"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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chris writes:

Having lots of instruments doesn't help if you are VFR pilot entering
cloud. Your life expectancy is extremely short in those conditions.

It helps a great deal if you know how to use the instruments. It'll even
save
your life.

We are talking about flying VFR then entering cloud, right??? Charts
are no good if you can't see where you're going!

They are if you have instruments telling you where you are. You then look
at
the chart and check the height of terrain and compare it to your altitude.

If you were a VFR pilot you'd be more concerned with staying upright
and not going into a spiral dive or some such than trying to work out
a position from a VOR..

One you're straight and level, you're going to have to figure out where
you
are, and that's when a VOR comes in handy.

No no no!!! As a VFR pilot, you MUST be clear of cloud and in sight
of the surface. Anything else is totally illegal and very dangerous
and a much better way to kill yourself than any of the talk I have
heard around here about leaking fuel tanks!!

Unfortunately, Mother Nature doesn't care what's legal or illegal, and if
I
get stuck in IMC, I have to deal with it; I can't just tell the clouds
that
they're putting me in violation and make them go away.


You moron. If you loose your ground reference you can just open your bedroom
window shade.