Instrument Ride....
09-07-2007 | 02:19 PM
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Hey Leo- if you really need a safety I can put you in touch with someone. PM me if you want me to provide some names/numbers. I know a bunch of decent general aviation people in Atlanta who would like to do it, although I am a bit too busy right now to do it myself. Good luck.
09-09-2007 | 05:43 PM
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i just passed my IFR check ride yeterday. i know how good it feels. and i also know that now i am MORE scared to go out by myself then i was dreaming about it during the training. enjoy IFR, its a great feeling. especially when private pilots ask you fly with them. haha
09-15-2007 | 04:02 AM
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Props and beers (after the flight)! Good work! I had more nuts than brains when I got my ticket and launched into several single pilot low ifr cross countries right after. I made some mistakes but it got me over the fear.
Yesterday I was in the back of a CRJ and a broken cloud deck was cloaked right around the altitude of the STAR (standard terminal arrival route) into 'O Hare. To me a STAR in heavy clouds is more interesting than an approach or cruise in thick clouds. You are low and fairly slow, turning this way and that way without any vectors. Some people really don't trust their instruments and find these conditions frightening. Pros do it with style though as a matter of course.
Yesterday I was in the back of a CRJ and a broken cloud deck was cloaked right around the altitude of the STAR (standard terminal arrival route) into 'O Hare. To me a STAR in heavy clouds is more interesting than an approach or cruise in thick clouds. You are low and fairly slow, turning this way and that way without any vectors. Some people really don't trust their instruments and find these conditions frightening. Pros do it with style though as a matter of course.
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09-15-2007 | 01:58 PM
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
The day after I got my IR, the local area (mountainous) was socked in. I launched myself in a rental to go practice IFR. Well, the plastic static tubing behind the panel had a crack in it...everytime I hit a bump the tube flexed and allowed cabin ambient pressure into the static system causing my altimeter to bounce all over the place. Since I had no idea if it was even working at all (it was, just within a range of several hundred feet) I become very concerned about the local rocks...got vectors into the clear and stayed there until I could land. It was prett scary for a few minutes.
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