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I couldn't fly IFR with a shotgun panel. I don't know what it would cost to rearrange it though.

Nice looking bird.

The guy who flared my club's Cherokee Six from way too high while carrying four WWII vets should not have chosen to go around. After bending the wing and smashing up the gear. He got lucky and the plane was able to make it around the patch. Still, you gotta know when to fold 'em.

I've experienced disorientation more than once. I trust the gauges and cross-check carefully but I can feel the discomfort for the first several minutes in IMC. My friends who are professional pilots tell me that doesn't go away.

Bruce, Under what circumstances would you launch into known ice? When would you not? And how did you choose those parameters?

Not sure why it took me two years, but thanks!

Having recently picked up a small amount of rime on an Arrow III, and deciding after examining the aircraft on the ground for a good hour that non-FIKI flying in ice just isn't for me, I'm trying to decide what kind of bird to get that can get me through a small layer in the right circumstances...