Jay Honeck must get an instrument rating

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
The subject line says it all. I declare from this moment on all
rec.aviators should, on all possible occasions, pick on Jay Honeck for not
having an instrument rating.

Why? Is there something wrong with not having an instrument rating?


Yeah, it makes flying in the clouds so much more interesting.



Hehehe...I used that line on a student once and his response was, "I've
flown in the clouds before and lived, so what's wrong with not having
one?" Got rid of that one real quick. Who needs that kind of liability?

Man, that's why I don't have kids.

Margy Natalie wrote:
The subject line says it all. I declare from this moment on all
rec.aviators should, on all possible occasions, pick on Jay Honeck for
not having an instrument rating.

Margy
Does this mean you'll get yours too Margie? :-)


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Matt Whiting wrote:

Steven, you might want to check into the price of a sense of humor.
Hopefully, you can get a good deal!

Matt
ROTFL...good one Matt.


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"Margy Natalie" wrote in message
m...
The subject line says it all. I declare from this moment on all
rec.aviators should, on all possible occasions, pick on Jay Honeck for not
having an instrument rating.

Margy

An Instrument rating is only good if you keep current and proficient!!! An
IFR rating is a must if you travel beyond the U.S. borders as VFR out side
there USA can be a real pain in the ass! I file IFR just about every where I
go including with-in the U.S. I may forget how to fly VFR one day hahahahaha
once you get used to flying under IFR you notice how simple it is to get to
places and plan flights and how accurate you planning will be. You will look
at airways like hi-ways! Jay Honeck is one of the fer good guys on usenet no
need to pick on the guy for not having an IR!!!

Except, in certain parts of the country, IFR means burning 1/3 more
fuel and flying 1/3 more distance, and 20 minutes extra delay in
takeoff.

- An instrument current pilot who loves to fly VFR for its freedom.

NW_Pilot wrote:

An Instrument rating is only good if you keep current and proficient!!! An
IFR rating is a must if you travel beyond the U.S. borders as VFR out side
there USA can be a real pain in the ass! I file IFR just about every where I
go including with-in the U.S. I may forget how to fly VFR one day hahahahaha
once you get used to flying under IFR you notice how simple it is to get to
places and plan flights and how accurate you planning will be. You will look
at airways like hi-ways! Jay Honeck is one of the fer good guys on usenet no
need to pick on the guy for not having an IR!!!

Except, in certain parts of the country, IFR means burning 1/3 more
fuel and flying 1/3 more distance, and 20 minutes extra delay in
takeoff.

- An instrument current pilot who loves to fly VFR for its freedom.

NW_Pilot wrote:

An Instrument rating is only good if you keep current and proficient!!! An
IFR rating is a must if you travel beyond the U.S. borders as VFR out side
there USA can be a real pain in the ass! I file IFR just about every where I
go including with-in the U.S. I may forget how to fly VFR one day hahahahaha
once you get used to flying under IFR you notice how simple it is to get to
places and plan flights and how accurate you planning will be. You will look
at airways like hi-ways! Jay Honeck is one of the fer good guys on usenet no
need to pick on the guy for not having an IR!!!

In article .com,
M wrote:
Except, in certain parts of the country, IFR means burning 1/3 more
fuel and flying 1/3 more distance, and 20 minutes extra delay in
takeoff.

A few times I've been flying the pattern at Palo Alto (PAO) under
low ceilings and have had planes in the run-up area that were still
there waiting for their IFR release 45mins later. One day a King
Air was stuck waiting IFR release for ~30mins while Norcal was
flipping the patterns at SFO, OAK and SJC.

I've debated getting my instrument rating for awhile, but most of
my flying is taking friends up to see stuff, and the inside of one
cloud looks like them all. Punching through the bay stratus would
be useful, but the delays would take the fun out of it.

John
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On 2006-09-27, Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote:
Yeah, it makes flying in the clouds so much more interesting.

But a whole lot less exciting...

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On 2006-09-27, John Clear wrote:
I've debated getting my instrument rating for awhile, but most of
my flying is taking friends up to see stuff, and the inside of one
cloud looks like them all. Punching through the bay stratus would
be useful, but the delays would take the fun out of it.

Not quite. Some of those clouds like to go green, flash a lot, and try
and disassemble your aircraft.

Seriously - if you're flying IFR, generally (or at least in my
experience) you don't tend to spend all that much time inside a cloud.
Quite a lot of it between them, above them, flying in and out of them.
Some of the most beautiful flights I've had have been IFR - bursting
from a wall of cloud into majestic canyons and mountains of cloud, all
patterned dappled by the overhead altocumulus. It was almost like being
on another planet.

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In article ,
Emily wrote:

Hehehe...I used that line on a student once and his response was, "I've
flown in the clouds before and lived, so what's wrong with not having
one?" Got rid of that one real quick. Who needs that kind of liability?

Man, that's why I don't have kids.

the usefulness of that would depend on whether or not you could
improve the genepool of future generations.

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