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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Matt, I wish you wouldn't call it a "CRASH" course! Anyway, I went through the same thinking and came to the same conclusion. I passed the written using the weekend course, with almost no study. It expired before I got around to PIC, but now I'm on it again and my date for PIC is in December. WRT to the comment from someone about the lack of retention or thoroughness in these 10 day courses, I'm sure that's true. As they say, any rating is a "license to learn". My view is, get the IFR ticket as quickly and simply as you can. If you're not good at assessing your IFR competency afterward, and getting more instructor time if you need it, then you are probably going to go beyond whatever training you have had anyway, and at some point make premature contact with the Earth. The thing that has always spooked me about IFR is that it erases the last barrier to common sense. There is no longer a clear distinction between what you can and can't do. Pushed by circumstances, an IFR rated pilot will easily embark into weather he is unqualified for. The marginal condition (relative to your skills) is always just a flight away. When you get your IFR, consider yourself a VFR pilot with permission to learn more and more about skills and procedures. That's the approach I'm taking, and on Day One IFR, I won't be doing much more than flying IFR flight plans in VMC. I won't venture into big clouds until I've felt comfortable with an instructor on an IMC to IMC trip. I'm going to pay MORE attention to weather and flight service, not less. Anyway, that's where I'm going, and I expect to be progressing for many years, so what does it matter where I start? Brian Barbata >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>