On The Cover: Pilots using a view-limiting device is a familiar sight to instrument students and those who have earned the rating. It's a rite of passage but also an ongoing tool if we don't have ready access to a training device that reasonably stimulates the aircraft we fly. The article beginning on Page 16 has lots more on practicing approaches.
One of the instrument rating’s dirty little secrets that no one tells you about until it’s too late is the amount of recurrent training you need to legally fly IFR after the checkride. The details—along with options and potential loopholes—are in FAR 61.57, Recent flight experience: Pilot in command, portions of which we all know […]
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