FLY ALONG with a CFII on an ACTUAL IFR FLIGHT - PILOT! The Flight Chapters of the Ground School app

I completed my IFR check ride in a Beech Duchess Twin, in ACTUAL IMC! I mean from wheels up we were in it right until gear down hood off and down to minimums for landing. It was without question, the MOST challenging flight test, the most challenging flying I conducted during my training (PPL, CPL, Multi, IFR). The A/C also did NOT have glass cockpit, I used steam gauges the whole time and man it was a challenge. Yet I aced it! Now, same scenario without the Chief Pilot next to me, on my own, newly minted IFR on my license, would I do it again? ABSOLUTELY NOT! IFR is serious stuff and I would need to fly many hours IFR in VMC to hone my skills and procedures! Big reason: risk of spacial disorientation which can easily induce a spiral dive and possible A/C break up in flight or acceleration stall! NO THANKS!

Thanks for just showing the instrument panel.

You are absolutely a great amazing CFII and this is what IFR is all about

I LOVE that you just said this (at minute 17:00): "pitch for vertical speed, power for airspeed". This is such a contentious statement in the CFI world and yet, it shouldn't be. I have had heated arguments with other CFI's over this (they, LOUDLY insisting that power controls altitude and pitch controls airspeed). To be clear: you cant change one without changing the other (pure physics). Both work in concert with each other. I think those who are confused only see the net results of their actions and dont break down the mechanics of those actions that got them to the end result.

Oh wow N5218F! I took my discovery flight in that plane in 2020!

Amazing. Can’t wait to see more in the app

Excellent! Working on my instrument now...and have the Ground School app! Keep em coming!! Thank you!

Can’t wait for the videos. I have IFR Pilot that needs some confidence builder.

Great video. One warning/advice I wish someone had giving me and had to learn the hard way is that sometimes controllers are busy and they don't give you a step down far enough to intercept which makes it so you have to decend very fast once established which might force a missed approach. Point being, if they don't give you a lower altitude, don't wait for the last minute. Ask for it.

🎶 ✈️’We went dancing, dancing, dancing cross our IFR. . . 🎶’ Thanks for the Road Trip ! 😃 Vector Trip ! 😃✈️🎶

Just got my instrument, multi, and commercial and learned a lot from this video. Now that I’m through flight school I’m excited to fly small planes ifr.

throttle down to 2,020 is confusing when you mean descend to 2020. Was thinking you were referring to RPM - Just an FYI...Enjoyed your video sir.

I recall that during my first attempt during the check ride my heading indicator drifted quite a bit within the first 10 minutes of the flight (school airplane) and I got a dismissal from the examiner as it caused a full deflection. I went to a different plane with Garmin G5s.

this is an awesome video with just the needles...only thing is no flaps, no speed reductions...practice like you wold fly it is how I was always taught

This video is so good I feel like I should be paying for it!

Looks like the last thousand feet got a little fast. Bumped up to about 96 kn on the approach. Last thousand feet should be thinking about slowing a little bit more towards 80 kn with one notch flaps. The reason I mentioned this is because if you were actually to break out close to minimums and need to deploy more flaps, you are currently at 96 notch which exceeds the top of the white arc.

The only problem with the app is it's Apple only 😅 I have Android.. so can't get it! 😬🙆‍♂️

Great video! Will you share video of a hold pattern?

Who do you use for your checkrides in NorCal?

Six configurations? Did you work for PIC at one time? Thank you for "pitch to the glide slope and power to the airspeed". It worksed for me for my entire airline career form the Beech 1900 all the way to the CRJ-700.