My first glider had a gyro turn and bank that I practiced with enough so that I could fly straight and level if I ever needed to get out of clouds - I didn't deliberately fly into them. This circumstance happened to me a year or so later when cold air outflow from a frontal line suddenly produced a layer of stratus below me that completely blocked the ground. I was able to descend under control through the cloud layer with the aid of the turn and bank. I learned a good lesson that day and I'm sure I won't get caught again the same way.

The argument for not having instruments in the cockpit is the same as that for motorcyclists not to wear helmets or motorists to use seat belts - namely that they encourage risky behavior! Bull****!

Yes, and I'll continue to use radar, satellite and lightning data in the cockpit too, as will many others. The RC better figure out how to adapt to the changing world!

Mike