This makes a lot of sense.
A very pretty CAVU day makes you want to rent some hours.
Whether we have the ticket or not, most of us don't fly enough actual IFR to be really good at it, especially instrument approaches.
If you don't really rely upon the panel all that much, like in legal IFR that can be flown semi-VFR, solid IFR is another world and requires that you trust the panel and ignore any bodily sensations.
IFR weather may bring other hazards as well and we'd need to be pretty sharp on our weather knowledge to fly it safely in any piston aircraft.
I'm not up for any of this so I have no desire to fly in IFR conditions.
OTOH, the idea of getting an IFR rating for night flying is a good one, since night VFR has a much higher accident rate than day VFR.
You'd have to pursuade yourself to trust the panel and ignore the leans, though.
A very pretty CAVU day makes you want to rent some hours.
Whether we have the ticket or not, most of us don't fly enough actual IFR to be really good at it, especially instrument approaches.
If you don't really rely upon the panel all that much, like in legal IFR that can be flown semi-VFR, solid IFR is another world and requires that you trust the panel and ignore any bodily sensations.
IFR weather may bring other hazards as well and we'd need to be pretty sharp on our weather knowledge to fly it safely in any piston aircraft.
I'm not up for any of this so I have no desire to fly in IFR conditions.
OTOH, the idea of getting an IFR rating for night flying is a good one, since night VFR has a much higher accident rate than day VFR.
You'd have to pursuade yourself to trust the panel and ignore the leans, though.
