VFR into IMC - non instrument rated pilot. You put this guy in this same situation in any aircraft, from Piper Cub, Cessna, to Mooney, and the result will be the same. Use this as an example of what not to do gentlemen.
9:57
3cd: "223cd"
female voice: "you are on unicom, did you want to talk also to the tower?"
3cd: "tower please"
female voice: "ok you need to switch to 120.9"
3cd: "dupage tower 223cd"
tower: "223cd, dupage tower"
3cd: "coming in let me see here.... visual flight rules uhh was wondering if we were going to available for landing"
tower: "223cd, the field is IFR, uhh say intentions"
3cd: "dupage tower, I just flew over your field I appologize, I didn't realize I was going that fast"
tower: "223cd, the field is IFR, say your intentions"
3cd: "if it's IFR we are going to move on down, I was just checking, I went down to about 2k and could see pretty well so I was just going to see if you are available"
<silence>
male voice: "are you (perhaps he meant is he) up flying around somewhere right now?"
male voice2: "yah and the tower is trying to key him in ya know, saying say your intentions is there anything I can do for you..."
male voice: "jump in the 'mustkateer' and lead him down to the ground"
male voice2: "tower is trying to do everything but put words in his mouth"
male voice: "that's exactly why they say you know you get stuck in the clouds and you don't have IFR training your life expectentency is like 3 minutes"
male voice2: "roger that.."
male voice: "but no big deal"
<seems like tower freq is silent, this is odd, maybe the tapes missed it>
<lots of microphone clicks, perhaps it is 3cd thinking of the right words to say..."
10:01am 3cd: "i am trying to stay uhh"
tower: "3cd do you still have the field in site"
3cd: negative we lost it, i am going out to north and make a straight in if that is OK
tower: 3cd roger, the field is a suggested heading of 200
3cd: roger, 200
10:04 tower: "3cd say intentions"
3cd: "I think I am about tempted.... is there a better field with better visibility as I don't want to get in there and get stuck all day"
tower: "3cd, do you want to talk to chicago approach because they can help with vectors or are you....
3cd: "no I think I am ok doing it either way but uhh I was just uhh do you have a uhh a later airport or a report today"
tower: "3cd, maintain vfr standby......"
10:05
tower: "3cd, chicago exec the wx there vis of 10, ceiling 1,500k overcast, vfr right now"
3cd: "roger that, what is there code"
tower: "PWK"
3cd: "PWK, rgr thank you again"
tower: "3cd, uhh are you familiar with the uhh class bravo..."
3cd: "you broke up there at the end"
tower: "3cd, are you familiar with the area at all"
3cd: "I did my uhh training there with american flyers"
tower: "3cd, rgr, would you like to talk to approach, they can give you suggested headigs and help you get in"
3cd: "I am still trying to descide if I should land at dupage or not, do you think that is a good idea or not?"
tower: "3cd, are you currently vfr right now?"
tower: "3cd, are you IN THE CLOUDS or are you CLEAR OF THE CLOUDS?"
3cd: "I am actually uhh puhh (he is nervous you can tell now to tell truth) i am in and out of the clouds right now"
tower: "3cd, roger"
( i bet tower is phoning chi approach right now about this situation)
tower: "3cd, are you IFR qualified?"
3cd: "I am in IFR training, and I let this get around me"
tower: "(heartbeat goes up!) rgr the altimeter is 29.86, I am going to call departure and tell them you are coming to them and they will give you vectors to dupage OK?"
3cd: "roger that"
10:08
tower: "3cd, dupage tower"
3cd: "dupage tower"
tower: "cirrus 3cd contact chi dept on 120.55"
tower: "cirrus 3cd, dupage..."
3cd: "3cd, 122.055 rgr"
tower: "negative 120.55"
3cd: "roger, 120.55"
10:10
tower: "cirrus 3cd, dupage tower..."
(no liveatc exists for 120.55 that I see...)
10:12
tower: "cirrus 3cd, dupage tower..."