FS2004 IFR practice

[PuttPutt]

Are there parts of the worldwhere ifr conditions are prevalent?
I need some practice...
My first try was a flight in Austria.
I have tried landings at Innsbruck but the Controller tries to get my
Cessna 172 to 13000ft then asks me 6miles from the airport whether it
is in sight.
Is it my inexperience showing here or would I be better off with a dive
bomber :0)

I have tried setting the weather conditions to foggy but weather tends
to be normal at the destination.

Any help for this novice appreciated
Rog

[PuttPutt]

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:
> On 31 Oct 2005 10:35:18 -0800, "PuttPutt" > wrote:
>
> >Are there parts of the worldwhere ifr conditions are prevalent?
> >I need some practice...
> >My first try was a flight in Austria.
> >I have tried landings at Innsbruck but the Controller tries to get my
> >Cessna 172 to 13000ft then asks me 6miles from the airport whether it
> >is in sight.
> >Is it my inexperience showing here or would I be better off with a dive
> >bomber :0)
> >
> >I have tried setting the weather conditions to foggy but weather tends
> >to be normal at the destination.
>
> Weird... I flew a few ILS approaches last Friday with ceilings just
> above MDA... Did you set the ceiling height, visibility etc??

I set the Weather Theme to Fogged In, that must just apply to the
airport I was sitting in.
Taking note of the options I can now see what you are refering to.
Thanks for steering me in the right direction.
Rog

[Adam]

"PuttPutt" > wrote in news:1130797117.227569.248910
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> I set the Weather Theme to Fogged In, that must just apply to the
> airport I was sitting in.
> Taking note of the options I can now see what you are refering to.
> Thanks for steering me in the right direction.
> Rog


When you set the weather for shooting approaches, its also very important
to slide the rate of change to none otherwise your nice low minimum
ceilings may break up and dissapear :(

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another thing you could do is fly on a network like VATSIM. This would
allow you to practice IFR like the real thing with human controllers
and not bots.