Originally Posted by
ChickenHouse
I assume you mean our lovely UK-IMC/IR(R) rating. You want to stay proficient for procedures?
Exactly correct!
Originally Posted by
ChickenHouse
And no, it is not illegal to fly an instrument approach VFR. In contrast, most controller welcome this as part of flight safety. I quite often ask to use the approach procedure for VFR landing instead of traffic pattern and most of the times I get permission to do so.
That's good to hear as I was a bit worried about how I was going to afford to keep proficiency! Obviously I wouldn't be able to log (simulated) instrument time but it's still good to keep the hand in!
Thanks
