Cloud flying

[evapilotaz]

Sometimes in just want to fly in clouds but not be instrumented rated. No desire to get instrument rated certificate. We have too much VFR weather in AZ to even bother for a local flying pilot like me.
If it’s a cloudy day do you think I could call up a local flight schools and request an instructor to go flying in IMC? Just for fun. Of course we would have to file an IFR flight plan. I don’t mean hard IMC conditions. Just punch in and out of clouds.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Yes, but in AZ it will be somewhat difficult to find days with a fair amount of cloud and a freezing level above the MEA. Usually some cold fronts in January - March may meet this criterion. For the IFR flight plan, you have to be able to fly at or above the MEA.