Finally, Instrument Rating HELP! This 340 page review package is designed to help you to get through the Instrument Checkride.
Includes Learning IFR Enroute Charts & Radio Communications Guide and Visi Hold.
This package can be used as a self study guide or by flight instructors to provide an Instrument Proficiency Check (IPC), Flight Review (BFR) for instrument rated pilots or Instrument Checkride preparation.
Designed to fit in your flight bag, size: 8.5x5.5
Table of Contents: Your Instrument Rating - Instrument Rating Requirements - When You Need an Instrument Rating - How to Log Safety Pilot Time - Saving Money on Your Flight Training - Working together on your instrument rating - Why you should do your instrument rating in a twin - After the Instrument Rating - Accelerated Training Programs
Practical Test Standards - Includes a complete copy of the PTS with sample oral exam questions and sources to find the answer. - Using your GPS on the checkride.
Airspace-Types of Airspace - Class A, B, C, D, E, G Airspace - Prohibited, Restricted, Alert Areas - Warning, MOA, Controlled Firing Area - Miscellaneous Airspace - VFR Weather Minimums - Airspace Reclassification
FAR Review - NTSB830 - IFR Lost Communications - Radio Communications - Oxygen Requirements - Cruising Altitude Requirements - Miscellaneous FARs - Medicals (New Rules)
Weather - Thunderstorms - Frontal Systems - TAF &METAR Weather Contractions - Winds Aloft - Other Weather Sources - In-Flight Weather Information - Weather Decision Points - Winter & Icing - Winter Pre-flight - Induction Icing - Carb Icing - Airframe Icing - Tail Stalls - Simple Rules for Winter & Overwater Flight
ATC - Radar Services - Transponder Usage - Transponder Phraseology - ATC's Top 9 Pet Peeves
Radio Phraseology - VFR Radio Phraseology - What does it mean when I hear…? - IFR Flight: Who do I talk to? - IFR Radio Phraseology
Instruments & Navigation - VOR Navigation - Course Indicator & HSI - Enroute Navigation - ILS/Localizer - ADF - DME - GPS Fundamentals - Basic Instrument Errors - Instrument Quick Review - Instrument Scanning
IFR Chart Review - Airport Details - Navaids & Navaid Notations - Other Chart Notations - Airspace Charting - IAP Chart Notations - Pre-flight Checks - Documents & Inspections - Currency Requirement - Aircraft Performance - Equipment Requirements
IFR Preflight Checks - Documents & Inspections - Currency Requirements - Aircraft Performance - Equipment Requirements
IFR Cross Country - Know Thy Aircraft: Data Sheet - Instrument Pre-flight (Incl GPS) - Basics of Cross Country Planning - Alternates - Clearances - Departure Procedures - Holds - Arrival Procedures - Calculating a VDP - Approach Tips - Gotcha's – Things that Kill Pilots - Briefing an Approach - The New Thing: GPS Approach
Maneuvers Guide: Slow Flight - Power Off-Power On Stalls - Steep Turns - Unusual Attitudes - Power Performance Settings - Constant Rate/Airspeed Climbs/Descents - Change of Airspeed - Standard Rate Turns - Practicing Your Skills - Instrument Takeoff - Holding - Includes Visi-Hold(TM), a visualization template to help you learn hold entries.
Special Emphasis - Aviation Safety - Aero medical Factors - Visual Illusions - Collision Avoidance - Airport Traffic Pattern - Accident Prevention - Improving Personal Skill - Weight & Balance - Runway Incursions - Taxi Phraseology - Crosswind Technique - Using Flaps - Inadvertent IFR - IFR Risk Management - Wake Turbulence Avoidance - NASA Reporting
Appendix: Personal Minimums Checklist - Weather Contractions - Metric Conversion Tables - Acronyms - Aviation Mnemonics - Intercept Signals - International Information - How Helicopter Rules are Different - Clearance & Flight Planning Forms.