Tue Aug 31, 2021 3:30 pm
#1868290
I have in the past, as a CRI with an IMCR at the time (I have an IR now), had somebody ask in a well equipped microlight to have an instrument flying appreciation lesson as a biennial. I saw no problem in providing it, he said he got a lot from it, and I'd happily do it again.
Even the most basic aeroplane can be safely flown IMC given skill and luck - if it couldn't why would we train for partial panel? Jeffrey Quill in his autobiography "Spitfire" describes flying basic aerobatics on a panel we'd not normally contemplate instrument flight with, inside cloud, in the mid 1930s as part of the Duxford Met Flight in Siskins!
I think doing this training is an excellent idea, who cares really what it's logged as, so long as the learning is taken on board.
I absolutely wouldn't recommend anybody trying to self-teach this stuff.
G
Even the most basic aeroplane can be safely flown IMC given skill and luck - if it couldn't why would we train for partial panel? Jeffrey Quill in his autobiography "Spitfire" describes flying basic aerobatics on a panel we'd not normally contemplate instrument flight with, inside cloud, in the mid 1930s as part of the Duxford Met Flight in Siskins!
I think doing this training is an excellent idea, who cares really what it's logged as, so long as the learning is taken on board.
I absolutely wouldn't recommend anybody trying to self-teach this stuff.
G
I am Spartacus, and so is my co-pilot.