Jim Stewart wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 22, 11:30 am, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

Rather, my claim is
that the available data (as far as anyone has shown here) do not
(contrary to Thomas's claim) REFUTE the assertion that a PTS-competent
pilot can (very probably) safely return from simple IMC.

Well, maybe, but wouldn't one of the first things that the
oh-so-"competent" pilot of your scenario would do is adhere to the
rules? And that would certainly preclude him from flying VFR into IMC,
wouldn't it, let alone having to get out of it?


No. Once again, you're confusing competence with perfection. A
competent pilot will seldom if ever enter IMC inadvertently, but it's
not IMPOSSIBLE for him to so.

It's worth noting that Lindberg baled twice
in his career as a mail pilot, both times
because he flew into weather and couldn't
find his way out.

And what instruments did he have in the panel of his airplane?

Matt