IR without actual IMC

"Iain Wilson" writes:

Anyone IR without having actually flown in IMC? My checkride is
around the corner and I've no actual IFR yet. I'm itching to
experience it but the damned weather isn't co-operating (seemed the
same way with the PPL!).

Most of my actual came near the end of my training; until then, we
were just outside that nasty weather sitting over the U.S. east coast
in the Spring, so we just couldn't find any IMC at a reasonable
altitude to practice in. Even then, I was getting actual only in
cloud at altitude (i.e. for holds and enroute). We didn't manage to
find enough actual for approach to near minima until (I think) my
second-last lesson. I ended up doing my flight test a couple of days
later at 8:00 am with 400 ft ceilings, and it went great (it was
wonderful not to have to wear the foggles; the missed approach on the
NDB 07 was for real, and and the final ILS approach was the only way
we could get back home).

For now, you should be able to arrange some holds and enroute up in
the clouds, even if the ceiling is too high for approaches in IMC.


All the best,


David

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