INSTRUMENT RATING
You have chosen the right airport to obtain your Instrument Rating, the Orlando Apopka Airport X04
After you have earned your private pilot license, you will undoubtedly want to start using your new skills. Then bad weather sets in, and you have to cancel your trip, lose vacation time, miss work days, and spend extra money. The solution is the instrument rating. Te instrument rating states that you are qualified to fly in less than V.F.R conditions, 1000 ft or less than 3 miles visibility, or obtain a "special VFR" clearance. This rating is useful when making long flights. It is very difficult to travel long distances ( over 400 miles ) without encountering weather that requires instrument skills.
WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR AN INSTRUMENT RATING
Hold a private pilot certificate.
Take instrument ground school and pass a written test with a score of 70% or better.
-50 hours as pilot-in-command (P.I.C) time cross country, not counting the 10 hours from your private cross-countries.
-40 hours of simulated or actual instrument time (either under the hood or in the clouds) and not more than 20 hours in an instrument ground trainer.
-15 hours of instrument flight instruction by a certified flight instructor (CFII) with at least 5 hours in airplanes or helicopters.
After you have met these requirements, you are ready for your instrument checkride
Costs
The cost is dependent upon your ability and flight time. Check with one of the fight schools we have here on the Orlando Apopka Airport, Apopka Aviation, Eliamo, First Landings or Grizzly Aviation for competing rates.
ONE NOTE: Only 15 hours are required by an instructor. It is legal to fly under the hood as long as there is another pilot in the right seat acting as a safety pilot. Many times you can save instructor fees or split the rental cost with another pilot to build your 40 hours. It is also efficient and more productive to use a ground trainer for the 20 allowable hours. Remember, when you have a question, you can press the pause button on a simulator, but you can not stop an airplane in flight.
When your ready to start your instrument rating, contact one of the flight schools here at the Orlando Apopka Airport, Apopka Aviation, Eliamo, First Landings or Grizzly Aviation
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