Long, long ago, when I was an L1011 copilot, flew ATL-LGW. We were Cat 3 certified with a 50foot alert height (no mins.). The CAA (British version of the FAA) insisted that we use 50` as mins. Our chief pilot told them "OK", then told us to keep doing what we had been doing. Anyway, Gatwick was a Cat 2 airport and went below mins., so we skedattled over to Heathrow, which was a Cat 3 airport. Shot an approach and didn`t see squat until the nose fell through on touchdown. I haven`t seen fog like that either before of since. We got off on a highspeed, and got someone to come out and tow us in,the fog was so thick that we could barely see the radome.
Last edited by Roll Inverted and Pull; 11-03-2008 at 10:31 AM.
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