tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28341641.post2381797445486423417..comments2022-11-07T05:17:44.150-08:00Comments on Pilot By The Bay: First Real IFR Flight: Santa BarbaraMKThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17144913270867145730noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28341641.post-18831323384146847912008-11-05T18:13:00.000-08:002008-11-05T18:13:00.000-08:00Mayank,Congrats on the successful IFR flight. You'...Mayank,<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the successful IFR flight. You're right, I didn't feel like I was a "real" pilot until I could go IFR and get in those clouds. Wait until you shoot an ILS in 1/2 mi visibility, and ceilings around 500 ft. Then you'll REALLY REALLY feel like a true pilot. <BR/><BR/>However, always make sure you respect IMC. As my first instructor told me. "A Private Pilot Certificate is a license to go and learn, an Instrument Rating is a license to go kill yourself." That basically means that the instrument rating allows you to get yourself into some conditions that a non-IFR pilot simply cannot get into due to VFR minimums.<BR/><BR/>Check out my blog called <A HREF="http://flighttrainingtips.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Flight Training Tips Online</A> if you want. It's still pretty new, but I've been posting quite a bit about instrument flying.<BR/><BR/>Take care.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749974835251320822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28341641.post-84444375724283471472008-11-03T10:03:00.000-08:002008-11-03T10:03:00.000-08:00Great post, excellent writing. I feel just as if I...Great post, excellent writing. I feel just as if I were in the right seat. During my first IFR flight after getting the rating, I entered IMC shortly before the level-of, and received a complex clearance at the same time. AS you said, there are flights that make you a real pilot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28341641.post-54064001761885479552008-11-03T00:01:00.000-08:002008-11-03T00:01:00.000-08:00Mayank,This is my current blog.-RMayank,<BR/><BR/>This is my current blog.<BR/><BR/>-RRussell Balchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10521342689208928579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28341641.post-12862204361201497372008-11-02T23:57:00.000-08:002008-11-02T23:57:00.000-08:00Nice job, Mayank! When I was a student pilot getti...Nice job, Mayank! When I was a student pilot getting my PP ASEL I always learned something from your blogs as you were going through that process. Now that you are IFR certified I am again gleaning a few kernels of knowledge from your current adventures. I HAVE begun a new, post PP ASEL, blog. I am woefully behind though!<BR/><BR/>Take care and see ya soon.<BR/>-Russrjbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627469810624484454noreply@blogger.com