MauleDriver(at)nc.rr.com
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 Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:22 pm Post subject: VFR Preferred Instrumentation |
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Hear hear Neal and Bob! I'd 2nd the motion to encourage everyone who
wants to travel with their plane to get the Instrument rating. It gives
you the minimum skills needed to stay alive in unforeseen visibility
situations. With continued care and use, it opens the door to real
travel with your personal a/c.
Everything they said with some emphasis; As a frequent flyer along TFR
alley, flying IFR reduces the liability and just makes the whole thing
easier. In fact, almost any CC flight is easier IFR. And when it's
not, just cancel it as I did for a beautiful flight over Manhatten recently.
BTW, getting the rating WILL remove any radio inhibitions you may
harbor. Knowing how to work in the system is one of the very satisfying
skills gained in addition to hand flying on the guages.
Neal George wrote:
| Quote: | Well said Bob ! Ladies and Gentlemen, Old Bob has exposed the nugget
of this thread.
I'd add that it's immeasurably safer (to your ticket and your person),
and less expensive, too, especially of you use your airplane to go
places on anything resembling a schedule.
I travel A LOT in the course of my AF duties. I
take the CherokeeJet whenever possible (115 Kts - WFO, downhill).
More often than not, I beat my co-workers there _and_ home, at less
expense, and on MY schedule, not the cattle car's.
And always on a IFR flight plan. Simply couldn't do it VFR and make
the meetings (or stay married). IFR will (OK, should) keep one out of
a hot MOA or campaigning congressman TFR... even those that bloom out
of nowhere...after launch...VFR (CAVU, even)...six hours and a fuel
stop en route... (plausible fiction follows)
FBI - "Capt George, why were you flying a straight line from Morganton
to Manassas that intersected the TFR surrounding Congressman
Bluster's campaign stop?"
Me - "Didn't happen."
FBI - "Capt George, we have radar track data that puts you directly
over the congressman's podium while the TFR was active."
Me - "I called 1-800-WXBRIEF, talked to YOUR /contractor/, filed IFR
Direct MRN-HEF, specifically asked about TFRs, and was ensured there
were no TFR's associated with my route of flight. We discussed en
route weather and the area that until recently resembled a certain
mouse. I had a discrete squawk code and was in constant communication
with ATC on an IFR flight plan under ATC control. How could I have
violated a TFR?"
FBI - "Capt George, give me your License."
Me - "NoSir. I remember the trouble Bob Hoover had... Shall we
review the tape?"
(End plausible fiction, but I expect it would go downhill from there...)
Anybody remember a few weeks ago when one of our associates was beat
up for "loitering" over a power plant...at >160 kts...more than 5 NM
away...well over 3000 ft above...on a straight line to landing?
Bonus! - Dxxxx Airlines can't abandon me in Atlanta <8-O - but I CAN
drag out a fuel stop to enjoy supper, or divert and spend the evening
with friends or family if the weather or SAFETY dictate...
*Neal E. George*
2023 Everglades Drive
Navarre, FL 32566
Home - 850-515-0640
Cell - 850-218-4838
*On Behalf Of *BobsV35B(at)aol.com
It is LOT easier to learn to fly IFR than it is to learn how to get
around the country safely in VFR conditions.
Happy Skies,
Old Bob
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