Starting Instrument on Monday

[Tupac]

Flying up to Lincoln, Nebraska for accelerated instrument with a friend. I'm very excited - It was one of our spur of the moment decisions. (Seriously, we just had the idea tonight)



I'm very excited, I can't wait to learn me how to fly in them thar clouds!

[EskimoJoe]

Have your survival gear.

You know, just in case.

I'm sure you already know, but a reminder is never bad.

[Flipperk]

Flying up to Lincoln, Nebraska for accelerated instrument with a friend. I'm very excited - It was one of our spur of the moment decisions. (Seriously, we just had the idea tonight)

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I'm very excited, I can't wait to learn me how to fly in them thar clouds!

I would add some VOR's into the mix. You can try some radio frequency navigation.

[1sum41]

I would add some VOR's into the mix. You can try some radio frequency navigation.

Georgetown still has an adf iirc.

[2ADoc]

I would throw some VORs in the just in case the GPS takes a dump on you.  At least you will have some heading and freqs to go by.  Always good to have a back up.  Also mever draw the line on your sectional in red marker, cause if it gets late like at night, and you turn on those nifty red cockpit lights, your line disappears.

[Dichotomy]

when you fly over my house Tup could you NOT drop the 'relief' this time? It was funny once

good luck bro.. be safe

[Golfer]

Accelerated course, eh?

What could possibly go wrong.

[Dichotomy]

I'm not a real pilot but my best guess is A LOT.

[Tupac]

Accelerated course, eh?

What could possibly go wrong.

It helps that he is a family friend with a flexible schedule

when you fly over my house Tup could you NOT drop the 'relief' this time? It was funny once

good luck bro.. be safe

No promises 

[MachFly]

It helps that he is a family friend with a flexible schedule

No promises 

I think Golfer means that you might not learn as much as you should.

[Dichotomy]

No promises 

32.697872,-97.183252

fairly close by your flight path it looks like

[Tupac]

I think Golfer means that you might not learn as much as you should.

At the end of the day I still get to take a checkride with a DPE, and pass my written just like everyone else.

(And you dont know my friend - I'm staying at his house. He will make sure I don't waste my time)

[Golfer]

Passing a checkride just means you passed a checkride.  Accelerating your training to focus on passing one examiners checkride doesn't a competent pilot make. Diploma mills across the country do this all the time and make a lot of money in the process.  I'm sure your friend will have a good gouge on what the examiner likes to see and what they ask. That's great for getting through the PTS under a few hours of scrutiny but when you're shouldered with the responsibility of making some very important decisions all you'll have to fall on is your training and experience. With no experience all you'll have is your training and if it's just a house of cards to get you through a check ride then you've done yourself and your passengers a disservice by not being as prepared as you could be.

Scott Crossfield forgot more about flying than most will ever know and was killed penetrating some spring thunderstorms. Keep him in mind through your training when you think you've got a good handle on things. You don't.

Good luck, have fun and never pass up an opportunity to make the conservative decision.

[Tupac]

Good luck, have fun and never pass up an opportunity to make the conservative decision.

 

[2ADoc]

Don't worry he will get the required time, I believe it is 150 hours total time, that could be for the commercial though.  He still has to pass the written and the instrument is the hardest one that there is.  Also most of the DPE's that do the instrument check ride are a lot harder than they are on the private, the way they look at it, the guy taking the instrument is going to be trolling around in the clouds with them, and they want them to know what they are doing.  The reason I know is my dad was a DPE out of the San Antonio FSDO.