Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5e!dwl From: dwl@hou5e.UUCP Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: logging instrument time Message-ID: <606@hou5e.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Jun-83 13:13:17 EDT Article-I.D.: hou5e.606 Posted: Wed Jun 29 13:13:17 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jun-83 21:13:32 EDT Lines: 29 Let's clarify a few terms: VFR does not imply or require that the aircraft be flown by visual references! VISUAL FLIGHT RULES require that the flight be conducted in weather conditions meeting the VFR minimums for the airspace in which it is operating. They apply to any flight where Air Traffic Control is not relied upon to provide separation. It is perfectly legal to fly under visual flight rules while navigating by VOR, and maintaining aircraft attitude by reference to flight instruments. (It is also required that the pilot or a safety pilot be able to see and avoid other air traffic.) IFR means that Air Traffic Control is assuming the responsibility for separating the flight from other IFR traffic. It does not require that the flight be in instrument meteorological conditions. It is perfectly legal to fly under Instrument Flight Rules, with an ATC clearance, and navigate visually. Separation from VFR traffic remains the pilot's responsibility, as it is in VFR flight. Instrument time may be logged when flying without visual references, whether or not the flight is conducted under IFR. An instrument rating is only required for operation under IFR. Flight time under IFR but in visual conditions may not be logged as instrument time. -Dave Levenson -ABI, Holmdel