MickTurner

Hi fellas, My experience of fog may also help others stay safer. Launching one early morning from my regular field, the sky was clear and blue. I flew around 10 miles away from the field on a planned out and return. When I turned I was greeted by a dense cover of fog which had apparently rolled in and followed me. I was surprised to say the least, and at this point made the wrong decision. Below me, at the turn, was a large flat open field which I gad flown from twice before, I should have landed and got my phone out. Instead, I assumed that as the fog had come in quickly, it would clear quickly, and I opened the throttle to get over the fog, and proceeded back the way I had come. I too had my Garmin with me and brought up my home field. Needless to say, the fog did not clear, and after 45 minutes, with the GPS telling me I was over my field I could see nothing of the ground. Putting my faith in the God Garmin, my own knowledge of the surroundings, and watching my Vario, I visualized an approach which I hoped gave me the best chance of meeting the ground in a controlled fashion. At 30 feet I crossed the field boundary insight of Terra Ferma. I landed on my knees and thanked my lucky stars. I will never repeat that mistake. Stay safe guys, Mick