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5-Day IFR Finish-Up Course

Our Accelerated 5-Day Instrument Rating Finish-Up Course is designed to finish up the instrument rating for customers with previous instrument training or transition pilots into new avionics platforms for IFR flight.  The Instrument Rating Finish-Up Course is five days in length.  Our training focuses on Single Pilot Operations with Scenario Based Training.  Train the way you Fly - Fly the way you train.

 

The 5th day includes the instrument rating FAA practical test recommendation & checkride or an instrument proficiency check with an Instrument Instructor.

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airplane cockpit

Topics Covered in This Course

  • Risk Management

  • Aeronautical Decision Making

  • Task Management

  • Single Pilot Resource Management

  • Scenario Based Training

  • Personal Minimums

  • Basic Instrument Flying

  • Flight Planning

  • ATC System & Communications

  • Autopilot training

  • Advanced aircraft & avionics systems training

  • Glass panel training

  • Fuel Planning / and alternate airports

  • Weather planning for the general aviation pilot

  • Proper power settings and airspeed control

  • Proper ATC radio communications

  • Flight Planning - Airway and Off Airway

  • Non precision approaches

  • Precision ILS approaches

  • Circle-to-land

  • IFR cross country

  • Enroute procedures

  • Localizer back course

  • ​DME arc maneuvers

  • ASR and PAR approach

  • Visual and contact approaches

  • Advanced instrument approaches - GPS, L-NAV, L-NAV+V, LPV - WAAS

  • Partial panel flying.

  • Proper power settings and airspeed control

  • Holding procedures

  • VOR and NDB tracking

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Course Includes

  • Flight Instructor Exclusively Assigned to You

  • Unlimited Ground & Flight Instruction

  • Training Materials

  • Course Completion Certificate

  • FAA Practical Test Recommendation & Checkride

  • Flight Training in your plane

  • Flight Training in one of our planes

    • Cirrus SR22 G3 Avidyne/ GPS WAA

    • CE-172RG Garmin G5/ GPS Garmin 430 WAAS

    • PA-28-151 Piper Warrior with GPS Garmin 430 WAAS

Prerequisites

Pricing & Enrollement

Come prepared with the following information.

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  • FAA Instrument written test passed

  • Current US Passport or Birth Certificate, & Government Issued ID

  • Private Pilot with Basic Med or Third Class Medical or better

  • 50 hours PIC cross country time logged

  • 40 hours of simulated or actual instrument training time in an airplane logged

  • Current flight review logged

  • VFR currency to the Private Pilot Practical Test Standards

​Course, pricing, flight and ground instruction can be customized to individual needs.

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  • Hotel & housing available.

  • Courtesy vehicle transportation available.

  • Train at our location or we can train at your location anywhere in the U.S.

  • Train in your plane or one of ours.

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