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    Uk Storm Chasers Needed

    in Storms & Severe Weather

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    I was thinking of something similar the other day, but flying.... as long as I keep 10nms away from oncoming Thunderstorms it's perfectly safe. What would be nice is to fly along the south coast and we can get a good look at some of the oncoming Summer Thunderstorms or if they stay in France and then make a run for it back to Biggin as they approach, if they did approach. Might provide some good filming opportunity, one problem it could be expensive, but I can stay up there for 4-5hrs on a tank of fuel, and fit 2-3 passengers, depending on weight. Builds my hours up.

    And another thing, as long as the weather is VFR, I can take the aircraft to a nearby airfield to where the storms are approaching.... and use there WIFI to track the storms, take the aircraft up if it's safe... get 20-30 miles away get some images and fly away from them back to the Airport.

    I could probably get you this close, but 30000ft lower...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogJznJfSbIg

    Let me know what you think?

    Regards,

    Robbie

    Nice, as a fellow pilot i'd say that i wouldn't want to get within 10nm of a storm. Also if you went over the channel into a near supercell, i would want a lot of fuel :p

    I fly a cessna 185, one of the few G registered planes!

    Also, Sign me up for that! I won't be flying into storms but i can get some good pics looking into london from a local hill!

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