INSTRUMENT ELIGIBILITY

  • HOLD AT LEAST A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE
  • READ, SPEAK, WRITE, AND UNDERSTAND ENGLISH
  • RECEIVE AND LOG GROUND TRAINING FROM AN AUTHORIZED INSTRUCTOR
  • ENDORSEMENT FOR THE KNOWLEDGE TEST
  • PASS THE KNOWLEDGE TEST 
  • MEET THE REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
  • ENDORSEMENT FOR THE PRACTICAL TEST
  • PASS THE PRACTICAL TEST

INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE

  • 50 HRS. PILOT IN COMMAND CROSS-COUNTRY
  • 40 HRS. ACTUAL OR SIMULATED INSTRUMENT TIME
  • 15 HRS. INSTRUMENT TRAINING FROM AN AUTHORIZED INSTRUCTOR
  • 250 NM. IFR CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT USING ATC INCLUDING:
  •  3 DIFFERENT APPROACHES USING RADIO NAVIGATION
  • 3 HRS INSTRUMENT TRAINING FROM AN AUTHORIZED INSTRUCTOR 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE PRACTICAL TEST

SIMULATOR TRAINING

With the flight simulator we have tried to create a realistic cockpit environment. You can log 10 hours of simulator time towards your Instrument Rating, or 2.5 hours simulator time towards your Private Pilot License. If you already have an Instrument Rating, you can plan and fly an IFR flight to any airport in the U.S. using VOR's or the Garmin 430.
One of the advantages to using the flight simulator is that you are able to experience realistic failures that can happen in actual IFR conditions (radios, engine, vacuum, etc.) and learn the procedures needed to manage such malfunctions.