshrouded with to a good landing. Went back to my cuppa joe and thought about what just happened.....I guess you could say I made an instrument landing!