I am very new to the wonderful world of VMC on top (2~3 hrs to go to getting my IMC rating). I had my first proper taste yesterday, which I wrote up in another thread
here.
Also, I know that one of our instructors at BAFC (Wycombe) did what you guys were doing yesterday too as he told me he took a trial-flight punter above the clouds too - made his day (both of them
!)
Andy
