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What happens in IMC
This is what happens when you're a schmuck and fly into IMC without an
Instument Rating... http://www.naats.org/docs/flightassist.mp3 |
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This is what happens when you're a schmuck and fly into IMC without an
Instument Rating... Only happens if you're a "schmuck" though, and cannot happen if you have an instrument rating. I'm not sure if this was a tongue-in-cheek post, or not -- but there are quite a few "loss of control in IMC" accidents every year by pilots with an IR in their pocket. Not to say it's not a good thing to have, but an instrument rating ain't a "get out of jail free" card unless you're proficient and flying well-maintained iron. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Charlie Derk" wrote in message ... This is what happens when you're a schmuck and fly into IMC without an Instument Rating... http://www.naats.org/docs/flightassist.mp3 Let me guess. You just got your IFR rating. moo |
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This is what happens when you're a schmuck and fly into IMC without
an Instument Rating... Would that be a "schmuck in the muck"? G www.rosspilot.com |
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I will second that Jay.
-- Bill Snow, CP, IA, ASEL "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return" - Leonardo Da Vinci |
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I'll chime in too. The flying in IMC requires even more practice than a
VFR-only ticket with less room for mistakes. Equipment limitations demand more respect as well. All of this means that an IR makes some people safer while others become more dangerous. Marco Leon "William Snow" wrote in message . .. I will second that Jay. -- Bill Snow, CP, IA, ASEL "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return" - Leonardo Da Vinci Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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"Greg Farris" wrote in message ... In article , says... This is what happens when you're a schmuck and fly into IMC without an Instument Rating... Only happens if you're a "schmuck" though, and cannot happen if you have an instrument rating. Quite a few NTSB reports do not agree with that assessment. Here's just one: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...12X20891&key=1 |
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Charlie Derk wrote:
This is what happens when... snip Taking the cue from your subject line: "What happens in IMC, stays in IMC." -- Peter ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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To go back to the original post - I'm going to play spoiler here...
Other than pointing the hapless pilot towards VFR Wx (which he should have known before departing) after the pilot recovered the aircraft, what did ATC contribute? Did the controller reach out and fly the airplane? As I hear the recording, after all the pilots screaming into the mike, the controller's reply was soothing but that was all... By the time the pilot replied without screaming, he had already seen a tower go by, figured out where down was, corrected his attitude, and the airplane was upright and in visual conditions (or at least semi visual)... ATC then instructed him to climb back into hard IMC so they could document the crash coordinates on radar!!! While that pilot may believe that ATC saved his bacon I have a different take on it... They held his hand on the radio which is certainly to their credit (99.9% of controllers are good folks)... But putting a VFR pilot back into the clouds was not the way to go... Clouds rarely go all the way to the ground... The fact that he could climb the airplane back into hard IMC and maintain control while changing headings, etc.., means he is a better pilot than given credit for... If he had climbed back into the clag and then yanked the wings off, ATC would have been answering hard questions to his wife's lawyers... He was lucky to survive his error resulting in a spiral (complete rolls unlikely, just a confused inner ear)... ATC was lucky to survive their error in climbing a vfr pilot back into imc... denny |
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