Flight Training Central
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
That’s correct, you can earn your instrument rating with flight time only in simulated conditions. This is because instrument flight rules (IFR) and instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) are much less prevalent in certain areas of the world.
Northstar VFR
JANUARY 4, 2023
by Gustin Robinson, FAA CFI-I ASEL Flying under instrument meteorological conditions keeps even a good pilot on their toes. But now, while flying in low visibility and overcast cloud layers, you have to rely on your instrumentation more than ever before and keep your eyes inside the airplane.
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Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 9, 2024
The NTSB recently published the probable cause as “the non-instrument-rated pilot’s decision to continue visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation. No other mechanical abnormalities with the airframe or engine were present.
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 9, 2024
The NTSB recently published the probable cause as “the non-instrument-rated pilot’s decision to continue visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation. No other mechanical abnormalities with the airframe or engine were present.
Photographic Logbook
AUGUST 13, 2023
While I anticipated an IFR departure that morning, I wanted to see ceiling and visibility of at least 300 feet and a mile to avoid smacking into mountainous terrain around Pickens County Airport during take-off. Before too long, the visibility rose to unrestricted while the ceiling remained around 300 feet. Almost home.
Photographic Logbook
OCTOBER 28, 2023
Despite those ground clearances, we found that the ceiling above our home airport was high enough to accommodate VFR departures with airborne clearances. Putting the front to our tails, we flew in IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) for 30 minutes before emerging under a clear blue sky. Better safe than sorry.
Photographic Logbook
JULY 11, 2024
Moments after climbing through the ceiling over Beverly, MA. We made an IFR departure that morning on runway 16 and climbed above the ceiling in short order. Approaching the Green Mountains of Vermont, the ceiling began to close back up. We spent some time in instrument meteorological conditions over Vermont.
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