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Even with the best prepared flightplan with the best available and actual
information
it will happen to anybody who is regularly flying that he or she will end
up in IMC. Almost all of the deadly accidents over the last years in Finland
are examined to be due to loss of control in IMC. All of them were experienced
VFR pilots. Study shows that on average a VFR pilot looses control of his
plane in IMC in 45 seconds. To be able to handle your plane in IMC seems to be
pretty important. With that in mind it would be good the lower the threshold
to get sufficient experience and training. Plain IR in IFR rated planes is too
expensive, and will hold people off from getting proper training. The result
is not good for safety at all. Alternatively IMC training ( The UK has it,
congrats)
in your own experimental, which then has to be equipped to handle the
situation, will save lives. It seems absurd to me, that since night operations
are not allowed in he UK for experimentals even navi
gation lights are regarded as superfluent. That's a policy that assumes that,
since it is not allowed, everybody will be home before dark. Same thing for IMC
flying, since it is not allowed, nobody will end up in the soup. Reality and
the accident rates point in another direction. Since most of us fly for fun,
i can't really imagine that many pilots would choose to fly at night or in IMC
as a free choice. But better be prepared for the day it is needed!
Regards,
Jos Okhuijsen
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