Instrument Rating · Online Ground School

Make sense of IFR.
Before you fly it.

Connect weather, systems, and procedures to the decisions behind every Instrument flight. Build your understanding with a structured course you can study anywhere, alongside your own instructor.

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11 chapters
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Interactive voice practice

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Practice aloud with a natural, instructor-style coach. Explain your thinking, ask questions, and receive adaptive follow-ups.

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Each guided lesson lasts up to one hour. Use the pack within 90 days. No subscription.

The same Practice Pack works for Private Pilot, Instrument, Mock Oral, and Radio Call practice.

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Controlled learningUses the Instrument Rating scenario bank, the current FAA ACS baseline, and on-demand FAA/eCFR/NOAA source checks. Student answers are never promoted into facts automatically.

Instrument Rating ACS 14 CFR Part 61 14 CFR Part 91 FAA AIM PHAK Instrument Procedures Handbook Chart Supplements

Set up while parked.Do not use this practice tool while operating an aircraft or vehicle. Stop whenever attention is needed elsewhere.

AI practice aid only. This is not a certificated flight instructor, approved flight simulator or training device, real DPE, FAA service, logbook endorsement, instrument clearance, operational briefing, or substitute for current FAA publications, charts, NOTAMs, weather products, the aircraft POH/AFM, or instruction from an authorized flight instructor.

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