The IPC now is listed as a procedure in the PTS for the
instrument rating, it is no longer just a "pick your own"
flight.


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James H. Macklin
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"Robert Chambers" wrote in
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| The IPC can consist of whatever you want to make yourself
current. 6
| approaches, tracking VOR's and holding, which you can do
with a safety
| pilot. However since you have the CFII in the plane with
you, it could
| be something else you'd like to work on such as timed
turns or partial
| panel, along with a couple of approaches and a hold or so.
|
| The CFII is going to assess whether you are safe and
competant to fly
| IFR and signs the log book to that effect. I do an IPC
with my CFI
| whenever I haven't flown in the gauges for a while and
want to make sure
| that I haven't picked up any bad habits.
|
| Technically you don't need to do the IPC until 1 year
after you lose IFR
| currency but you don't have to do just the minimum
required to get by.
|
| Robert
|
| Paul Tomblin wrote:
| I've only done one approach in the last 6 months. I've
let my currency
| lapse, so as I read the regs I now have to do an IPC,
right? What does an
| IPC consist of? Just 6 approaches and a hold, or is
there more to it?
| Can it be fewer than 6 approaches?
|