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Old 3rd Jun 2018, 22:04
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SASless
 
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Then if the poor Sod manages to regain control...then without being prepared or equipped to do so...there is that small issue of making an IFR/IMC transit and approach at some airfield...with not a lot of fuel, no approach plates, and a stress level that would be phenomenal even for a well trained fully able, current, and proficient IFR Pilot.

I flew single pilot on a Bell 412 with a nice Sperry System and that could be a hand full even with everything working and the IMC bit was planned for and filed prior to Takeoff.

Now make t hat IIMC in something like say a Jet Ranger, 350, or 500...with no SAS, Auto-pilot, perhaps not even an ILS capability.....oh my dear!

Add Darkness as a final factor.....and the work load really grows.

All that before things start going really wrong with equipment failures and the like.

Ever try to hold a D sized battery powered torch in your mouth to view the instrument panel?

It makes talking to ATC a bit garbled!
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