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05-21-2010, 07:20 PM

#21

WMU av8tor

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Originally Posted by detpilot

You're correct- no solo IFR. But 3000 feet is not the minimum ceiling for solo flights.

I have never seen a pq card with lower minimums but the only pq cards i've seen are my other low time pilot friends. I assume that is why we all have that minimum. I should have done some more research before I assumed that was the minimum

05-21-2010, 07:27 PM

#22

USMCFLYR

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Originally Posted by WMU av8tor

There was one time during my training when I got a wx breif and noticed that the TAF said "CB" in its forcast for the time period that I would be flying, I figured that would be ok because the radar showed just rain so I preflighted the a/c but then when I walked in to find my CFI and told him I was ready to go he looked at me wierd and asked why I was even thinking of going anywhere near CB clouds in a SR20 without wx radar.

I was so angry cause I had just spent 45 minutes getting ready for the flight!

Then you won't be doing very much flying in the southeast then or even in the middle of the country (OK and TX in this case) because there seems to be CBs popping up just about every afternoon

In some ways - your CFI is right. You should not go ANYWHERE NEAR CB is any light GA plane - you should keep many miles away from them - and don't go flying under the anvil either

But to say that you won't fly at all if CBs are even mentioned in the METAR or TAF in a light GA airplane without weather radar is well......going to limit your opportunities.

I'm not advocating that you get out there and tangle with CBs in any way, shape, or form - but after you get some more experience outside of the training world (which often rightly have some pretty severe weather mins) - you'll see that you can make flexible, and yet still safe, go/no-go decisions.

USMCFLYR