I had 2 hours of actual before I got my ticket, reason was my instructor had me
stay in the clouds for the entire flight one time, when we got out of the
clouds, he would tell me to ask for a different altitude so we could get back in
them.

Now that I have my ticket, I file IFR all the time, but the amount of time being
only on instruments is next to none and the only time you can log as actual is
that time when your navigating on instruments only. For the most part, its hard
to stay in the clouds, the only time I am in actual is when taking off or
landing so its only a few minutes. once your above the clouds your not in
instruments anymore.

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote:

For those of you who have your instrument ticket, how many hours of actual
IMC did you have when you got your ticket.

At approx 40 hours of instrument time I have a 'whopping' .9 hours of ACTUAL
IMC... I sincerely hope I'm going to get to see a lot more before I get my
instrument ticket - which I'm guessing should be around April or May at the
latest.

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Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman, Jr.
PP-ASEL

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