Instrument Flight

You probably know when an alternate airport is required for an IFR flight. But if you pick an alternate that is affected by similar weather patterns as your destination, how useful will it really be? When the destination weather is in the toilet, you may have to motor down the airway some distance before you […]

No, we don’t mean you should “knock off” the right-seater; but unless you’ve trained together, that second set of hands groping your dials can be a liability. As Chip Wright wrote recently in IFR magazine, there are good ways to take advantage of a second IFR-rated pilot sitting next to you. This article appears in […]

I just finished a partial-panel approach, with one engine feathered and a load of ice, to 200 and 1/2, and I can’t wait to try it again! No, I’m not crazy. I flew the approach on the PC-based flight simulator that I have set up in my home office. (click images for larger version) I […]

Recently, I flew a practice ILS approach, hooded, and partial panel (with the AI and DG covered up). It was surprisingly easy – much easier than usual – because I used my VFR GPS to substitute for the DG, and to assist with keeping on the localizer during the ILS final approach. Here are the […]

Aviation changes so rapidly that it’s easy to make yourself feel like an old-timer without spending a lot of time as a pilot. I jumped in right before the alphabet airspace arrived a few years back, and so I have always been able to tell those who came after me: “We didn’t have any of […]

It had been one of those lovely, late fall mornings. You got up, looked out the window at a nearly clear sky and decided to fly the 70 miles to visit an old friend for coffee. The forecast said nothing below 4000 feet and four miles vis, so off you paddled. Coffee consumed, you shot […]

Familiarity can breed confusion when a procedure that you have flown before has been revised and you don’t brief for the approach. Even in a single-pilot situation, an approach briefing will ensure you have everything set up properly. Recently in IFR Refresher, Brian Jacobson followed the chain of events that led to an accident during […]

It was a typical late winter day in Chicago — overcast and in the low 50s. My student, Joe, was getting close to his instrument checkride and wanted to get some actual IFR practice in and, since I am reluctant to sign a student off for the instrument rating without some cloud time, I agreed. […]

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