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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Train with your own CFII

Flight-by-flight preparation

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Choose the flight assigned by your instructor. The relevant study material, questions, and videos will appear together.

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Assigned lesson / TCO event

Stage I · Dual local | Suggested 1.2 hr

Flight 1: Aircraft orientation and basic attitude instrument flight

Learn the PA-28-140 IFR cockpit and establish precise aircraft control using only instrument reference.

Mission

Learn the PA-28-140 IFR cockpit and establish precise aircraft control using only instrument reference.
Suggested profile: Dual local | Suggested 1.2 hr.
Completion standard: Takeoffs and landings safely at least to private-pilot proficiency; maintain altitude +/-200 ft, heading +/-15 deg, and airspeed +/-15 kt.

Assigned resources

Videos for this event

GNS 430WGarmin 430/530 WAAS GNS 430WIFR Approaches with Garmin 430/530 GNX 375GPS 175 / GNX 375 / GNC 355 Training GNX 375Garmin GNX 375 Navigator Overview

Learning tool: The coach provides briefing feedback only. It does not authorize, cancel, release, or recommend whether a flight should occur.

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Interactive procedure lab

Visualize the ILS descent profile

Adjust groundspeed and glidepath to estimate a target descent rate. Current charts, aircraft documents, and instructor direction control.

Groundspeed 90 ktGlidepath 3.0°