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The thread has been established - so we're stuck with the "crash" course
moniker.

It's very wise to be careful and prudent about early ventures into IFR
conditions after attaining your "license to learn".  I knew a wonderful
woman and friend who had recently passed her IFR check ride and then flew
herself and her husband into the ground while scudrunning at night trying to
get home.  She never filed the flight plan or asked for a pop up clearance.
I've always  wondered if she was afraid to use the IFR clearance so she did
what she was more comfortable with.  At any rate, hindsight shows the path
she took was infinitely more dangerous for  her.

Just remember that flying IFR is no different than flying VFR - the airplane
doesn't care which way. If you know  where you  are, and tell the airplane
what you want it to do, it  will do so gladly within its envelope of flight.

My point is this - please don't let the concept of IFR flight intimidate
you.  Treat it with  great respect.  Get your ticket the most efficient way
you can - then venture into simple IFR actual conditions (no less then 1500
ft ceilings, for instance) and get yourself comfortable with situational
awareness and scan.  Take a rated safety pilot along if you need to in order
to feel comfortable, but don't let IFR or the fear of  it allow you to pass
up opportunities to make flying more:

challenging
efficient
fun
SAFE!

Happy Landings,

John Barrett

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