On 4/15/2007 8:02:49 AM, "Oz Lander" wrote:

It was my first time actually in the white
stuff, and I have to say I didn't like it. It was very un-nerving. My
instructor said that it was perfectly healthy to not be happy in the
clouds when flying a VFR a/c.

A very productive and eye-opening lesson you had there. I had the mindset
during my private pilot training that inadvertently flying into a cloud would
mean instant death that carried through the first time I was taken into a
cloud during my instrument training.

Upon reflecting on that, I now believe that every student pilot should be
taken into the clouds by an instructor (on an IFR flight plan, of course) to
demonstrate what it is *really* like and the importance of immediately
switching to instruments in such a case.

Is there a similar three hour simulated instrument requirement in your
syllabus, too? Also, with winter approaching down under do you think you will
be able to finish up your training before then?

--
Peter