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Weather Flying Tip of the Week
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Consequences
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When flying VFR and scattered clouds form below you, be alert to them quickly becoming a solid layer.
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Alternatives
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Good flight planning means defining as many alternatives as you can and keeping as many of those alternatives available to you in flight—plan for the fact that weather will not be exactly as forecast.
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Reality
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Any time the actual weather differs from the forecast, you should go on “red alert”—it means you cannot count on the weather to remain as forecast.
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External Pressures
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After a missed instrument approach, only consider returning for a second approach if the first was poorly executed and you know what went wrong. Otherwise, go to an alternate.
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For Both The VFR and IFR Pilot
Weather-related accidents cause, by far, the highest level of fatalities in general aviation. That's because weather flying, VFR or IFR, places the greatest demands on a pilot. More than any other risk factor in flight, changing weather frequently requires pilots to alter their plans. And weather especially requires proactive, rather than reactive, risk management.
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