Keep Your Instrument Rating Current
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Keep Your Instrument Rating Current!
As we get closer to fall and winter we have to really get comfortable with IFR flight and IMC. I - as all of us should be- am super conservative on the weather. Having an instrument rating does not guarantee you will stay out of trouble, and can actually be seen as permission to get in trouble… so all of us should have an exercise our personal minimums.
So during the time I had the engine installed and I was down for about 3 months to my surprise my IFR currency vanished into the clouds… and on the 180th day, so it technically did not lapse, I went up did 3 approaches and a hold I was back in the currency game.
My message here is simple. Keep your instrument rating current. You don’t want to be caught by surprise IMC and have to use when you are not proficient. If you have an instrument rating, get out there and shoot approaches every time you go flying. Grab a safety pilot, there are plenty new pilots out there who are screaming for hours and bit if you will be better pilots because of it.
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Have you always wanted to learn how to fly but now you are over 50? Get out there and start and learn! There are so many people in there 50's and 60's who are just starting to fly so what are you waiting for? - Навчання та стиль
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That IMC looks so scary!
It isn’t … 😇
Excellent job hand flying the approach.
I commented on this video a year ago.. Since then, I passed my IPC and I am current again. With the help of a certified flight simulator, I can stay current without spend too much money.. However, I know and everyone else should too, that to be proficient is altogether different. Proficiency takes practice. And lots of it! And the zig zag is too check the turn and back and DG.
Hopefully you meant every two hundred feet, instead of every two thousand?
You are zig-zagging to test the Turn & Bank Coordinator....
In 1977 when I was training for my PPL I did a lot of flying in an old 1946 Aeronca Chief and very early on my CFII taught to listen to the sound of the engine at different power settings and aircraft attitudes. Enjoyable video, thank you. [EDIT: Yes, I am over 50, 72 actually.]
Very cool! Thanks for watching!
Thanks happy you're back
Got my IR a few years back and I definitely been using it this year with all the crappy wx the northeast has been experiencing this past summer and fall.
Getting everything out of your head is awesome, and a primary tenet of a systematic approach I've been involved with since 2006 - GTD by David Allen.
I also like the idea of Verbalizing, because then the brain has to process the auditory information it just heard.
I love the musical note association - it's that level of awareness that makes all the difference.
I remember being really new to the Katana DA-20, and going out of my way to verbalize the entire landing checklist, including current speeds - was a squeaker of landing - and I suppose, to be expected.
For me, it's not practical (financially), to get back into the left seat, but you've inspired me to do everything else to get ready for BFR - all the book work, SIM, etc. Thanks, Ted.
Have to do the ifr instrument checks. Zig zag to make sure turn coordinator is moving proper with the ball opposite. Great video 🤙
We have a winner !!!! More people should’ve gotten that one right! Thanks for watching!
@@Over50andLearningToFly I just passed my instrument checkride last Friday. Started commercial Monday so it’s still fresh
@@carlott13 That is so awesome! And it’s so wise to start in the commercial right away congratulations!!!!!!
Not only your TC / inclinometer but your attitude indicator as well. You’re looking to make sure the gyros are spun up and that your AI holds level (not so much of a factor when you have glass / magnetometer and your vacuum pump removed but should still check). Anything outside of a 5* dip during turns it is not reliable or legal. Beyond the turn tests, you want to make sure your heading indicator closely matches your compass heading and that your compass is moving freely, your clock that is required for IFR flight is functioning and that your VOR check is within 30 days.
Great to see ya back!!!!
Love your videos man¡
Great video… thanks for sharing. It’s a great feeling popping out of the clouds, lined up with the runway. I just got current again last week with a non instrument rated safety pilot in tow. I love sharing my instrument experiences with non rated pilots. They are amazed by the process and encouraged to pursue the rating. I zigzag before every take off for an instrument check.
Ane checking the brakes
Instrument check! 😇😇😇
Great video! You’re zig-zagging to ground check your instruments. So true on currency vs. proficiency. Currency is not that hard to maintain. Proficiency, on the other hand, is more difficult to maintain and directly impacts personal minimums. Sadly, as it gets colder, icing becomes the enemy of proficiency.
I am so looking forward to popping up into the sun, and popping out the bottom with the runway right where it's supposed to be! On the note of being "over 50," keep in mind that perfect pitch can become less perfect with age. Adam Neely's video "Why you DON'T want Perfect Pitch" is an interesting dive into perfect pitch and other senses of pitch, but the section that starts at 9:22 gets into the shift/loss of perfect pitch with age. When you try to avoid speeding tickets based on the pitch of the hum of the tires, as that sense shifts, it can get you in trouble. edit: And obviously, you were warming up the tires like a Formula 1 car!
Awesome! Actually zigzagging back-and-forth is a test to make sure that your turn bank indicator attitude indicator and directional Gyro are all working properly. Learn about all that in your instrument training! Thanks for watching!
Great video, Ted. I'm scheduled for my Private Pilot checkride now, but currently training for an Instrument rating to go along with it. This video really hit the mark. Thanks so much for the content.
I have good relative pitch, but not perfect pitch. Had a band director tell me that if you had perfect pitch, it meant that your brain was wired wrong. 😁 Also, I'm sure you meant every 200 RPM, not 2000. Great video. I'm hoping to start my primary training next year. I'm in my late 40's, so I'm still just an honorary member of the channel.
Was going to mention this also.
Thanks for this, Ted. I got my IR over the summer and have flown a smattering of flights in IMC. Seeing my currency expiration bump ahead every so often always gives me a small joy. I hadn’t considered the challenges of maintaining currency during the wintertime. I guess I’ll have to don the foggles in VMC every so often to stay sharp.
Absolutely thanks for watching!
You are zigzagging during your back taxi to make the plane more visible on the active runway and apron.
it’s an instrument check to make sure your turn bank - gyro and other instruments are working correctly before you take off … 😇 thanks for watching!
Just curious, on your approaches, do you prefer using your G5’s for scans of the altimeter and VSI or do you prefer using your analog instruments and using the G5’s for attitude?
I actually end up leaning on the steam gauges, which I don’t really like to do. I usually have the steam gaze is blocked out with those suction cup circles so I can just focus solely on the G fives because after I get used to scanning the G5 it’s much easier to do that because you get all the information at one place.