Instrument Rated

"John Theune" <JTheune@> wrote in message
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> Where was it done and who was your DE? I had my checkride postponed twice
> because on poor weather. My DE said that the IFR checkride had to be
> performed in VFR conditions and led me to believe that it was mandated
that
> way. I believed him as he pointed out trying to do unusal attitude
> recovery in IMC was not condusive to prolonged life.

Not necessarily. My IR ride was in IMC (900ft ceilings, so not as
challenging). But the airport stands 600ft above the Sound, and after the
last approach we transitioned to SVFR, went over the water and did the
maneuvers there. I was totally fried, of course, and my steep turns sucked,
but we managed to stay both dry and clear.

It has to be the judgement of the applicant, subject to an overrule (and
likely disapproval) by the DE. And a discontinuance is always an option if
that SVFR thing hadn't worked out.

-- David Brooks

David Megginson wrote:
> I just wanted to mention that I passed my IFR flight test this
> morning. We did it in hard IFR, with a 400-foot ceiling -- it was a
> lot of fun.

David,

Congratulations!

Just out of curiousity, though, how did your DE handle
partial panel, steep turns, and unusual attitudes?

Did he actually set you up in unusual attitudes IMC,
or have you fly partial panel in IMC, with 400 ft
ceilings?

Cheers,
Sydney

David Megginson <david@megginson.com> wrote in message news:<87d6fzr58h.fsf@megginson.com>...
> I just wanted to mention that I passed my IFR flight test this
> morning. We did it in hard IFR, with a 400-foot ceiling -- it was a
> lot of fun.
>
> Thank you to everyone in this group for your contributions, which
> helped me develop more background knowledge of IFR flight than I could
> otherwise have hoped to have.
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
> David

Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!