DISORIENTED GA PLT RECEIVES HELP FROM CTLR AFTER ERRONEOUSLY ENTERING IMC CONDITIONS NEAR RAC; WI.

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I ARRIVED AT BATTEN FIELD; RACINE; WI; AT XA00. THE WX WAS POOR; BOTH THERE AND AT MY DEST -- PONTIAC; IL. I CHOSE NOT TO LEAVE RACINE UNTIL WX IMPROVED. I CONTINUALLY CALLED FLT SVCS; GREEN BAY; TO LOOK FOR IMPROVEMENT. WX TO THE S OF RACINE WAS GRADUALLY IMPROVING; BUT RACINE REMAINED SOCKED IN. BY XB00 I WAS ANXIOUS TO GO IN ORDER TO GET BACK TO MY BUSINESS. UNFORTUNATELY; I DECIDED TO FLY DESPITE THE FOG; FIGURING I'LL CLB ON TOP AND DSND CLOSE TO HOME. AT THAT TIME; PONTIAC HAD A 1900 FT CEILING. UPON CLB INTO THE FOG; I BECAME DISORIENTED. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED BACK TO RACINE TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I THEN ARRESTED MY PROB BY 'FLYING THE AIRPLANE;' ALTHOUGH MY BODY WAS TELLING ME I WAS IN A SLOW R TURN DSCNT. ONCE I LEVELED OUT; I CONTACTED MILWAUKEE DEP AND THEY VECTORED ME THROUGH THE CLOUDS. MY DECISION TO FOREGO WX IN ORDER TO GET BACK TO MY BUSINESS WAS; TO SAY THE LEAST; IRRESPONSIBLE. I RESPECT WX; BUT MY BUSINESS SENSE TOLD ME OTHERWISE. THE FACT THAT I LIVED THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE BROUGHT HOME JUST HOW DANGEROUS WX CAN BE IF ONE CHOOSES TO FLY IN IT. MY TROUBLE INFLT WAS ONLY A FEW SECONDS; BUT MY MEMORY OF IT WILL LAST MY LIFETIME.