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Old 20th June 2003 | 19:25
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englishal

 
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From: 75N 16E
I think I shot around 60 approaches during the IR course, GPS / VOR / LDA / LOC / LDA / LOC DME [bk crs] / ILS / NDB.

As for morse....I use the Jepp charts, they print the ident on them The only really good one to know is dot dot, for I [as in ILS].

The IMC is a good rating, well done the CAA for not getting rid of it. It teaches basic attitude flying as well as approaches reasonably safely in marginal weather.

The biggest drawbacks with the IMC as far as I'm concerned is that a) I can't enter airways and b) I can't use it abroad. The IMC would be far more useful if airways say below FL100 were designated Class D or something. Its sometimes inconvienient to potter around at 3000' in IMC, especially if at 5000' its clear sunny sky. How many commercial operations fly below FL100 anyway? We've had this discussion before on here, but it would be nice to be able to obtain, relatively cheaply, taking into account previous hrs etc, rolling currency, a rating that lets a person fly Europe wide at FL100 or below say, 'proper' IFR?

Cheers
EA
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