TRAINING SYLLABUS SunQuest Aviation INSTRUMENT RATING AIRPLANE
SUMMARY OF LESSONS FOR THE INSTRUMENT RATING
Flight Lesson Content Briefing Flight Training
No. Time Time Device
A BAI - constant speed and rate climbs & descents, standard rate turns, instrument scan 2.0
1 Basic Attitude Instrument Flying 1.0 1.5
B Introduction to VOR navigation 1.5
3 VOR navigation, intercepting and tracking radials 1.0 2.0
C Introduction to VOR/DME navigation 1.0
4 VOR/DME navigation, DME arcs, departure procedures 1.0 2.0
D Introduction to VOR holding with wind correction techniques 1.5
F Introduction of NDB navigation, ADF interpretation and NDB holding 1.0
6 Holding Procedures and wind correction techniques 2.0 2.0
9 NDB holding with wind correction, NDB approach and missed approach 1.0 1.5
5 NDB navigation, intercepting and tracking bearings, arrival procedures 1.5 2.5
G Introduction to full approaches & radar vectors to intercept NDB approaches 1.5
E Introduction to full approaches & radar vectors to intercept VOR approaches 1.5
7 VOR cross radials, intersection holding, instrument approach, missed approach 1.0 2.0
Basic partial panel flying - simulating gyro failure, timed turns, mag compass turns 1.0 2.0
H Introduction to full approaches & radar vectors to intercept ILS approaches 1.5
11 Practice ILS approaches, Glide Slope inoperative, partial panel approach 0.5 2.0
12 Intersection holding, partial panel approaches 0.5 2.0
10 Circling approach, VOR/VOT check, sidestep to another runway, arrival procedures 1.5 2.0
2 Emergency operations - stall recovery, steep turns, unusual attitude recovery 1.0 1.5
J Introduction to IFR cross country flight procedures 2.0
14 IFR enroute procedures, filing IFR flight plan, night IFR flight 2.0 3.0
15 250 nm IFR cross country flight with landing at three points with different approaches 2.0 4.0
I Practice full instrument approaches, missed approach and holding 1.5
13 Practice full instrument approaches, missed approach and holding 2.0 3.0
16 Final Stage Check 1.0 2.0
Total hours 20 35 15
This syllabus is based on the minimum training required by FAR 61.65(d)(2). Thirty five (35) hours of instrument flight
training is provided for pilots who have logged at least 15 hours of instrument training in an approved training device. FAR
61.65(e)(2) allows a maximum of 20 hours of instrument instruction in a training device that may be credited towards the
Instrument Rating. Lessons in training devices are provided by PBCC.
Pilots may require additional training to attain the proficiency level required to pass the practical test as prescribed in the
Practical Test Standards FAA-S-8081-4B for the Instrument Rating.
Some lessons may be completed in more than one flight. Sequence of lessons may be adjusted due to weather
considerations and scheduling constraints.
Page 1 REVISED August 1998