9 May 2014 2140 Z
Instrument pilots must be prepared to engage in sustained, attentive, and concerted practice. If flying under visual flight rules is analogous to taking a Sunday drive in the country, then flying under instrument flight rules is like driving on a crowded track at the Indianapolis 500. You need to know where you are, who is around you, how the dynamics of the “drive” are changing, where you fit within the system, and what’s coming around the next turn.
I can hardly imagine a more mentally demanding challenge than flying on instruments without reference to the natural horizon.
Source: Instrument Flying: 10 Indispensable Principles to Know and Remember, p. 8 – 9.
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