Question to the IFR Pilots Out There

For those of you who have your instrument ticket, how many hours of actual
IMC did you have when you got your ticket.

At approx 40 hours of instrument time I have a 'whopping' .9 hours of ACTUAL
IMC... I sincerely hope I'm going to get to see a lot more before I get my
instrument ticket - which I'm guessing should be around April or May at the
latest.

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Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman, Jr.
PP-ASEL

"We who fly do so for the love of flying.
We are alive in the air with this miracle
that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"

- Cecil Day Lewis-

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Prior to my checkride, 5hrs actual, including half a dozen (missed)
approaches to near 0/0 conditions on the Monterey coast. Get all the actual
dual time you can, both before and after getting the ticket..

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message
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For those of you who have your instrument ticket, how many hours of actual
IMC did you have when you got your ticket.

At approx 40 hours of instrument time I have a 'whopping' .9 hours of
ACTUAL
IMC... I sincerely hope I'm going to get to see a lot more before I get
my
instrument ticket - which I'm guessing should be around April or May at
the
latest.

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Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman, Jr.
PP-ASEL

"We who fly do so for the love of flying.
We are alive in the air with this miracle
that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"

- Cecil Day Lewis-

Check out my personal flying adventures: www.bayareapilot.com

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message
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| For those of you who have your instrument ticket, how many hours of actual
| IMC did you have when you got your ticket.
|
| At approx 40 hours of instrument time I have a 'whopping' .9 hours of
ACTUAL
| IMC... I sincerely hope I'm going to get to see a lot more before I get
my
| instrument ticket - which I'm guessing should be around April or May at
the
| latest.
|

I had 7.4 hours, some of which I got while working on my private pilot
certificate. However, I accumulated some 280 hours while working on
instrument rating.

certificate. However, I accumulated some 280 hours while working on
instrument rating.


{me in my best 'Scooby Doo' voice] "Ruh Ro!"

Please tell me that is unique hour total for one reason or another, 'cause I
was kind of figuring (hoping) that I would finish my IR around 60 or 70
hours (I already have both the cross-country and 10+hours of cross-country
towards my instrument rating - I have about 262.8 hours or so, total,,, so
far....)

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Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman, Jr.
PP-ASEL

"We who fly do so for the love of flying.
We are alive in the air with this miracle
that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"

- Cecil Day Lewis-

Check out my personal flying adventures: www.bayareapilot.com
"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message
.. .
| For those of you who have your instrument ticket, how many hours of
actual
| IMC did you have when you got your ticket.
|
| At approx 40 hours of instrument time I have a 'whopping' .9 hours of
ACTUAL
| IMC... I sincerely hope I'm going to get to see a lot more before I get
my
| instrument ticket - which I'm guessing should be around April or May at
the
| latest.
|

I had 7.4 hours, some of which I got while working on my private pilot

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message
om...
| certificate. However, I accumulated some 280 hours while working on
| instrument rating.
|
|
| {me in my best 'Scooby Doo' voice] "Ruh Ro!"
|
| Please tell me that is unique hour total for one reason or another, 'cause
I
| was kind of figuring (hoping) that I would finish my IR around 60 or 70
| hours (I already have both the cross-country and 10+hours of cross-country
| towards my instrument rating - I have about 262.8 hours or so, total,,, so
| far....)
|

I am a slow learner, meaning it took me a long time to figure out that
Sierra Academy was milking me. Also, I owned my own airplane and flew it on
numerous trips.

I had about 42 hours of IFR time when I got my ticket. About 5 of those
hours were actual. Easy to do in New England in the spring when I did
most of my training. No approaches in the soup though, but I did find,
on a night training flight after my IFR ticket, that a good hood (I use
the Hood Lam) coupled with night approaches in a relatively dark area
may as well be actual (with the obvious exception of being able to cheat
over the panel and see the approach lights).

Cecil E. Chapman wrote:
For those of you who have your instrument ticket, how many hours of actual
IMC did you have when you got your ticket.

At approx 40 hours of instrument time I have a 'whopping' .9 hours of ACTUAL
IMC... I sincerely hope I'm going to get to see a lot more before I get my
instrument ticket - which I'm guessing should be around April or May at the
latest.



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1.7 actual and 593 total (slow learner).

Jon

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message
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For those of you who have your instrument ticket, how many hours of actual
IMC did you have when you got your ticket.

In article ,
Cecil E. Chapman wrote:
For those of you who have your instrument ticket, how many hours of actual
IMC did you have when you got your ticket.

I'm only at 21.2 dual toward my instrument, and 4.3 is in IMC. In the
Pacific Northwest we should have the opportunity to do a lot of the
remaining work in IMC. I thought I might finish in 40 hours, but I
made the mistake of fixing my ADF, so now I'll have to be able to do
a passable NDB approach.

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Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

Ben Jackson wrote:
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Cecil E. Chapman wrote:

For those of you who have your instrument ticket, how many hours of actual
IMC did you have when you got your ticket.


I'm only at 21.2 dual toward my instrument, and 4.3 is in IMC. In the
Pacific Northwest we should have the opportunity to do a lot of the
remaining work in IMC. I thought I might finish in 40 hours, but I
made the mistake of fixing my ADF, so now I'll have to be able to do
a passable NDB approach.


I thought the same in the northeast, but most of my instrument
instruction took place in the winter. Got lots of night flying time,
but little time in the clouds as they mostly contain icing conditions in
the winter around here.


Matt

Ditto here. 60hrs initial instrument experience, only about 2 in actual,
but about 40 night hrs
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Jim Burns III

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"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote in message
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I thought the same in the northeast, but most of my instrument
instruction took place in the winter. Got lots of night flying time,
but little time in the clouds as they mostly contain icing conditions in
the winter around here.


Matt