Please don't get me wrong , but ....... Were you flying VFR in IFR conditions ?
Sounds like it........I hope you are smarter than that..... For your passenger's sake...... Did you think to request Flight Following which is available to you while flying VFR ?........ It does not sound like you bothered..... If you had , you would have received vectors and advisory of aircraft in your area . Things happen when people do not engage their brain while flying . Being from Rio Linda is no excuse........ JR ---------- From: Enter your name here <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cloud Mountain Lake Date: Saturday, November 20, 1999 7:22 PM Reg. 7 Coupers, Tule fog was only half the battle. Alison (my wife) and I were ready for departure from Rio Linda at 10:00AM. Prior to that it was 0.2 mile and 100ft ceiling. Along with my buddy Ted we climbed out and headed south for Pine Mtn. Lake. The farther south we went the higher we needed to climb. By the time we reached our destination we were at 6800ft and only 100 ft above solid overcast. Unicom reported a 1300ft ceiling, but with no holes to drop thru we were forced to turn back. I don't know if any were able to make it in. I'll see if I can arrange a new date for the rest of us. Coming back into Sacramento we crossed over Mather Field (formerly AFB) and observed a DC-9 taking off. We were well above pattern altitude and crosswind for the active. Anyway this jet jockey turns toward us and is climbing like a scared monkey, getting bigger by the second. Nose to nose a right turn would be SOP except this guy's going left! I pulled back hard and left and missed a head-on by about 300ft. Ted was in trail and turned left and down. (I went up because I was worried about wake turbulence) The DC-9 never gave any indication they saw us. I wonder what it looked like on approach radar. Needless to say thats way to close to see an airliner in the air. The Bug Smasher pulled us thru again. Although we were almost a smashed bug. Mike Shipley 22H Q94
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