Am Freitag 22 April 2005 18:33 schrieb Martin Spott: > Adam Dershowitz wrote: > > Martin: Yes, in the US it is often done in single engine airplanes. > > There is a lot of single engine IFR flying here, so the rating is very > > useful on its own, rather than as a step to other ratings. It really > > increases the utility of a airplane greatly when a few clouds don't > > ground you. > > Oh yes, I understand the intention, as long as it's really focused on > IFR flying - and I'd wish to do it as well. Unfortunately in Germany, > probably in most of Europe, we have to face major and in large parts > unnecessary hindrance which probably will make the IFR rating > unreachable for me :-(
As far as I know, you do not have to have a multiengine rating for the IFR one in Germany. Both ratings are independent of each other. So nothing hinders you to go straight through... :-) Nevertheless we have way too much restrictions here in Germany, with new ones developed at an increasing rate after 9/11 (I'm currently filling a "Request for a security check" of my very own person :-( ) > To be honest, I believe experienced people actually _do_ fly IFR if > they have an aircraft that is equipped accordingly - even without > having the proper license :-) No they do not, at least not for long time. On our way back from Friedrichshafen (Aero, Europes biggest GA trade show) we properly descended from FL 95 to FL 55, even at the cost of 10 extra minutes, because ATC didn't let us cross Nuremburgs D airspace. The point is, as proper IFR traffic you can expect separation from ATC. Don't expect that as VFR in IMC. Thomas _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
