Instrument training

I've got about 6 hours now and find it not the slightest bit
fun.

Can anyone remind me why I'm inflicting this on myself?

"xxx" wrote in message
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I've got about 6 hours now and find it not the slightest bit
fun.

Can anyone remind me why I'm inflicting this on myself?
Because flying above the clouds, etc., is the second biggest thrill, after
sex.

In rec.aviation.student Matt Barrow wrote:
"xxx" wrote in message
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I've got about 6 hours now and find it not the slightest bit
fun.

Can anyone remind me why I'm inflicting this on myself?
Because flying above the clouds, etc., is the second biggest thrill,
after sex.

Even tho second... "flying lasts LONGER than sex"!


Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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Because flying above the clouds, etc., is the second biggest thrill, after
sex.

I thought sex was for people who didn't fly aeroplanes?

"Cockpit Colin" wrote in message
...
Because flying above the clouds, etc., is the second biggest thrill,
after
sex.

I thought sex was for people who didn't fly aeroplanes?

You obviously aren't a member of the mile high club or the down to earth
club.

Actually, flying the ILS to minimums (as I did Wednesday going into
Boston Logan on an Angel Flight) and seeing those beautiful lights in
front of you when you are at 250 ft is certainly among THE greatest
thrills.

There are many, many times when ONLY the immediate area of the airport
is fogged in, particularly Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and
Boston. After an IFR departure, in 20 minutes you can be in clear blue
VFR. Without the rating, you are STUCK until the fog lifts.

This discussion has surfaced frequently over the years I have been on
this NG . . . and I remain a strong advocate of the Instrument Rating
when it comes to optimum utilitization of an aircraft and pilot's
advanced education.

I don't see ANY downside.

wrote:
Actually, flying the ILS to minimums (as I did Wednesday going into
Boston Logan on an Angel Flight) and seeing those beautiful lights in
front of you when you are at 250 ft is certainly among THE greatest
thrills.

Yes!

As a couple of people have mentioned, Angel Flight is a good reason, among many
others. Since my spouse is aerophobic, Angel Flights are a good outlet for me to
take airplane trips, help someone out a little, and take a tax deduction. I
wouldn't be doing that without an instrument rating.

Ditto the thrill of breaking out to the sight of approach lights, as I did on an
Angel Flight to Rome, GA a couple of weeks ago.

Like the feeling of seeing the ground slide away on takeoff, the feeling of
seeing those approach lights through the rain just never gets old.

Despite the above, I think the best reason is what someone else also said: if
you're going to use your plane for trips of more than a few hundred miles or
more than one day, you'll cancel a lot of trips if you don't have the rating.
Finding widespread VMC over a multi-day period is just not that common where I live.

Dave

wrote:

Actually, flying the ILS to minimums (as I did Wednesday going into
Boston Logan on an Angel Flight) and seeing those beautiful lights in
front of you when you are at 250 ft is certainly among THE greatest
thrills.

Well, not quite as great a thrill as seeing a mountain when you break
out at 250'. :-)


Matt

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message news:zorje.2569

Well, not quite as great a thrill as seeing a mountain when you break out
at 250'. :-)

If you had a chance to fly the approach into KaiTak, you *would* see a
mountain (big hill) right in front of you when you broke out at about 650.
Then you turn. Promptly. :-)

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...
wrote:

Actually, flying the ILS to minimums (as I did Wednesday going into
Boston Logan on an Angel Flight) and seeing those beautiful lights in
front of you when you are at 250 ft is certainly among THE greatest
thrills.

Well, not quite as great a thrill as seeing a mountain when you break
out at 250'. :-)


If you're doing it correctly, you should know where the high terrain is and
there should be no surprise whatsoever.