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Old 26th November 2013 | 23:03
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From: Downeast
If you were to impose a Ceiling and Vis Limit on singles that would allow for a visual EOL Landing after breaking cloud....even the fear of Engine Failure would be greatly diminished not withstanding how infrequently they happen anyway.

I would worry more about the single Generator failing than I would the engine failing.

Likewise, Single Pilot IFR in a Helicopter without a nice operable SAS/Auto Pilot system can get very darn interesting too.

At least in the Huey....sans SAS....we always had two Pilots.

Single Pilot IFR in a Bell 412 with a full Sperry Kit was work....but when the Sperry Kit went on strike.....it was an altogether different story......it got to be very damn hard work with not a lot of margin for error.
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