At 23:34 05 June 2020, wrote:
ought the US figure out a way to do cloud flyng without an
Instrument
rati=
ng and a power plane to keep it current?

Sure. Just ignore the regulations and go for it. If you get busted, you
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e the call. Unless your aircraft is approved for night flight, or
instrumen=
t flight and you have the proper clearances, ratings and permission,
you
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e taking your chances with the authorities. My glider is only approved
for
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Day VFR. And that's fine with me. I've flown in clouds, both with and
witho=
ut AHRS, and I simply don't enjoy it. AHRS is nice to have, and I
might
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for the LXNav upgrade sometime, but not right now.



So out of interest how do you manage to stick to VFR rules when
soaring? If you thermal to could base technically you break the rules, if

you are wave flying often you are closer to cloud than VFR rules
stipulate?