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Damaged the Budget Today
I upgraded from my ridiculously cheap and poorly performing Flightline
headset to a DC H20-10 in preparation for my IFR training. I haven't flown with the DC's yet, but I will Saturday afternoon. My rationale here is two-fold in that if I am in need of communicating, it would be a good thing to not only have some equipment I can reliably communicate with, but to initiate my IFR training at an airport that is controlled (KDWH) rather than the admittedly fine uncontrolled airport I initially trained at (KCXO); the choice of which will obviously requires a level of conversation surpassing simply shooting the breeze. The FBO where I bought the headset- Mercury Flight Systems- seems to have a solid, while expensive, approach to the IFR experience. Rather than making loads of short XC's, they seem to stress longer ones; Houston-Memphis-Houston being one example. Obviously, there will be a lot of shorter excursions in the curriculum, but I have to say that the idea of flying under an instrument flight plan on major excursions is a challenging surely and valuable experience. These people seem honestly concerned with making me a proficient IFR pilot rather than simply preparing me for the checkride, which is the general impression I got from the operation where I obtained my initial certification. Any comments on this would be greatly appreciated; being trained to pass the PTS is one thing, and thoroughly understanding it is another, IMHO. Apparently the training will be conducted in a C-172 upgraded to 180hp with a CS prop; since I have some (short) time in a Super Decathlon this won't be totally new to me. Instrument flying will be new, other than than my brief exposure required by the Private program, and I am looking forward to it. This is a challenge I really want to master, and any suggestions you all might have as concerns beginning training would be greatly appreciated. Wendy |
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