I think Earnest Gann or someone around then stated that before instrument flying and flight attitude instruments, pilots lasted an average of 30 seconds in cloud before inadvertently and unknowingly banking steeply over or pitching up/down, and being unable to recover from those extreme attitudes.
I don't think enough emphasis is placed on the dangers to PPL pilots. It is all very well passing a meteorology test but I never had an instructor check my understanding and actions if I flew into cloud, before sending me off on a solo exercise.
A proper training and appreciation of the dangers of CBs etc only came when I did full IMC instrument rating(s) as part of commercial airline flying.
Keep WELL AWAY from CBs ! And remember they can be embedded, so you can't see them without a weather radar.
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Last edited by Uplinker; 27th May 2022 at 10:24.
Reason: clarification