Has it been that long? Sigh.
Has it been that long? Sigh.
I've done a number of night flights over the Appelachians in winter in the Aztec (and a few in the 310).
My advice: make sure it's VFR. The ice you can (and usually do) get around there can be pretty nasty, as can the mountain waves. Personally, if it's winter and I have to fly that route in IMC (especially at night), one needs de-ice. It's not like the midwest where a lot of times you can have IMC that's really not a thick cloud and without the moisture content to cause much for issues. Thems hills can be nasty.
Oh, and the mountain waves can (and do) still happen VFR, so those are still important to be aware of. Just with IMC they cause all kinds of fun with air currents and cause even more icing.
Ice can happen anywhere but living in PA I've become acutely aware of how the alleghenys are like an ice factory. I have heard the same about the mountains in the northwest Washington state and Oregon.
The junior flight attendant was hired by Simmons Airlines on October 6,
1994, and successfully completed her initial training in October on the Saab 340,
Shorts 360 and the ATR 42/72 airplanes. Flight 4184 was the first line trip for the
junior flight attendant.
Since we're celebrating aviation anniversaries, hundreds and maybe thousands of pilots and owners were killed during this same time-frame only 4 years ago. But it was at the bank.
Sigh, leave the childish issues out of the important issue threads.
Sigh, leave the childish issues out of the important issue threads.
I think Henning was being sarcastic.