Instrument flying is stressful!
For the new or occasional instrument pilot, IFR flying can cause an enormous amount of anxiety.
It doesn’t have to be stressful, though. You can feel in control even as an inexperienced instrument pilot.
Instrument flying isn’t rocket science because it’s extremely predictable. Each phase of flight has the same set of radio calls, maneuvers, and requirements. The pros sound so good because they do the exact same thing all the time.
The pattern hardly ever varies.
If you learn and embrace the predictable patterns of instrument flying, you will lose that anxiety and begin to enjoy it.
The Instrument Pilot’s Survival Guide will walk you through the flow of a real instrument flight so you can anticipate ATC’s next move.
What this book will do for you:
This guide will help you alleviate your stress by teaching you the general flow of an instrument flight.
Mastering the rhythm of an instrument flight is the key to a worry-free experience.
This survival guide will walk you through an instrument flight from beginning to end.
Each step along the way, this book will teach you what you should do every time.
What this book won’t do:
This is not a training book like ASA or King Schools produces. It won’t bog you down with the minutiae of instrument flying.
You can’t master the details until you understand the big picture. For example, it includes very little about holding because real world instrument flying involves very little holding.
This book is here to talk about real day-to day instrument flying in the simplest of terms.
Who needs this book?
- You have several hundred hours of instrument flight, but only a fraction of that in
actual weather conditions.
- Your instrument currency has lapsed or is about to.
- You are a military pilot who is too busy with mission training to get into the
national airspace or you only fly once a month in the National Guard.
- You would rather file Visual flight Rules (VFR) than IFR because you think flying
IFR is too much work.
- Flying instruments makes you nervous and anxious.
- You always hope it’s clear, blue, and twenty-two so you won’t have to fly in the clouds.
If any of the above apply to you, instruments will remain a mystery and stressful until you understand the basic framework of an instrument flight.
How is this book set up?
This book is broken down into the different phases of a real instrument flight.
- Flight planning
- Weather Planning
- NOTAMs
- Route Planning
- Ground Operations
- Preflight
- Picking up the Clearance
- Clearances at Uncontrolled Airports
- Flight
- Departure
- Cruise
- Visual Approaches
- Full Instrument Approaches
- Landing
- Canceling Flight Plans
- After Landing
- Bonus Material
Each of these phases has its own challenges and predictable events. Once you understand the flow of each, you will have a better chance of staying ahead of the aircraft.
Only then will you enjoy instrument flying.
Let’s Fly!
