I highly recommend any DVD by Richard Collins for IFR. If you can find them. Today with all the information in real time it is easy to not go any further. However, Richard gives you the information to predict what's going to happen and when, what you see, tells you that the forecast will be wrong. He also shows you what that looks like. I don't know how many times my passenger would ask when we are leaving and I would say when the flags start moving from the South to the West. We could be driving around town, lightning and rain, and once the flags moved we could head to the airport and the weather would have cleared.
Great job, and thanks for posting. My goal is to get my IFR in 2024. I also have an 83 m20k and upgraded last year to dual GI275 which are great and recommend it but if you want my old HSI with a working glide slope let me know.
Good luck on your IFR training. I fly in the area (KRNT) and having the rating to be able to depart & land through low clouds is enormously helpful in the PNW. Many trips I would have to cancel because the ceiling was 800-2000, but clear on top at 3500-6000 I can now easily make. Also as busy as the SEA airspace is, it's often nice to just file IFR even on clear days as you will most likely get cleared through the class B. This is a great areas to train and fly IFR. The only issue is the freezing level can drop to the surface to 4000, and the mountains make it impossible to fly during large parts of the winter. And sometimes due to the large cloud coverage your alternate would have to be fairly far away :)
That’s what I’ve been hearing, so planning on very generous “personal minimums” :) Hope to meet you one day at a local field - I have a lot of service done at S50
@@sayitrightmedia7111 What's great about the area is that as the freezing level rises you can practice in _actually_ IMC down to the FAF. And most of the local fields have approaches. FYI - here's a clip of what not to do LOL ruclips.net/video/WR1hKMvszS0/видео.htmlsi=VUHkTo8wRzRMOldg
First time I filed an IFR flight plan I was so proud of myself. I had just gotten my instrument and actually found myself 30 miles away from my home field with a little mist rolling in, so I got on the phone and filed. Took off, and sure enough, there was just barely enough obscuration when I got up, that 4 minutes of the 20-minute flight were in IMC. Woo-hoo, I was in the system! Then it cleared up, I landed, went home, and there was a message on my answering machine to CALL TRACON. It was also the first (and only) flight that I forgot to cancel my flight plan. Doh.
Good job capturing the cockpit audio. I'm just starting my instrument training, studying for the written first. You'll likely get criticism for the backing music track, a lot of folks like to hear the engine and wind noises unimpeded by anything other than radio chatter but I like your edit and appreciate you sharing the flight. Love Mooneys too, the J model is my dream airplane.
Only as accurate as AOPA can make 'em. So 7% of the 1% of the US population ( 2019 - 3,3m pilot licenses issued | 238K IFR licenses | 103, 879 commercial, and 164,193 ATP pilots ). I guess that's the approximate talent pool?Cant' speak for the fish :).
I highly recommend any DVD by Richard Collins for IFR. If you can find them. Today with all the information in real time it is easy to not go any further. However, Richard gives you the information to predict what's going to happen and when, what you see, tells you that the forecast will be wrong. He also shows you what that looks like.
I don't know how many times my passenger would ask when we are leaving and I would say when the flags start moving from the South to the West. We could be driving around town, lightning and rain, and once the flags moved we could head to the airport and the weather would have cleared.
Great job, and thanks for posting. My goal is to get my IFR in 2024. I also have an 83 m20k and upgraded last year to dual GI275 which are great and recommend it but if you want my old HSI with a working glide slope let me know.
Planning on a G3X and GFC 500 so we’ll see if it pans out :)
Good luck on your IFR training. I fly in the area (KRNT) and having the rating to be able to depart & land through low clouds is enormously helpful in the PNW. Many trips I would have to cancel because the ceiling was 800-2000, but clear on top at 3500-6000 I can now easily make. Also as busy as the SEA airspace is, it's often nice to just file IFR even on clear days as you will most likely get cleared through the class B. This is a great areas to train and fly IFR.
The only issue is the freezing level can drop to the surface to 4000, and the mountains make it impossible to fly during large parts of the winter. And sometimes due to the large cloud coverage your alternate would have to be fairly far away :)
That’s what I’ve been hearing, so planning on very generous “personal minimums” :) Hope to meet you one day at a local field - I have a lot of service done at S50
@@sayitrightmedia7111 What's great about the area is that as the freezing level rises you can practice in _actually_ IMC down to the FAF. And most of the local fields have approaches.
FYI - here's a clip of what not to do LOL
ruclips.net/video/WR1hKMvszS0/видео.htmlsi=VUHkTo8wRzRMOldg
Very nice job to still be so new to IFR flying! We appreaciate you sharing, good luck with the rest of your training!
First time I filed an IFR flight plan I was so proud of myself. I had just gotten my instrument and actually found myself 30 miles away from my home field with a little mist rolling in, so I got on the phone and filed. Took off, and sure enough, there was just barely enough obscuration when I got up, that 4 minutes of the 20-minute flight were in IMC. Woo-hoo, I was in the system! Then it cleared up, I landed, went home, and there was a message on my answering machine to CALL TRACON. It was also the first (and only) flight that I forgot to cancel my flight plan. Doh.
Nicely done.
Thanks ! Loving it:)
Good job capturing the cockpit audio. I'm just starting my instrument training, studying for the written first. You'll likely get criticism for the backing music track, a lot of folks like to hear the engine and wind noises unimpeded by anything other than radio chatter but I like your edit and appreciate you sharing the flight. Love Mooneys too, the J model is my dream airplane.
Thanks and good luck ! FYI The audio track picks up only what is heard through the intercom system . (My Mooney model is the 231 M20k )
My pilots license is only 7 numbers...now that's a long long time ago.
Me too, old. Keeping your IFR current helps you to keep getting older.
This is great...I just started my ppl journey myself
Well, if those stats are true, you better hope the pilots on your airline flight didn't eat the fish!
Only as accurate as AOPA can make 'em. So 7% of the 1% of the US population ( 2019 - 3,3m pilot licenses issued | 238K IFR licenses | 103, 879 commercial, and 164,193 ATP pilots ). I guess that's the approximate talent pool?Cant' speak for the fish :).