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Old 24th May 2012, 09:02
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Thomas coupling
 
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That made me giggle Epiphany -

LSALT / MSA: The minimum heights you cannot (safely)descend below without a risk of colliding with cumulogranite. All your plates will have the figures, usually in sectors based on the topography and the ICAO standard pressure.

Nigel: You are right: your grammar is appalling. Hope your flying is better What you are trying to say is that you were introduced to IIMC courtesy of the qualified instructor next to you. You would like your son to experience the same if and when the time comes.
Obviously the reader then assumes the conditions were controlled w.r.t. height, speed, attitude, airspace, aircraft type.

What I suspect YOU failed to take away from the experience is that said CFII didn't allow you to fly the a/c to the point where you lost control and allowed the situation to develop into an unusual attitude from which the CFII had to recover. So you don't really appreciate how difficult it is to retain control in IMC without the proper skills. PLEASE don't allow your son to think IIMC is a doddle because it's been shown by a CFII

Chopjock: you are a wind up merchant, right?
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