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Old 29th Jun 2011, 18:44
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Lasiorhinus
 
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Ah, now thats an entirely different kettle of fish - requirements of someone who owns the aircraft you're flying.

The owner can specify anything they want to, and its up to you to decide if that's reasonable, or alternatively go and find another aircraft to fly.

PIFR is very very much personal judgement based. It requires you to know your own limits, and stick to them.

Is it a good idea to go flying to an aerodrome where you know you will need to fly a VOR approach in IMC, and your complete recency is,

-Flew a VOR approach fifteen months ago as part of a BFR.
-89 days ago, flew a long cross country on a clear blue day and spend three hours under the hood maintaining straight and level, while a safety pilot looked out the window.
-After lunch on that same day 89 days ago, called into a flying school and an instructor mate showed you the school's new synthetic flight trainer, and let you fly an ILS for the fun of it.

The above makes you perfectly legal under CAO 40.2.1 to fly a VOR approach in IMC today, but is it a good idea? The answer to that depends, depending on you.
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