bunch of wussies here
This is what happened to my first flight in a Cessna 172R in very solid IMC with very low bases. This is a true story!
Anyhow, me my instructor, and a instructor buddy who is also an instructor sqeeze into a 172R. We taxi to the run-up area, do the preflight stuff and all stuff looks good. We then take off. Remember, this is my first Instrument rating course flight and its my first time in a 172, and first time in the clouds. Anyway, my instructor thought i'm a good student and i could handle it, and i did. ANyhow, we took off, and after 3 minutes i notice the Attitude indicator disagrees with my Turn and bank indicator and my heading indicator. Wasn't to hard to figure out - anyway, it had a 7degree faulty bank angle indication. Dunno what it was, the DG (directional gyro) was still in good working condition, so i kept on using it and blacked out the AI. Of course my instructor didnt' know what was going on and tried to argue with me to remove it again. I can't say he is the brightest instructor, but hes nice. ANyhow, after convincing him that hes wrong we continue our climbout. Btw, he only had 14 hours IMC time at that point. Pretty scary, huh? And i'm a nut for trusting him.
Anyway, we went on course to the fix and started our hold. Winds were pretty rough. And a Cold front was within 15 miles of the airport. So our wind changed during the holding a couple of times. Since i didn't know where the winds were coming from because of the front, i was off course on the holding path. My instructor freaks out cause we aren't on course and he doesn't want to lose his license. Well he takes the controls and 'tries' to get back on course. Well, he suddenly climbs and speed is reduced. Well, looks like he wasn't to proficient in partial panal flying. Well anyhow, he starts yelling at his instructor buddy in the back "I"ve got the leans! I"VE GOT THE LEANS" repeats it a few times - he sounds like hes high or somethin.
. Anyway, i said f*ck it - he doesn't know what hes doing. I take the controls and - no really, i literally yell at him and tell him to lay off! - and I get us back on course. We hold a few more times then do a VOR approach, still partial panel. Since the ceiling is to low, we went around and did a ILS.
My instructor was amazed. ANyhow, he "politely" told me not to tell anyone about this incident
- i did anyhow
hehe
But damn, he freaked me out when he helled "I've got hte leans!" - wouldn't you?
ANyhow, whats the big deal flying in IMC conditions? Its fun and exciting. And if something fails, who cares? use your skill and have even more fun. And when it becomes unmanagable, the person in the other seat aint gonna help you.
When everything goes to hell, thats when you become a pilot!