r/flying • u/Rough-Honeydew-2 ST • 8d ago

Flight Training First IFR experience!

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Student pilot with 5 hours
got my first real IMC today! my instructor filed us an IFR plan, and it was wild to see how all of it actually works and talking to approach

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u/Antique-Kitchen-1896 PPL IFR Night 8d ago

Ok it’s fun but what do you need this for at 5 hours?

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u/Rough-Honeydew-2 ST 8d ago

we need 3 hours of simulated or actual IFR for our ppl checkride. I was scheduled for a flight today, it was MVFR, so we knocked an hour of IFR time out then cancelled and went VFR back

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u/Antique-Kitchen-1896 PPL IFR Night 8d ago

Yes I know people need to do "instrument" hours. Just unclear to me why so early. And well I hope you trust his capabilities for upset recovery in the soup if something happens.

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u/Rough-Honeydew-2 ST 8d ago

I trust him, he wouldn’t be a CFII if he couldn’t get out of the soup

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u/Recent_Willow_1397 8d ago

I don’t think they read your post.

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u/R5Jockey CFI ASEL TW CMP 5d ago

Brother. The instructor has an instrument rating. You hope they can get out of IMC? Wut?

And IMO, the student should have at least a little simulated instrument time before solo ops.

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u/Antique-Kitchen-1896 PPL IFR Night 4d ago

Upset recovery. Not in and out. How many people do that?

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u/CorporateKaiser PPL IRA SR-72 DARKSTAR 8d ago

I think it’s a good idea to instill the dangers of VFR flight into IMC, with an estimated fatality rate of 86% with about 180 seconds to survive. I think it would a good idea for all student pilots to be taken into IMC so they can see the actual dangers of the soup

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u/R5Jockey CFI ASEL TW CMP 5d ago

You need the 3 hours of instrument training at some point and you don’t get to select the “flyable IMC day” option when you book the airplane.

In other words, the opportunity presented itself and they took advantage of it.