On May 18, 7:26*am, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

In normal instrument flight, pilots are trained to ignore what their body is
telling them. *

Ahh, one minor detail as you are partially correct above, or I had a
great instructor as I sure didn't learn this on my own.

Ignore what your head sez (leans), but not what your seat of your
pants (positive or negative G's) And this is normal full panel
instrument flying.

In IMC, the airplane is just an extension of your body and you get
very intimate to what it's trying to tell you.

To better equate it to you as a VFR pilot, it is no different then the
last 6 inches of flight on landing :-) If you ignore the negative G's
in your rear end on landing 6 inches above the runway, you will come
down with a thump. If you feel too much positive G's in the seat of
your pants on landing, you will float. When you hit that sweet spot
between the two, you won't even know the wheels touch terra firma.
Instrument flying is no different whether you be in level flight or on
an actual approach.

The fact that you were able to use your body's sensations to
escape from a very serious instrument failure is a tribute to your piloting
skills. *You may also wish to purchase a lottery ticket, because not all
vacuum failures end so well.

I may need that lottery ticket, not for surviving the problem, but the
cost of a new regulator! Pump is fine, but the regulator does not
appear to be regulating! 1.2 AMU is a preliminary estimate.

While I would love to say it's my piloting skills, it really starts
with the quality training I received from the get go. I just took my
training to heart.