"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Peter wrote:

Is there some part of this story that I'm missing?

Transition to flying by instruments when you've been flying visually is
not
simple and takes time. The airlines learned this in the 30s and will have
one
pilot already on the gauges during takeoff when the aircraft will be in
IMC
shortly.

An instrument rated pilot goes on the gauges before entering IMC and can
be
expected to do well at it. Those who enter IMC unexpectedly may lose
control of
the aircraft during the transition to instrument flight.

I think your conflating the transition to instruments with the transition to
visual after and approach.

Keeping the aircraft upright , during transition, is not that difficult (not
the easy, but not that difficult either).


Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO