On 01/30/06 17:27, BillJ wrote:
Robert M. Gary wrote:
For personal currency, yes, that's a great idea. However, it doesn't
meet the FAA currency requirements.

-Robert

I say NO for personal currency. Your focus without a safety needs to be
completely outside. No good for building any form of IMC ontrol scan and
awareness.

Are you saying that you won't even intercept and track a VOR radial?

That seems a bit extreme...

In any event, I had asked the question about flying an ILS (for example)
in visual conditions while single pilot, and how I should deal with the
distractions from the visual search for other airplanes by my instrument
scan, and was told that the instrument scan is really a very small part
of the effort when you can manage the attitude of the airplane by outside
visual reference.

So I think it's fine. As Robert said, though - it doesn't count toward
currency.

--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA