Rabat-Sale Airport, Morocco

World Heritage Sites Air Adventure: Out of Africa
Flight 15 – 11/9/2024

Back on the "road" again... It felt great to be flying, departing GMMF and heading to GMME (Sale International Airport, Rabat, Morocco). I made a bad call today—hoping the weather would improve, but it never did. I ended up flying through soup below VFR minimums, and had to rely on ATC for vectors to get down at GMME. The approach was a challenge: total gray-out, required a go-around and reroute just to find the runway, and fuel was getting low (but still within safety margins). Definitely a lesson learned—pushing a flight because of excitement over my new paint job wasn’t worth it.

Without my iPad ForeFlight app running, things could have been much worse. ForeFlight’s real-time weather, airport info, and moving map were essential for situational awareness and safe decision-making when things got dicey. Next time, I’ll stick to my VFR-only rating and respect the weather, no matter how eager I am to get in the air.Read more