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Re: Bill Graham
One thing a lot of pilots don't do is CHUM their charts. Charts are published on scheduled intervals (some haven't been published in years...). CHUM notes let you edit your charts to put in new towers and obstacles that weren't included in the chart. It is a big pain in the ass to do. Most people don't do it. If you are going to fly close to the weather VFR near to the ground, you should have a CHUMed chart handy. One night, I was flying at 200 AGL with Nogs on at a couple of hundred miles an hour. My co-pilot was a senior pilot that hadn't done a sufficient amount of CHUM work. He had vouched for it however. Given his previous record, that was sufficient. We were near the end of the route when we noticed a T-storm was over the landing zone. The light show under the Nogs was amazing. At the moment I decided to abort the landing and go to an alternative zone, out of the gloom appeared an unanticipated tower. It looked like a big x-mas tree right in front of the plane. I banked 90 degrees to the right and we passed by without a problem. Not much conversation on the way back. None of my crew would never fly with that pilot again.
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