I will never forget my first time in true IMC. It was about halfway through my instrument training, during the winter months of New England. There were always challenges getting actual IMC experience; most of the quality clouds contained icing that prohibited any safe training.
Finally, it was a warm day with the freezing levels up above 10,000 feet. My instructor provided the typical advice: “Trust your instruments.” I knew IMC could be disorienting, but I was pretty confident. After all, I was deep into instrument training. Being under the hood was no problem.
