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I am planing to get my IFR ticket. preferably in one of accelerated
programs. I have read about a few but I am still looking for one where they take you on a cross-country ride to say west-coast or Alaska (I am in east) and you don't shoot same approach twice. AT the end of the trip you take your checkride. Do you know of such a course ? AFAIK no such course exists. The ones that teach IFR flying on long XC flights generally require that you already have a significant amount of instrument time (some require you to be rated). None are geared towards the checkride. There is a reason for this. The goal of the program is not to get you ready for a checkride in minimum time. If that were the goal, the way to go would be to go to some place with great weather, fly every day (maybe twice a day) strictly under the hood (no actual), hit the local approaches hard (and don't go further from home than the DE will be willing to go), make only the one required XC flight, and take the checkride immediately. If what you want is a piece of paper rather than the ability to safely make flights you can't make VFR, this is the way to go. Fast and cheap. The purpose of a long range XC flight is very different - it exposes you to a variety of conditions (different approaches, ATC facilities, weather, geography) to maximize your preparation for actually using the rating. So what is your goal? Michael |
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