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Key Takeaways:

  • A father and his young son visited an airport during rainy, instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), observing a Cherokee aircraft land after an instrument approach.
  • The father mentioned his impending ability to fly instruments upon completing his instrument rating.
  • His son comically misinterpreted "flying instruments" as "playing an instrument," asking how one would turn the airplane in that context.
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This afternoon, my six-year-old son and I went out to the airport to check on things at the hangar. The weather was rainy and IMC. We watched a Cherokee land after shooting an instrument approach. I made some comment about being able to fly instruments soon, when I finish my instrument rating.

My son turned to me with this puzzled and concerned look. “Dad, how do you turn the airplane when you are playing an instrument?”


Patrick G. Bramlett
via e-mail

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