valerian - My heartfelt congratulations, it's nice to know there are PPL holders out there with some common sense.
Yogi-Bear wrote: What is an IMC rating for...if not flying in IMC
The IMC rating was originally devised as a means of giving a better than even chance of survival to those who, through inadequate planning or plain bad luck, found themselves stuck above cloud and needed to get home. It was never envisaged that the IMC rating holder should plan to fly in IMC.
mickeypitch wrote: "Those of us that fly in uncontrolled airspace in small 30yr old planes would do a lot less flying if every flight where conditions were a bit cloudy had to file a flight plan!
Errr, yes - your point being?
"Are people suggesting that flying through a layer of cloud to get on top and enjoy a fabulous flight in sunshine above clouds should either be made illegal, or legal only if you had radar coverage?
Errr, no - that has never been suggested.
"As has been mentioned the quadrangle rule is there to give a degree of seperation in level flight in cloud."
Quadrangle????? Now I begin to understand.
"There is a risk in flying and I do not see any evidence that light aircraft are colliding in cloud."
Because, thankfully, the morons who engage in the mind numbingly stupid practice of flying in cloud without radar cover are in a sufficiently small minority.
[This message has been edited by rolling circle (edited 05 February 2001).]
[This message has been edited by rolling circle (edited 05 February 2001).]