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Instrument Pilot Ground School

Course Introduction

What is Instrument Flying? (1:52)
Using this Course (3:41)
IFR Checkride Study Guide

Class 1 - Fundamentals of IFR

Are You IFR Legal? (12:55)
The Flight Instruments - For IFR (11:39)
Pressure Altitude and Density Altitude (5:44)
Attitude Instrument Flying (6:28)
Magnetic Dip (10:03)
Instrument Failures (3:37)

Class 2 - VOR and NDB

VOR Explained (9:55)
Tips for Using VORs (12:42)
Navigating with VOR (36:35)
VOR Service Volume (6:52)
Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) (7:48)
Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) (12:14)
Non Directional Beacon (NDB) (7:26)

Class 3 - Introducing Instrument Approaches

The Instrument Landing System (ILS) (11:26)
Flying an ILS (8:36)
ILS Specifications (7:12)
Basics of Approach Plates (14:44)
Approach Minimums (7:59)
The Approach Brief (8:59)
The Airport Environment (6:24)
Runway Markings and Lighting (7:30)

Class 4 - En Route Navigation

The IFR Enroute Low Chart (6:07)
The IFR Enroute High Chart (3:57)
Review of Airspace (7:44)
Airspace on IFR Charts (7:34)
Minimum IFR Altitudes (12:53)
Navigating the Airways (7:17)
The 1 in 60 Rule (6:18)

Class 5 - Departing IFR

Planning an IFR Flight (11:32)
Filing a Flight Plan (2:21)
Do You Need an Alternate? (12:00)
IFR Clearance (9:16)
Departing Non Towered Fields (9:55)
Instrument Departures and SIDs (17:00)
Flying the Obstacle Departure Procedure (10:15)
Diverse Vector Area (3:33)
Cruise Clearance (5:36)

Class 6 - Air Traffic Control

Approach Clearances (10:51)
Picking up an IFR Clearance En Route (8:00)
Fly this ILS Approach into Austin (7:43)
Preferred IFR Routes - Tower En Route Control (9:31)
Arriving at a Non Towered Field (7:08)
Lost Communications Procedures (8:14)
Minimum Vectoring Altitude (5:02)
VFR on Top (9:52)

Class 7 - The Instrument Approach

Minimum Descent Altitude vs. Decision Altitude (6:49)
Where is the Missed Approach Point? (7:19)
Non Precision Approaches (11:39)
Getting Established on an ILS (5:11)
Flying a Glideslope (4:03)
A Strange ILS (7:23)
Procedure Turns (9:12)
3 Different Missed Approaches (6:23)

Class 8 - Weather Part 1

Heating Effects (2:48)
Wind (1:51)
Clouds and Precipitation (3:07)

Class 9 - Weather Part 2

Air Masses and Fronts (19:13)
Weather Hazards (4:17)

Class 10 - Sources of Flight Information

Weather Observations and Forecasts (6:31)
Weather Charts and NOTAMs (31:06)

Class 11 - Global Positioning System (GPS)

RNAV (GPS) Approaches (6:44)
GPS Navigation (13:46)
GPS Sensitivity (10:43)
LP vs. LNAV (3:12)
Advisory Glidepath (6:12)

Class 12 - Holding Patterns

Hold Entries (9:30)
VOR Holds (15:07)
Triple Drift Correction (3:49)
Unpublished Holds (6:15)
Hold Protection (5:05)

Class 13 - Mastering Approaches

Flying a Backcourse (9:26)
Circle to Land (11:19)
DME Arcs (6:59)
Fly the DME Arc into Martin State (36:53)
Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (STAR) (15:19)
Terminal Arrival Area (8:59)
Visual and Contact Approaches (8:28)
Charted Visual Procedures (5:40)
Localizer Type Directional Aid (LDA) (4:45)
Transitioning to Jeppesen Charts (8:07)
Approach Profiles (6:35)

Class 14 - The Human in the Cockpit

The Lungs and Circulatory System (2:00)
Vision and Spatial Orientation (2:41)
Aeronautical Decisionmaking (21:42)

Class 15 - Review of Regulations

Certification (4:32)
Preflight Action (8:19)
Operating Rules (2:34)
Oxygen Requirements Applied to IFR (4:58)

Using this Course

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