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Old 24th Nov 2008, 13:53
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liam548
 
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VMC into IFR accidents?

I am not disputing the figures, such as a typical VFR PPL pilot will only maintain control for a few minutes but my question is why?

I mean even without an IMC or IR surely the pilot can look at instruments and determine is he climbing/banking etc so how does he end up in a spiral dive so soon? Is it due to the extra factors of actually flying through the cloud rather than just losing sense of his orientation?

Just trying to understand a little better...

Liam

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