Instrument training

I always finished my lessons with a soaked shirt and a sigh of relief.
Nothing better!

xxx wrote:
I've got about 6 hours now and find it not the slightest bit
fun.

Can anyone remind me why I'm inflicting this on myself?

xxx wrote:
I've got about 6 hours now and find it not the slightest bit
fun.

Can anyone remind me why I'm inflicting this on myself?

Because it will save your life someday. And maybe somebody else's, too.

xxx wrote:
I've got about 6 hours now and find it not the slightest bit
fun.

Can anyone remind me why I'm inflicting this on myself?

Join the club. We all had to go through it. But in the end it
will make you a better pilot and in the end you will take pride
in the precision with which you aviate, navigate & communicate.

Hang in there.

xxx wrote:
I've got no professional aviation aspirations buy might buy my own
airplane in the reasonably-near future. I can see that I'd get more
utility out of it with the legal right to punch a layer when it's
convenient.

And that is one of the best reasons.... you will get to use your airplane
more often, with the result that you will maintain currency and competency.
Insurance companies know this and that is why your insurance rates will
be lower with an instrument rating.

Mark Hansen wrote:
... of course, I'm only at the beginning (10.4 hours). I'm reasonably
proficient at Attitude Instrument Flying and have just started on
VOR/NDB nav, so we'll see how I feel when things really start popping.

Kudos to your instructor for making sure you've got BAI down pat
before moving onto navigation. If you've still got to give any real
thought to holding heading and altitude, it's too early to move onto
other stuff. I think a lot of instructors push straight on to
approaches before the student is really ready.

I have to wonder, though, if spending any time on NDB skills really
makes sense these days. VOR, yes, but NDB???

Jose wrote:
What kind of flying do you want to do? If all you want is to
poke holes in the sky and go for a $150 hamburger, then
maybe you don't need to do this. Ditto if you live in Arizona,
where I don't think they even have a =word= for cloud.

**BIG** misconception about Arizona!

Shirley

I'm exaggerating of course. It doesn't "suck" but its more fun to fly
when you can see outside. As a CFI I find instrument instruction *much*
easier than primary. Not only are the students more commited and
capable but its easier than actually flying IFR because you're not the
one trying to hold the plane right-side up.

-Robert, CFI

wrote:

For me the IR was certainly a challenge

That's a good part of the fun!

- Andrew

I live near Sacramento. After my IR I took the family down to Monterey
in the middle of summer. Not only was it great to get out of the heat
of the valley, but Monterey is almost always IMC in the middle of
summer. My first actual IMC was solo (with the family) in a rented
Bonanza flying the ILS in actual in Monterey. Not sure I would do it
that way again.

-Robert

David Cartwright wrote:

Who said training had to be fun? Instrument training is damned hard work

One doesn't preclude the other.

- Andrew