I have blogged about aerial wildland firefighting since 2009. I am not a firefighter and am not a pilot, just an interested bystander who wants to learn more and share what I learn here. Join me here as I blog on the aircraft and the pilots who fight wildland fires from the air in support of crews on the ground. I also blog on concerns affecting fire crews on the ground as well as other aviation and meteorology issues. Learn what it takes to do jobs that are staffed by the best of the best.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
near miss: airplane versus terrain
I recently ran across this video on the wildland fire hotlist forums.
Some terminology:
VFR refers to visual flight rules.
IMC: instrument meteorological conditions (i.e. I can not see).
IFR: instrument flight rules, flying with instruments when you can not see.
scud running: flying in VFR conditions or under the clouds to avoid IMC conditions.
Here is a Dept. of Interior "Lessons Learned" Aviation safety advisory on inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions.
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