Bottom line is every pilot should take the training for the IR... Even
if he never uses the rating he will benefit..

Agree 100%. The training I did in preparation for the IR really made
me a much more precise pilot. I wish I had finished it up, but there
just weren't enough hours in the day, after we bought the hotel.

Again, my only purpose for this thread was to show (by newly-available
statistical analysis) that VFR cross-country flying is easily doable,
and that an instrument rating is not going to allow you to be an "all-
weather" flyer in the planes most of us own and operate.

I think most of us intuitively *knew* all this, but my friend's data
helps us see it more clearly.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"