INSTRUMENT FLYING - THE WAY I FLY IFR - FLIGHT TRAINING - CFII FLYING IN THE CLOUDS TO FLIGHT LESSON

Come along with me as I fly from Auburn Airport to Petaluma under IFR for an approach in actual instrument conditions.

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📝 Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Overview
01:41 - Picking up my instrument clearance
03:26 - Is my GPS WAAS-enabled?
04:00 - Can I re-enter the course direct under IFR?
04:38 - Aviate, Navigate, Communicate
05:27 - Navigate with the 5 T’s
06:27 - Communicate – and the 5 A’s
07:51 - Cleared for the RNAV approach
09:56 - Talk out loud – Let your ears cross-check your mouth
11:53 - Wrap-up
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[tjwilliams]

Great video jason. I talk to people about finding that understanding and way to get all the info you need for an approach. You give such good examples and explain things so well. Thanks again for sharing.

[mod.ambience]

I'm an instrument-rated pilot that hasn't flown in 15 or so years, and prepping for the process of getting back into flying again. I'm finding your channel invaluable for getting caught back up on the knowledge portion of things before I start taking lessons again. Thanks for putting out the great content! One thing that stuck out to me was that I didn't see you brief your missed approach procedures. If there's one thing I remember from all those years ago, it's that. I know it's tough to cram everything you do into a short video, and you may have done it off-camera, but just wanted to point it out for others.

[tedsaylor]

Great Flight, even for VFR those are great habits to get into as you build time.

[bk]

I like the advice- "say things to yourself" !!... my CFII and one day the DPE is going to wonder what's happening with the two flies buzzing around in my head!!

[OrhunCicek-rk]

Literally the very best CFII on the earth, thank you sir for all.

[Saml]

This is a great video. Love listening to you teach.

[CaptainSultan]

Always love your videos… I do miss the previous music you had at the beginning. It had a Carlos Santana vibe that always made me smile.

[PilotDiggerdavid]

Really good video. Thanks for the real life experience. North East is a very intimidating area to fly IFR.

[justinbarnes]

"Single pilot environment....you have to find redundancy wherever you can". Yikes... that brought this one very fact to my mind.... you are in a single engine Arrow flying in real IMC. No redundancy there... if that engine began to run rough and/or quit... well, I would love to hear your thoughts on such a situation? Love watching your content.

[mattg]

Great video. Another avenue for checking WAAS is actually to use the GPS Status page in the NAV group (second to last page). "3D DIFF NAV" in the upper right indicates SBAS corrections and WAAS functionality. Less twisting and button pushing than going into AUX & SBAS

[flyingjeff]

Waaaay back, a retired Air Force sim instructor taught me my most valuable IFR skill. Scan, don't stare. Pick up info from the gauges at a glance.

[reodds]

Hi Jason, first time on your channel. As a very rusty pilot trying to get back into flying, (Comm/Inst SEL), this was a great video, looking for more of the same! Thanks for the content!

[MB-teog]

amazing video sir, I'm EASA ATPL and FAA instructor and still learn so much from you, keep the videos coming and thanks for sharing the knowledge,
Ps, i think you look like Joaquim phoenix ;) tail winds and blue skies

[patrickpowell]

"If I was my own (CF)double-I..." so true we have to think this way.

[bernardanderson]

You are a great CFII after watching this

[williamcarter]

From a FB post:

Picking up Clearance in the Air

We IFR pilots sometimes discus the pros and cons of picking up clearances in the air. Yesterday I heard an interesting interaction while online with Philly approach. There were scattered but significant storms in the area, so they were dealing with lots of deviations etc.

A Pilatus comes online and announces that they are climbing VFR and looking to pick up their IFR clearance. The controller was clearly not pleased with this request and told the Pilatus pilot that he should’ve picked up his clearance on the ground. It was a very busy time, so it was not easy to accommodate. Then he simply said, “say intentions”. In other words, he was saying I’m not going to give you your clearance, so what are you going to do! He let the pilot think about this for a while, which seemed like an interesting tactic to really drive home the point this guy was not quite as clever as he thought he was. I don’t remember the exact language, but the controller implied also that it was clear this guy was trying to avoid some ground-based delays.

The controller soon came back and gave him some advice about perhaps contacting some other controllers to get his clearance. He said good luck. So he did help him in the end, and he was relatively nice about it at that point.

Anyway, for me, this was a good lesson, hearing the controller side of things. I know you can pick up your clearance in the air if you really have to, but this underscored for me that whenever possible, you should always pick up your clearance and release on the ground.

Coincidentally, I had recently called my local clearance delivery (McGuire in New Jersey) to ask about picking up clearances in the air, as I depart from an uncontrolled field (N12). After some discussion, it was clear to me that he was basically saying “why don’t you please always just follow the normal procedure and pick it up on the ground, as I can assure you that anything else can cause trouble for us and for you. “

[utac]

Nailbiter! Actually flying IFR solo in fog is the real deal

[pettcaanderson]

Very nice Jason, thank you definitely excellent procedures and tricks

[skyepilotte]

Great instructing Jason...aways keeping ahead of the aircraft ...anticipating the next step..

[fzakrzewski]

I think sometime before my IFR check ride I should try and catch you to get some extra-extra set of eyes on everything before my IFR check out 😀