Originally Posted by
jonnyjetprop
The funny thing about the "who has the toughest IFR" thing is that back in the day, I was looked down on because I flew in Southern California. When I flew for the commuters in New England, I felt that the IFR was far easier there than SoCal. I flew far more approaches to minimums in California than I ever did in New England.
On a lighter note, it's not the size of the mountain you hit that kills you, it's the fact that you hit a mountain.
My community doesn't fly a whole lot of actual - usually doesn't at least. We like to avoid the weather whenever possible and flying in the central valley of CA and in the souteastern desert of CA the most I don't even SEE actual very often. I finally had a chance to shoot an acutal though recently down in San Diego (Miramar more exactly).
As far as your last note Johnny - that is sort of the point I was making too. If your on and on the approach - it doesn't matter whether you are in the lowlands of SC or the mountains of Nevada. If you are NOT on and on - then the water can kill you just as easily as the mountains.
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