Instrument Rating
1/1/2011 — Would you like to not have to delay flights because of a cloud cover? The instrument rating provides a pilot with an incredible increase in utilization of the private pilot certificate. Trips can be planned with a much higher probability that they will be able to be flown. The instrument rating is a critical step in the training process for those who are looking to be professional pilots. And for those who are flying for private or business purposes, the increase in flight planning reliability will surely make a return on your investment in the instrument rating.
While you may find other programs that have no logical order to the training, at Gulf Coast Aviation you'll find an organized, efficient curriculum. Our well-maintained, modern aircraft are ideal platforms on which to receive your flight training for the IFR environment. You may expect that a modern aircraft would cost more money, but you actually end up saving money, time, and frustration with us. Furthermore, we teach in the clouds at every opportunity we get to give our students the preparation for real IFR flying that time under the hood or a simulator can not give.
Furthermore, our Full Motion Flight Simulator (AATD) can allow us to provide realistic training scenarios that further imporve your safety and aeronautical decision making
Length of Flight Training
Flight training for the instrument rating can be completed in as little as 10 days or can take up to 6 months, depending on your schedule. For those interested in our accelerated instrument training, please allow at least three weeks notice so that a dedicated instructor can be booked for you. We can help with hotel and car arrangements.
As an instrument rated pilot, you can:
- Fly into almost any airport you desire, including those served by airlines
- Plan on making the departure or arrival on time and not have to wait for clouds to clear
We standardize our training by using the King School Cessna Computer Based Instruction Curriculum. It is the same great program that we use for the Private Pilot Certificate. Materials from the FAA, ASA, and Cessna Aircraft Company are also used.
As you are exposed to the wonderful world of instrument flight, you will cover:
Basic Attitude Instrument Flying
Meteorology and Weather
Air traffic control system and procedures for instrument flight operation
IFR navigation and approaches by use of both ground and space based systems
Recognition of critical weather situations and windshear avoidance
Crew resource management, including crew communication and coordination
To be eligible to take the practical test for the instrument rating an applicant must have logged the following:
1) At least 50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command, of which at least 10 hours must be in airplanes for an instrment rating: and
2) A total of 40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time to include
(i) At least 15 hours of instrument flight training from an authorized instructor in the aircraft category for which the instrument rating is sought ( The remainder of the time may be flown with a safety pilot to lower the cost of the rating)
(ii) At least 3 hours of instrument training within the 60 days preceding the date of the test
(iii) An instrument cross-country flight that is performed under IFR and consists of at least 250 nautical miles, an instrument approach at each airport and three different kinds of approaches.
Gulf Coast Aviation's Curriculum will easily guide you through all of these requirements. All you have to do is complete each lesson, and when you're finished with the program, your requirements will all be complete - and you'll be confident as you go into your practical test!
Gulf Coast Aviation offers New Orleans flight training for Private and Instrument as an FAA approved Part 141 flight school. Our Baton Rouge location is currently a Part 61 flight school.
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