"ktbr" == ktbr writes:

ktbr Viperdoc wrote:
Besides, being carbureted, a 150 will quit after only a few
seconds inverted. The NTSB should also look at the quality and
quantity of the simulated IMC time during his training.

ktbr The basic instrument flight instruction part of PP training
ktbr is really not sufficient, nor is it intended to be for
ktbr sustained flight into IMC.

Quite so. As those who have flown solo in IMC know, there is a huge
psychological difference between flying with a hood in sunshine and an
instructor and knowing what you are about to do, and blundering into
IMC with no warning and only yourself to get out of it. The hood
training for the PP can never really prepare one for the case of
blundering into IMC. Which is why on occasion I may chase a cloud and
wander a bit too close. Not every VFR pilot needs the IFR rating, but
every pilot does need some exposure to real IMC. Do it with an
instructor and learn to live another day.

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