I got my PPL(H) just before the changeover to JAR, so never did the five hours on instruments. I recently decided to do it, so that if I inadvertently ended up in IMC I might at least stand a chance of survival. Well, it made me decide I'd never, under any circumstances, go anywhere near a cloud! It was more difficult than I would have believed without having tried it. And even when I could manage it, a 180 degree turn was about the limit of my concentration.
So it's probably made me more careful, not less. A little knowledge may be a dangerous thing, but no knowledge is even more dangerous.
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Whirly
To fly is human, to hover, divine.