Instrument Rating

Flying inside the clouds · 14 CFR Part 61, Subpart B · AIM Ch. 5

Flying with no outside visual reference: the legal framework, instrument approaches on real charts, IFR weather, en route procedures, and what to do when equipment fails in the clouds.

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46 of 46 lessons written

Practice test60 questions, 2 h, 70 percent to pass — the shape of the IRA test, timed, with the questions of this course.Start
1The IFR system and its rulesCertifying the airplane and the pilot, getting a clearance, and the route and altitude structure that organizes all instrument flight.0/10
2Instrument approach systemsPrecision, APV, non-precision: what each approach family gives you for guidance, what it costs you in minimums — each one taught on a real chart.0/9
3Charts and proceduresReading approach plates, en route charts, departures and arrivals; holding and reversing course: the documentary machinery of IFR, on the real documents.0/7
4IFR weatherThe briefing, the clouds you fly in, the ice and storms you must not: the weather decisions that open or close an IFR flight.0/6
5Flying IFR: departure to landingThe flight in order: preparing, departing, cruising, arriving, and flying the approach — what the pilot does at each step.0/8
6IFR emergenciesWhat you do when a radio, an instrument, the weather, or the fuel goes wrong while you cannot see outside.0/6