Regulations are often vague, occasionally on purpose. What do you need to log instrument experience in an airplane? The rules state the tasks must be performed in “actual weather conditions, or under simulated conditions using a view-limiting device.” I get a kick out of the wording, when are you not flying in “actual weather,” whether VMC or IMC?
Obviously the feds intended actual instrument weather, meaning conditions less than VMC. This doesn’t mean you actually have to be in the clouds, just closer to them than VMC permits. Logging holding, and intercepting and tracking courses under these conditions is straight forward, but what about an approach. When can approach be logged?
