From the AvWeb Site in the USA
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News Wire
Thursday March 16 2000
Aussies Win Basic Instrument Rating For Private Pilots
In what it says is a first in the world AOPA Australia announced Tuesday that private pilots can now qualify for a basic instrument rating. The rating allows pilots to fly en route through clouds between a VMC departure point and a VMC destination
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Tony Mitchell from AOPA Australia said "This rating is a quantum leap ahead of the UK rating and simply much better than the USA rating"
Having lobbied for the new rating for decades the organization is justifiably ecstatic
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News Desk Observation
- At ..Long ..Bloody ..Last!
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