Spotted 09:25 19 May 19

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

I saw a C47/Dakota flying in the low clouds..... at about 2000 feet.

.. 7 minutes later ... a thunderstorm just rolled over the mountain heavy rain and ceiling dropped to under 900 feet.

Cheers Phil

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Was probably wishing for some of the fancy avionics from his regular day job.

Many aircraft were lost during the war in New Guinea in exactly the same conditions, and often weren't found again until decades later.