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1. $50 off Sporty’s Instrument Rating Course.
Save $50 for IFR Month. Sporty’s award-winning Instrument Rating Course has been updated for 2025, with a number of significant enhancements that make IFR training more engaging and efficient. If earning an instrument rating is on your list of New Year’s resolutions, now is the time to get started. Updates for 2025 include the introduction of cutting-edge AI tools, new video-based training content, and extensive test prep updates.
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2. No Second Chances— An IFR Approach Scenario.
In this IFR Mastery Scenario, you are flying a well-equipped Beech Sundowner from Abilene, Texas back home to Mc Alester, Oklahoma. There is a forecast for low ceilings at your destination, but there are two RNAV approaches including an LPV. As you approach Mc Alester, the weather is barely above approach minimums. You execute the approach, but a miscue activating the approach lights forces a missed approach.
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3. The Arrogant Pilot.
On one early Monday morning, I took things for granted. I cut corners. I made certain assumptions about a departing fuel truck and an obscured fuel gauge—no substitute for pilot responsibility. Thirty minutes later, barely clearing the redwood ridge tops of the Santa Cruz mountains, I would dive for the first straight section of road I could find in Silicon Valley.
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4. The ABCs of Emergencies.
While complete engine failures are not common, the stakes are high which is why pilots train extensively for such occurrences and why they get evaluated as part of a checkride. If faced with an engine failure, or training for your next engine failure with your instructor, act quickly and decisively by remembering what you learned in kindergarten – your ABCs.
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5. Airline Pilots Are the Most Scrutinized Profession.
Pilots undergo recurrent checks and proficiency checks administered by check airmen who observe and evaluate to ensure compliance and standardization throughout the company and industry. These checks are pass or fail. Doctors, lawyers, and judges are not checked to ensure their ability to perform their duties.
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