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Instrument Flying & Aerodynamics

Navigation

1. VOR 101
2. Using VOR
3. Distance Measuring Equipment
4. Ensuring VOR or DME is working
5. Knowing Where you are Regarding a VOR
6. Global Positioning System 101
7. WAAS vs. Non-WAAS
8. HSI 101
9. Finding Intersections with VOR-LOC-DME

Flight Planning

1. Flight Planning 101

Flight Planning Part 2

1. NOTAMS
2. FSS
3. ATIS

Pitot Static System

Gyro Instruments, Vacuum System & Glass Cockpits

Approach Lighting

1. Approach Lighting
2. Descending Below DH/MDA
3. 2 Bar & 3 Bar VASI
4. PAPI Lighting System

Weather

1. Causes of Weather
2. Stability of an Air Masses
3. Temperature Inversions, Dewpoint & Fog
4. Types of Clouds
5. Weather Fronts
6. Thunderstorms, Wind Shear & Microbursts
7. Icing / Reporting Icing
8. Frost, Freezing Rain and Wet Snow
9. Turbulence & Mountain Waves

Weather Part 2

1. Standard Pressure & Temperature
2. Convection & Circulation
3. Occluded Fronts
4. Jet Stream

Interpretting Weather

Airspace

Alternate Airports

1. Alternate Airport Weather
2. Non-Standard Alternate Minimums

IFR En Route

1. Cruise Clearance
2. Direct Routing & Reporting Points
3. VFR On Top
4. ARTCC Remote Sites & Frequencies / FIR’s
5. FSS Frequencies on IFR Chart
6. Calculating Rate of Descent
7. Unusual Attitude Recovery

IFR En Route Part 2

1. Airport information on Enroute Chart
2. Minimum Enroute Altitude (MEA) & Maximum Authorized Altitude (MAA)
3. Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitude (MOCA)
4. Minimum Crossing Altitude (MCA)
5. Off Route Obstruction Clearance Altitude (OROCA)
6. Airways
7. Maintaining Airway Centerline
8. RNAV Fix & Waypoint Markings
9. NDB Markings
10. DME Mileage & Total Mileage
11. VOR (Altitudes, Communication, Navigation & Usable Distances)
12. VOR (Airway Point, Changeover Point, Center Frequencies & MRA)

Approach Plates, SIDS & STARS

1. DP Frequencies / Profile
2. Non-Standard Takeoff/Alternate Minimums
3. ODP & SID Departure Procedures
4. Climb Via SIDS
5. Climb Rates & Gradients
6. Diverse & VOCA Departure
7. STAR Arrival Procedures
8. Approach Chart Format Part 1
9. Approach Chart Format Part 2
10. IAF, IF, FAF
11. Aircraft Approach Categories
12. Runway Visual Range (RVR) & Precision Runway Monitor (PRM)
13. Approach Plate Briefing Part 1 – VOR
14. Approach Plate Briefing Part 2 – ILS
15. Approach Plate Briefing Part 3 – GPS

Initial Approach

1. Contact & Visual Approaches
2. Expected Descent Rate
3. IFR in to uncontrolled airport
4. Initial Approach fixes & No Procedure Turn
5. DME Arcs & Errors
6. LDA & SDF Approaches
7. Radar vectors to Parallel Runway Approaches
8. Wake Turbulence

Non-Precision Instrument Approaches

1. VOR Approach & Stepdown Fixes
2. LOC Approach & LOC Back Course Approaches
3. GPS Approach
4. ASR Approaches & No-Gyro Vectors
5. MAP Without Glideslope

Precision Instrument Approaches

1. Instrument Landing System
2. Precision Missed Approach Point with Glideslope

Circling Approaches

1. Circling Approaches

Missed Approach

1. Missed Approach Prior to MAP
2. Non-Precision Missed Approach

Holding

1. Standard & Non-Standard Holds
2. Holding at DME Fix
3. Holding Pattern
4. Holding Pattern Entries & Speeds

ATC Communications & Clearances

Weight & Balance

1. Weight & Balance
2. Weight & Balance Calculations

Instrument Pilot FAR’s

1. Aircraft Stuff
2. Pilot Rules
3. In Flight Rules
4. NTSB Part 830
5. Aeronautical Decision Making

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