Ask a Flight Instructor

JANUARY 30, 2025

It is equipped iaw 91.205(d) and flown by a current IFR-rated ASE pilot. 91.205 implies it can, but does the VFR-only in the AFM prohibit IFR flight or only flight in Instrument Meteorological Conditions? The AFM states VFR-only. Can the airplane fly on an IFR clearance?

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AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

It involved an in-flight breakup, and the pilot was a doctor. This is often the result of the aircraft picking up excessive airspeed as a result of pilot disorientation in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), followed by an abrupt pitch-up after exiting the bottom of the cloud.

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CFI Academy

DECEMBER 25, 2023

CFI Academy presents an exhilarating opportunity for aviation enthusiasts with our 2-Week Instrument Rating (IR) Course. Designed to enhance your abilities and ensure safe flying in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) weather, this intensive program is your key to mastering the skies.

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AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

It involved an in-flight breakup; and the pilot was a doctor. This is often the result of the aircraft picking up excessive airspeed as a result of pilot disorientation in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), followed by an abrupt pitch-up after exiting the bottom of the cloud.

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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Pilots often claim that the drive to the airport is the most dangerous part of any flight. Examine the primary causes of GA accidents, including pilot error, mechanical failures, and the challenges of measuring and comparing risk. McSpadden Report divides accidents into Pilot-related, Mechanical, and Other/Unknown categories.

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Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

The request to make a short approach or maintain a higher-than-normal speed to the final approach fix is the most common reason pilots don’t meet stable approach criteria. Aviation writers and safety pundits hate writing about this topic as much as pilots hate reading about it. Houston, we have a problem. Yet here we are.

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2024

You might feel like you’re climbing or turning even though your instruments say otherwise. These sensory tricks or illusions are no small issue for pilots, and they can be potentially life-threatening. But don’t worry, in this article, we’ll explore the eight illusions you may experience as a pilot.

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Northstar VFR

MAY 16, 2024

With all the weather resources we have today, inadvertent flight from Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) into Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) continues to be one of the greatest causes of fatal accidents today. When speaking with the briefer, be honest about your capabilities as a pilot or aircraft.

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Jetwhine

JUNE 24, 2024

As the AC defines it, “FIS is a service that provides meteorological information (METI) and Aeronautical Information (AI) to enhance pilot awareness of weather and/or airspace constraints while providing information for decision support tools and improving safety.”

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 9, 2024

The pilot was the passenger’s boyfriend. The boyfriend was a VFR private pilot with about 380 hours logged, properly certificated, and current. Approaching their destination, the pilot asked Memphis Center ATC for an airport weather report. The pilot S-turned and circled the area several times at about 2,500 feet.

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Northstar VFR

JUNE 30, 2024

Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI Two of the most important pieces of information that every pilot needs to know while flying is how high you are and how fast you’re going. Pilots rely on the airspeed indicator and altimeter instruments to measure and display this vital information. As the diaphragm moves, the needle of the ASI moves.

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Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

By Jake Carpenter Contributing Writer F rom rudimentary analog gauges to todays sophisticated, fully integrated avionics, the evolution of cockpit technologies has revolutionized how pilots interact with their aircraft. The fully automated MultiScan weather radar also provides predictive analysis and advanced threat detection.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 9, 2024

The pilot was the passenger’s boyfriend. The boyfriend was a VFR private pilot with about 380 hours logged, properly certificated, and current. Approaching their destination, the pilot asked Memphis Center ATC for an airport weather report. The pilot S-turned and circled the area several times at about 2,500 feet.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The pilot had planned a day trip for himself and two passengers from Myerstown, Pennsylvania, to Washington, Indiana. The private pilot had 380 hours, with over 200 of those in PA-32s. He didn’t have an instrument rating. What the pilot knew of these is unknown. Pilot: “I appreciate the help.”

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

How much “actual instrument” flight time do you have? Chances are, if you’re a VFR pilot, you do not have any unless it was with an instructor. If you’re an instrument rated pilot, however, you should have some flight time logged in what FAR 61.51 considers “solely by reference to instruments in actual conditions.”

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Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Maintaining strong instrument skills is essential for pilot safety, especially in low-visibility conditions. What is an instrument proficiency check? Its a required assessment for pilots who have not met IFR currency rules, ensuring they can safely operate under instrument flight rules.

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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. As a student pilot you were always taught “see and avoid”, keep your eyes outside, etc. Stay ahead of the airplane and be safe! Have any questions?

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Professional Pilot

APRIL 3, 2025

Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Honeywell Primus Epic F ederal Aviation Regulation (FAR) 91.205 prescribes the minimum instruments and equipment necessary for flight. As the flying environment grows more complex such as under instrument flight rules (IFR) additional instrumentation becomes critical.

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Photographic Logbook

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Every time I do, I cannot help but feel immense gratitude for the remarkable things I have experienced as a pilot. Number of hours flown in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) in 2023 for a lifetime total of 79.1. This was largely due to my week in Michigan for seaplane training in which I logged 31.4 12.7 / 135.6:

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Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Falcon 2000 EASy Contributing Writer Pilot in a Gulfstream G650 sim at CAE. This is a view of corporate aviation unfamiliar to the passengers, where pilots practice normal, abnormal, and emergency procedures. F light simulator sessions are essential to professional pilot training and certification. Completing the annual 61.58

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Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

We spent some time in instrument meteorological conditions over Vermont. It was not the best situation to initiate an instrument approach into my home field with weather conditions hovering around minimums. While speaking with Bob, I met a young pilot who also worked at AvFlight. Tired, remember?) "Yep,"

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

While VFR flights rely on seeing outside the aircraft, IFR procedures allow pilots to navigate precisely when they cannot see the ground, horizon, or surrounding terrain. Note : To file an IFR flight plan, you must meet certain qualifications, have certified IFR aircraft equipment, and hold a valid instrument rating. While en route.

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Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

By Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI Ken Dravis is a singer/songwriter and pilot who has written and performed many songs about flying and his love for aviation. As soon as the pilot realizes this, they must abort the landing and climb back to traffic pattern altitude and attempt the approach and landing again. How Do You Perform a Go-Around?

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

Go-arounds are among the easiest tasks a pilot can perform. Pilots avoid go-arounds because it is seen as an admission of guilt. Pilots perform the maneuver when a landing is unsafe or can result in an incident. Pilots perform the maneuver when a landing is unsafe or can result in an incident. What Is a Go-Around?

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Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Winter's Airport For pilots in the Northeast, one of the most eagerly anticipated events each year is the freezing of Alton Bay, a narrow, southerly oriented limb off the main body of New Hampshire's expansive Lake Winnipesaukee. Today would be his first landing on the ice as pilot in command. Photo by Ed. Joe asked.

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Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

It requires pilots to have a high level of skill and experience. N either pilot liked this mountain airport. The pilots reduced power to bleed altitude, but, given the short distance to the runway, they knew they would land long. Some approaches even require specialized pilot training to receive clearance.

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Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 13, 2023

Execjet" is the callsign used by NetJets and the pilot's intentions were broadcast across the ramp by loudspeaker. This was puzzling because the ceiling should have been high enough for the pilot to acquire the airport visually at minimums. At the operations building, the two women were distressed by their pilot's failure to land.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

As our trip to Sleepy Hollow neared, forecasts for IFR weather inspired a shuffling of airplanes and pilots so that our seven adventurers were distributed among three IFR-capable airplanes with current IFR pilots. The airport as a whole most certainly did not cater to our pilot demographic. Better safe than sorry.

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