HOW I ALMOST MISSED OUT ON THE REAL TRAINING

[...]what could go wrong? I had started my instrument rating training a few months earlier, immediately after earning my private pilot license, in fact. Prior to the check ride, I took some time off from work, properly reviewed regulations and weather theory, and squeezed in a couple of practice fli...

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Published inPlane & pilot Vol. 55; no. 10; pp. 50 - 53
Main Author Ben-Menahem, Avi
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chattanooga Flying Media Group 01.11.2019
Subjects
Aircraft accidents & safety
Airports
Flight training
Pilot training
Pilots
Radio communications
Weather
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Summary:[...]what could go wrong? I had started my instrument rating training a few months earlier, immediately after earning my private pilot license, in fact. Prior to the check ride, I took some time off from work, properly reviewed regulations and weather theory, and squeezed in a couple of practice flights. Here's how the profile goes: "Shoot" the ILS 17 in Tacoma (KTIW), go missed and then fly to the published hold, brief the next approach, shoot the LOC 17 to Tacoma, go missed and then shoot the GPS 35 circle-to-land 17. Because the winter weather in Seattle normally calls for southern flow, the profile mostly works very well. Or we would shoot the ILS in Port Angeles to a circle-to-land in JeffCo, or an ILS to Tacoma and from there an ILS to Olympia, and so on. Since all the airports are really close to each other, I became proficient at programming the navigator and briefing the approaches.
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