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From: markmo@tekig.UUCP (Mark Morland)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: INSTRUMENT TRAINING ADVICE WANTED
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Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 02:20:46 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  6 02:20:46 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 8-Jun-85 01:25:17 EDT
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Effective June 7, 1985, the FAR's have changed to allow an instrument
rating to be achieved with 125 hours of total time (it was 200 hours).
The stated reason for the change is to encourage private pilots to
pursue instrument training early in their careers as "continued VFR
flight into IFR conditions" is a major cause of accidents.

Please help me complete (and correct) the IFR requirement list:
(I don't have the FAR's at my terminal :-)

50 hours of instrument operation (of which 20 may be on a simulator)

X number of approaches by XYZ navaids.

the written, of course.

How much time must be dual with an instructor, verses using another
private pilot for a safety pilot on hooded cross countries?

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I've been flying 8-10 hours per month, and can expect to reach 125
total this summer.  I feel that I do best if am actively pursuing a
rating, or otherwise working hard on skills like precision landings,
aerobatics (soon, I hope), or flying blind - I mean flying a T-craft :-).
My IFR training options are:

To join a local Pilot Proficiency Center - which has an ATC 810 simulator
and King VCR courses available in the membership fee of $99 for 3 months.
They have an IFR 152 for $28/hr., and charge $20/hr. for in-plane or
simulator instruction.

To return to the school I used for my private, where they have an IFR
172 for $33/hr. (or $290 for 10 hours), and instruction costs $15/hr.
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I'm interested in pro and con discussions regarding the rules change,
and my choice to go for it (at the 90 hour point).

P.S.  How long should it take the FAA to send me my Private? (8 weeks
and counting)


Tx in advance,

Mark Morland   

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