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Originally Posted by bunghole  Just wondering after your recent flight if there was any AIRMETs or SIGMETS for that turbulence? Sounded a wee bit duh duh dangerous! Especially en noche!  |
Never do a long flight like that without filing a flight plan, talking to a briefer and looking at aviationweather.gov (first). Even if its beautiful and clear with light and variable winds, checking TFR's alone is worth its weight in gold.
But to answer your post - I would say that flight was not dangerous.
The interesting thing was that wind predictions were 20-30 kts and they ended up being 40-60kts. Enough for me to call up FSS and update my planned arrival.
Human nature is funny though. No matter how much I know that the Canyon wall where I was crossing was below 7500, you bet I had my sectional out checking that three more times when I was forced lower, as well as plotting a new course through the canyon if needed.
I think in the 10 times I've flown over the CGN, there were only a couple that I didn't experience loss of altitude. This was more than usual, though.