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EHM-1465 Dominic:
For this week's Pilots' Poll I'd like to find out how many of you like to fly purely IFR and how many like VFR flights and the reasons why...

So please let us know whether you keep yourself purely in the left seat of a complex jet at FL360 or if you like to spend your time exploring the scenery of Europe at 3,500 feet.

What do you see as the attractions of these different styles of flying and how often do you switch between them?

EHM-1703 Philip:
I fly mostly IFR myself but have done a little bit of VFR work recently and am getting to like it.

EHM-2155 Mariano:
I mostly fly IFR... Dunno the real reason, I like it, reminds me of travelling, something I love to do.
Id like to try VFR but for that Id like to get a machine good enough to run FSX and get some nice scenary/mesh addons for it... till then Im stuck with high flying on FS9

EHM-1465 Dominic:
For myself, I enjoy the challenge and precision of a full IFR flight especially in IMC (foggy, windy, wet, in fact typical British weather ;D) I think this can really test your control of the aircraft as well as your understanding of instrument navigation techniques!

But I do find it very relaxing to do a typical shorter VFR Tour type flight and enjoy the scenery as I go along, with my feet up on the dashboard...

On that theme Mariano, there are plenty of good sceneries available for FS9 to liven up VFR flying in the older sim - if you're unsure where to find them just ask and we can give you lots of pointers ;)

EHM-1749 Hector:
Mostly IFR. VFR very seldom and only when there is an event. The main reason for not going VFR is that the default FS scenery is not real. On the other hand, my laptop cannot handle complex scenaries. I am considering to go up and have a desktop only devoted to FS and I am sure I would fly more VFR.

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