Instrument Proficiency Tips/Ideas?
Asked by: LTCTerry 3735 views General Aviation, Instrument Rating
I have flown well over 200 hours in the last three years - all but about 10 in gliders.
I got an instrument rating in 2007 and was able to stay legal until the following year when I deployed to Iraq for a year. I did an IPC and stayed legal for the next year. Then, I went to Germany for two years - hence the glider flying - and actually got a German power license - but did minimal power flying; it was over $300/hour for a nice 172! I returned home last year and began some refresher training towards doing an IPC. A health issue cropped up, real life got in the way, and eventually I got the special issuance medical in the mail.
I recently spent about three productive hours in a Redbird simulator and 2.1 hours in the air. I'm now ASEL and IFR current. I instruct a couple days a month in gliders. My budget can support about two hours of power flying a month.
I'm now "legal" but I want to become better, smarter, safer at flying in the IFR system. What ideas do you have for a developmental plan that will allow me to grow and maintain currency without the "gotta get six and a hold in today" mentality? I don't mind doing some/all of it with a CFII or a safety pilot.
Thanks!
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