Unicom
August 2004 Issue
Unicom: 08/04
Experience Yourself
Paul Bertorelli’s article (June 2004) describing a flight from Florida to Oklahoma through a line of thunderstorms ended with his co-pilot wondering aloud how a less-experienced pilot—say a new Cirrus owner with 300 hours—could learn to do what they had just done. It got me thinking how I’ve been approaching the answer to this question.
I am just shy of 300 hours and earned my Instrument rating last fall. I’ve actively sought out flyable IMC, amassing 50 hours of actual instrument time, and I purchased a well-equipped Grumman Tiger. Knowing your personal flying machine is a prerequisite for safe IFR flying. For me, that’s been the easy part. I bought a ma...
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