Ed,
Actually I have an instrument rating, but the guy who
had the Bonaza wasn't current, and I wouldn't want to
fly an unfamiliar aircraft in actual IMC.  Especially
as bad as it was here 1-1/2 vis w/ 500 ft ceiling.
Not very good conditions, especially since I haven't
flown in actual IMC in 2 years.  Not a good place to
pick back up.

Steve Brooks
--- Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bulent Aliev" <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft"
> <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 4:58 PM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: 3000 fpm :-) (unofficially)
>
>
> > On 10/31/04 3:54 PM, "Ed Anderson"
> <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Steve, good to hear from you.
> > >
> > > Yes, I always looked at the weather in SC just
> to see if I did get off
> what
> > > it would be like a bit further south.  Generally
> the fog didn't start to
> > > lift until near the Georgia border.
> >
> > You guys have one year to get your instrument
> rating. Last year we had 6
> > rotary powered airplanes. This year two? We are
> going backwards?
> > Fin is the only one with real coconuts to fly in
> even if the tower told
> him
> > it is IFR (or fly period :) It was a great
> gathering as usual and we thank
> > Tracy and Laura for the hospitality and Laura's
> parents for landing them
> > their beautiful house.
> > Bulent
> >
>
> Ah! I see we are now using Finn's coconuts as the
> standard- are we?.  Well,
> this old ape is content to let the young ones with
> the big coconuts fly in
> that kind of weather.  Probably why you only see
> small coconuts on old apes
> {:>)
>
> Two winters ago I stupidly got myself in situation
> (clear Wx was being
> reported behind a cold front) flying at 8000 ft and
> trying to go over the
> tops of a "few clouds". I ended up spending 15-20
> minutes in solid IFR and
> ice.  Ice formed on the canopy and in front of each
> fuel cap on the wing.
> Fortunately had pitot heat and remembered to turn it
> on before it was too
> late.  yes, I did the 180 thing but the weather had
> build up behind me
> quickly.
>
> Staying on the AI, altimeter and GPS, I was finally
> able to get down and
> below the weather at 1800 MSL.   I finally landed
> minus radio antenna (that
> the ice took off) just  north of Atlanta.   The
> first thing I saw when I
> staggered into the FBO's office through the blowing
> snow was an article
> posted to their reading board about the average time
> a non-instrument rated
> pilot lasted in IFR conditions was a few seconds
> short of 3 minutes. The
> experience and the article was  enough to shrink any
> oversized coconuts
> this old ape may have had. {:>)
>
> My plane is instrumented for IFR (fortunately) and I
> actually completed the
> instrument ground school and passed the FAA ground
> test just before I
> retired.  I then decided that there was probably
> risk in me completing an
> obtaining an IFR rating.  If you don't stay current
> - I think you are
> fooling yourself and just might end up in a
> situation beyond your current
> capabilities.
>
> Sorry, I didn't make it and missed seeing all you
> folks that did, but hope
> to make it next year.  Now if Tracy got a GPS
> approach for Shady Bend {:>)
>
> Best Regards
>
> Ed Anderson.
>
>
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