Reply #2: Sometimes ya gott fly in crap like that [View All]

[Wickerman]

so, ya fly in crap like that so you will know how to fly in crap like that.

From what I understand the sandstorm flying is horrid. You don't believe your instruments, they all seem to be lying, the wind buffeting is equally disorienting. A real recipe for disastor.

And, those storms can pop up really quickly - I've family there and he sends reports home pretty regularly that they were caught in "another" sand storm. When this crash originally popped up I waited most of the day to find out it was a Chinook and not a Blackhawk. If it were a Blackhawk I would be waiting on pins and needles to to find out what unit it was from, etc.