An interesting video with nice views of a pretty little airplane flying through the air...LOVE the big flaps at the 40-degree setting.
Much discussion in the video comments: I do not see that the pilot made a bad decision- he checked the weather and things appeared good.
He decided to do a 180 and got back...It was disturbing to read about the snow and seriously reduced visibilities and ceilings- and how many crash reports discuss wrong weather forecasts.
In HINDSHIGHT maybe he should not have made the second takeoff of the day...of course, in hindsight, should he have made the first takeoff?
Some people commented "go with your gut". What does that mean (Ok I know what it means) but who says your gut has any accuracy at all in weather prediction (not that the weather man is great either).
They do not specify what it means that his aircraft was VFR-only. If the AI (and vacuum pump) are good, and you have a radio and a VOR, he might have had the option to declare an emergency and ask for some sort of guidance back to his home airport- and then cut loose when he encounters severe VMC. (This assumes he is IFR "competent" (a wiggle word that I'm using to mean capable of staying upright and on heading and assigned altitude))
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