Good luck on the long XC. Hope for clouds. Half of mine was in and out
of the clouds, which required the hood. 1/4 was above the deck (great
view of a US Air Dash-8 breaking through the undercast, then holding at
5000' while we passed over). 1/4 of the trip was in solid IFR. Great
experience and easier IMHO than using the hood.

Wizard of Draws wrote:
On 4/2/04 10:55 AM, in article ,
"vincent p. norris" wrote:


Enroute and in between approaches, they say if you aren't doing something,
you've forgotten something.

Unless you're solid IMC, it might be a good idea to look out the
window now and then.

vince norris


Absolutely. That's one of the primary reasons I love to fly: the view. But
right now I'm winding up my IFR training and so far, there hasn't been a lot
of 'enroute' time to think about housekeeping. Just fly the missed and
immediately set up for the next approach.
Tomorrow we're scheduled for the long XC to Knoxville, TN, so I'll have a
bit of time to keep house, but no view since I'll be under the hood.


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