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Gotta love the FAA... what's safe's not necessarily legal, and
what's legal's not necessarily safe. Peter R. wrote: : David Megginson ) wrote: : I just wanted to mention that I passed my IFR flight test this : morning. We did it in hard IFR, with a 400-foot ceiling -- it was a : lot of fun. : : Well done and congratulations to you! : Now you can sit here on the ground, looking up at the broken layer of : cumulous clouds with numerous, embedded t-storms awaiting inside and say, : "sometimes legal is not safe." : -- : Peter : Too many scattered t-storms in our neck of the woods these days... -- ************************************************** *********************** * The prime directive of Linux: * * - learn what you don't know, * * - teach what you do. * * (Just my 20 USm$) * ************************************************** *********************** |
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"Marty Ross" wrote in message rthlink.net...
I'd always been too busy to enjoy all of this! Also, the grin comes back everytime I look up and realize I'm not reliant on the "perfect weather day" (which is so rare in So. Cal during this time of year); now I can actually plan trips and take them (more often) on MY schedule! Hehe, that will change when the iceman cometh... Anyway, congratulations, don't mean to knock it, just be careful guys. I can't imagine x-c flying without my instrument ticket, but sans deiced turbo its a far cry from doing things on MY schedule here in the NW. LA is warmer, but the Sierras are not. |
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David Megginson wrote in message ...
I just wanted to mention that I passed my IFR flight test this morning. We did it in hard IFR, with a 400-foot ceiling -- it was a lot of fun. Thank you to everyone in this group for your contributions, which helped me develop more background knowledge of IFR flight than I could otherwise have hoped to have. All the best, David Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!! |
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On 6 Aug 2003 17:57:16 -0700, (smackey) wrote:
David Megginson wrote in message ... I just wanted to mention that I passed my IFR flight test this morning. We did it in hard IFR, with a 400-foot ceiling -- it was a lot of fun. First, congratulations! The checkride in actual? I checked out three locations( TVC, a DE from the Cadillac area, and one from around Pontiac.) and all of the them required the flight to be in VMC. They said that as I was to be the PIC for the flight and wasn't yet rated it had to be in VMC. I was willing, but they weren't. Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member) www.rogerhalstead.com N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2) Thank you to everyone in this group for your contributions, which helped me develop more background knowledge of IFR flight than I could otherwise have hoped to have. All the best, David Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!! |
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John Theune wrote in message . 11...
David Megginson wrote in : Where was it done and who was your DE? I had my checkride postponed twice because on poor weather. My DE said that the IFR checkride had to be performed in VFR conditions and led me to believe that it was mandated that way. I believed him as he pointed out trying to do unusal attitude recovery in IMC was not condusive to prolonged life. If nothing else, it means the DE would have to serve as PIC, something most DEs won't do. For private applicants the FARs specifically allow the student to serve as PIC during the checkride. |
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