Instrument Pilot Ground School

CLASS 1: INSTRUMENT RATING INTRO

• Course Introduction
• Instrument Rating Requirements & Privileges
• Instrument Currency
• Overview of the IFR System

 CLASS 2: FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS

• Pitot Static System
• Electrical Instruments
• Vacuum Systems
• Transponder
• Compass Errors
• Attitude Instrument Flying   

CLASS 3:  ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION

• VOR Navigation
• DME
• Area Navigation
• Required Navigation Performance (RNP)
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)
• ADF Navigation

CLASS 4: FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS

• Airspace
• General Flight Rules Review – Part 91
• Instrument Flight Rules – Part 91
• Runway Lighting
• Tower Enroute Routes (TEC)
• ATC Clearances IFR/VFR/Composite Plans
• VFR On-Top / Over the Top

 CLASS 5: IFR DEPARTURE PROCEDURES

• Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPs)
• Takeoff Minimums
• Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODP)
• Standard Instrument Departures (SID)
• Radar Departures
• VFR Departures

 CLASS 6: IFR ENROUTE PROCEDURES

• Enroute Charts
• NACO vs. Jeppesen Charts
• Enroute Procedures- Communications
• IFR Cruising Altitudes
• Holding Procedures

CLASS 7: IFR ARRIVAL PROCEDURES

• Enroute Transitions
• Standard Terminal Arrival Route (STAR)
• Approach Types: Precision / Non-Precision

 CLASS 8: IFR APPROACHES PROCEDURES

• Understanding Approach Plates
• Straight In vs. Circling Approaches
• Course Reversals
• Timed Approaches
• Missed Approaches
• Visual and Contact Approaches

CLASS 9: IFR INSTRUMENT APPROACHES

• VOR & NDB Approaches
• ILS Approaches
• Localizer Approaches
• LDF and SDF Approaches
• RNAV Approaches
• GPS (LNAV, LNAV+V, LPV, LP)
• Landing Minimums

CLASS 10: IFR AVIATION WEATHER THEORY

• Introduction to Weather Theory
• Weather Factors
• Specific IFR Weather Hazards
• Weather Reports & Forecasts
• Graphical Weather Products
• Sources of Weather Information

CLASS 11: IFR EMERGENCIES & SINGLE PILOT CRM

• IFR Lost Communications
• Instrument Failures
• Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR)
• Precision Approach Radar (PAR)
• No-Gyro Approach
• PAVE Checklist
• Hazardous Attitudes
• Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT)
• Single-Pilot IFR

CLASS 12: IFR FLIGHT PLANNING

• Weather Considerations
• Alternate Airports
• Altitude Selection
• Fuel Requirements
• Route Selection
• Approach Selection
• IFR Flight Plan
• Navigation Log