I was out recently with a friend/neighbor/CFI, brushing the rust off some basic skills. After 20 or so minutes of slow flight, stalls, steep turns and some erratic, uncoordinated maneuvers purporting to be Lazy 8s, we rolled straight and level for a few minutes to chat and move away from a cloud deck.
The author experienced a failure of their primary vacuum-powered artificial horizon, highlighting the critical importance of having a reliable backup flight instrument.
Backup instruments are essential for safe IFR flight, allowing continued safe operation and legal dispatch even if a primary system fails.
Pilots should invest in dedicated, installed backup instrumentation, preferably powered by a different source (e.g., electric instead of vacuum) to ensure redundancy and immediate readiness over less reliable app-based alternatives.
I was out recently with a friend/neighbor/CFI, brushing the rust off some basic skills. After 20 or so minutes of slow flight, stalls, steep turns and some erratic, uncoordinated maneuvers purporting to be Lazy 8s, we rolled straight and level for a few minutes to chat and move away from a cloud deck.
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