I think I understand. That text that I quoted referred to current instrument
rating. Perhaps the ex-military guys had no _current_ rating, since their
military rating did not count, or perhaps had lapsed. I should be very
surprised if military pilots were not fully rated while they were in the Forces.
Chris
> On 17 Oct 15, at 21:19, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I remember now that I was told that the local AFB, closed to other traffic,
> is not equipped for ILS. That's why I saw lots of KC-135's apparently
> shooting touch and go's at the municipal airfield. Don't see that much now,
> so maybe things have changed. The airport has high traffic due to, not what
> you might think, folks getting the hell out of town, but because of both
> Cessna and Lear are located on the airport, and Bombardier's company wide
> flight test facility is at Lear. So, yes, we are seeing lots of the
> bombardier 737 competition here, too.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jim Nichols
> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:10 PM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: A Few from the Beech Party
>
> There are apparently time limits on what can be used. Here is a reference:
> http://www.flightsimaviation.com/data/FARS/part_61-73.html
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 10/17/2015 1:51 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>> This needs further research. I recall an ex military pilot telling me that
>> they didn't get an instrument rating for some mainly sensible reason, but I
>> can't remember it, due to advancing age.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: ChrisB
>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 12:51 AM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: A Few from the Beech Party
>>
>> “Not many of the ex-military pilots had instrument ratings. . .”? That seems
>> wrong. It would be unnecessarily restrictive on any military force for its
>> pilots to be unable to fly in bad weather.
>>
>> Chris
>>
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