Originally Posted by
Sunfish
Don't you need an IFR rating to fly under an eclipse? What about a partial eclipse?
Not if it is after first light and before last light.
In the 1976 eclipse we were holding on Eildon (center of the band) at 120. High enough to see the shadow coming and during it we could see the sunlit areas to the north and south. On IFR but that was due to +4 octas to and from EN.
Despite extreme propaganda re "no filters will save your vision" all of us in the Baron had degrees in hard science/engineering and CIG No 13 welding filters were fine.