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Old 23rd Sep 2005, 07:41
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No, single pilot IFR. On 01/01/05 the Bo105 'grandfather' rights for SPIFR expired in the company I was working for. Under JAR it could no longer be flown IFR commercial air transport as the lack of avionics and decent stability system precluded further SPIFR. One has to remember that quite a few of these machines were ex-North Sea and had a full IFR fit - twin com, twin nav, standby AI, HSI etc, etc and were more than capable of SPIFR given pilot aptitude and practise! Unplanned SPIFR could give rise to some interesting moments especially if you didn't have all the paperwork available to hand when the runway changes when you are in the hold! I know.......
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