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Er... what do you mean by "keep a lookout for traffic under IFR"?
Lookout on the radar, surely?? Nope. Traffic out the window. In brief, "IFR" is a set of rules to fly by, which permits flying in the clouds. "IMC" means weather in which one cannot see out the window. Only IFR airplanes can fly in IMC. "VMC" means weather in which you =can= see out the window. In that kind of weather, you can still fly IFR (in fact, if you are in and out of clouds, you will be in VMC and then in IMC and then back in VMC...). However, other airplanes may be flying VFR (which is a different set of rules to fly by). Under VFR (rules), the pilots look out the window and avoid each other, since they can see. The upshot is that under IFR (rules), air traffic controllers separate other IFR traffic from you. They do not separate VFR traffic from you. If you are in IMC (i.e. clouds) and can't see, there should be no VFR traffic for you to avoid. If you are in VMC, then (like all other pilots), you need to look out the window. But, since it's VMC, you can. Jose -- The monkey turns the crank and thinks he's making the music. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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