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Old 28th Mar 2014, 22:23
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H500 - the UK run 'Scales of Equipment' in the AirNavigationOrder - they are at variance with EASA and I don't know if that is legally correct - anyone here know?

Are singles still allowed to be IFR in the USA? (used to be ok in USA and France etc).
(a very nice French man used to fly IFR legally (I believe) in his Gazelle, he bought a 109 and killed himself in bad wx. Approx the same no. of bad wx accidents in twin IFR machines as VMC machines, it seems. Exceeding it in that sample of 1 !)

and there used to be a distiction between flying IFR and IMC but that seems to have become lost in time and confused regs. Untill about a year ago anyone could fly IFR but not IMC (or in airsp....), adding to the general confusion amongst pilots about regs.

No. of engines should not be linked to IMC/VMC

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