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Instrument Rating Lessons Plans

Updated: Aug 17

"Skyhawk 7TW you are 5 miles from the FAF, turn left heading 130, maintain 2000 until established, cleared RNAV 10 approach" - ATC

"Do Whaaaaaaaaa?" - Instrument Student



STAGE 1: Precision Flying & Basic Instrument Approaches

Lesson 1: Introduction to Standard Rate and Basic RNAV

GROUND (1.5)

  • Precision Flying (new tolerances)

  • Magnetic World

  • RNAV World

  • Flying the Attitude Indicator (right side of power curve)

  • Standard Rate of Turn (rules of thumb: bank angle / timed turns)

  • IFR Patterns

  • AV1ATE

  • Our Airplane's Avionics

  • RNAV Approach full procedure




FLIGHT (1.5)

  • IFR Instrument Checks

  • IFR Verbiage (clarity)

  • Short-field takeoff

  • Turns to magnetic headings (UNOS)

  • Patterns A-B-C-D

  • RNAV Approach

Lesson 2: Precision Flying (continued)

Lesson 3: Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR) [IFR]

Lesson 4: More precision flying and PPL Maneuvers

Lesson 5: STAGE CHECK (1.5 GND / 1.5 FLT)


STAGE 2: Navigation: Radials and Tracks

Lesson 6: VOR Navigation and VOR Approach [IFR]

GROUND (1.5)

  • Victor Airways (IFR Low Chart)

    • Tuning radials

    • Changeover point

    • Identifying Fixes

    • VOR Checks

  • Creating a flight plan via Victor Airways

  • Connecting enroute and terminal world

  • Step-by-step Actions to execute KSAV-SAV-V37-ALD-KAQX

    • Student must file the flight plan (6000 ft)

      • Remarks: PIC Tizi Bernard CFII

  • Review of circling approaches


FLIGHT (1.5)

  • IFR Instrument Checks

  • IFR Departure

  • Executing entire flight plan

    • Intercept + Tracking Victor Airway

    • Track vs. Heading

    • Identifying Fix

    • Homing a VOR

    • Situation Awareness

    • Changeover Point

  • Touch and Go (or land)

  • Pick up IFR clearance airborne

    • Direct SAV (home SAV VOR) or vectors

  • VOR approach

Lesson 7: DME Arcs [IFR]

Lesson 8: VOR Approach via Radial [IFR]

Lesson 9: Visual Approach (Daytime) [IFR]

Lesson 8+9 Combined: XC under Green Needles [IFR]

Lesson 10: STAGE CHECK (1.5 GND / 1.5 FLT) [IFR]



STAGE 3: Holding Procedures

Lesson 11: Airway and OBS Holds [IFR]

GROUND (1.5)

  • Hold Theory

  • Three recommended entry procedures

  • Tizi's shorthand math and chart annotations

  • How to hold (traditional iterative method & using ground track)

  • How to visualize holds using the HSI

  • Strategies on using on-board systems

  • Mandatory reporting elements


FLIGHT (1.5)

  • IFR flight plan to KELER intersection (V437 southbound)

  • Hold Direct at KELER (radials)

  • Hold Parallel at KELER (radials)

  • Hold Teardrop at JANIE (GPS OBS)

  • Hold Parallel at WOHPY (GPS OBS)

  • ILS or VOR approach


Instructor Notes:

- from N, hold N KELER R-183 RX 1 min

- from N, hold S KELER R-357 RX 1 min - from E, hold NW JANIE R-290 RX 1 min - from W, hold NE JANIE R-070 RX 1 min

Lesson 12: GPS Holds [IFR]

Lesson 13: Partial Panel Holds using CDI [IFR]

Lesson 14: Missed Approach Hold [IFR]

Lesson 15: STAGE CHECK (1.5 GND / 1.5 FLT)


STAGE 4: Approaches

Lesson 16: RNAV, LOC and VOR [IFR]

GROUND (1.5)

  • Alternate Airport Requirements

    • Minimums Planning

  • Modifications to Minimums (inop equipment)

  • IFR Dispatch Form


FLIGHT (1.5)

  • IFR flight plan: KSAV - KARW - KHXD - KSAV

    • RNAV at KARW

    • LOC 21 at KHXD (with published missed)

    • VOR at KSAV

Lesson 17: Circle to Land [IFR]

Lesson 18 & 19: DME Arc XC [IFR]

Lesson 20: STAGE CHECK (1.5 GND / 1.5 FLT)

STAGE 5: Cross Country

Lesson 21: Charleston International Airport (KCHS) [IFR]

GROUND (1.0)

  • IFR Dispatch Form

  • Filing a Departure Procedure

  • Flying a Departure Procedure


FLIGHT (2.0)

  • IFR flight plan: KSAV-KCHS; KCHS-KSAV

Lesson 22: Charleston Executive Airport (KJZI) [IFR]

Lesson 23: Long XC at Student's Discretion [IFR]


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