I ws suckered into flying down a canyon under the clouds. It was my own fault and I kept thinking it would get better. I did have enough room to turn around and found that the clouds were dropping. As Moose creek came into view I was very relieved.

I seem to remember that sort of thing with ice instead of clouds when I was in the navy. Did not like it then.



Tim

Yikes! If the thought of a cloudy canyon felt claustrophobic, the idea of being underwater in a similar situation seems WORSE!

The thing to ALWAYS remember is: stick as close as you can to the side of the canyon!. Know your plane and how tight you can turn, always leave yourself a way out!

Tim, a friend of mine was XO of Queenfish when she drove into an ice "garage" in the Bering. Can't go up, can't go down... Try backing out with a single prop and rudder. (Like backing up an inboard ski boat.) They made it, but the event is seered in his memory.

(this pic was after she made it to the North Pole on that trip)

I got off the Queenfish a bit before the ice garage incident. What happened to them was much worse than my experience. What was the XO's name The captain was Alfred McLaren (fearless Freddy). Good boat handler but I liked our previous CO better.

Tim

XO was Lincoln (Link) Mueller. He and McLaren didn't get along very well, so in the captain's book about that run, he thanks and names all the officers but the Exec

Link lives up on Pelican lake now in the summer's and is a master gardener. (he flew F-9F Cougar drones at Rosy Roads for a while too)