Lead Sled
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I'm tempted to take back some of those warm fuzzy thoughts I was having.
Flying in ice in an airplane not properly equipted and certified is foolish and dangerous and not to mention illegal. The fact that you've never gotten into trouble in your vast 100 hours or so of "actual" instrument experience means absolutely nothing. You can ignore the dangers, and place your trust in the laws of probability. But remember, if you choose this path, the danger doesn’t go away, it merely lies in wait. Like the pilot said when St. Peter met him at the Pearly Gates, “It never killed me before!”
By the way, here’s another old aviation saying that you might ought to reread. I think pertains to the situation…
“A superior pilot is one who uses his superior judgment to avoid situations requiring the use of his superior skills.”
OK, sorry about that guys. It's time to get off the soapbox.
'Sled
I'm tempted to take back some of those warm fuzzy thoughts I was having.
I'm afraid you may have a mistaken understanding of the meaning of experience. Having experience doesn't mean that you manipulate the controls “better”, it means that you just fly “smarter”. You mentioned that "I Fly in and through ice routinely in the winter with a 182rg." and "If I stayed on the ground every time I read a sigmet, I would never get anywhere…" I'm going to cut you some slack on this and assume that you were taking a bit of "journalisitic liberty" with what you've actually done.TDTurbo said:I know from flying my plane in ice a hundred times exactly how much it takes before I need to take action quickly… No biggy if you have warm air underneath you and plenty of altitude. A good way to see what your plane can handle is find a thin icing layer up high and dive in it and watch what happens. The scarey part is listening to the chucks shedding of in the decent slamming into the horizontal stab!...I Fly in and through ice routinely in the winter with a 182rg. I am usually very light and can shoot up through it or I make sure I have warm air aloft or below, but I usually get dusted either way. If I stayed on the ground every time I read a sigmet, I would never get anywhere…Today was a fun day in Chicago, I specifically requested a hold in IMC after getting a Sigmet for ice. I wanted to do this to see how long my mighty 182rg could fly before feeling a stall buffet from the tail. I can't wait for the FZ rain tomorrow...
Flying in ice in an airplane not properly equipted and certified is foolish and dangerous and not to mention illegal. The fact that you've never gotten into trouble in your vast 100 hours or so of "actual" instrument experience means absolutely nothing. You can ignore the dangers, and place your trust in the laws of probability. But remember, if you choose this path, the danger doesn’t go away, it merely lies in wait. Like the pilot said when St. Peter met him at the Pearly Gates, “It never killed me before!”
By the way, here’s another old aviation saying that you might ought to reread. I think pertains to the situation…
“A superior pilot is one who uses his superior judgment to avoid situations requiring the use of his superior skills.”
OK, sorry about that guys. It's time to get off the soapbox.
'Sled