A Different Approach to Instrument Flight Training

Any licensed private pilot who has tried to earn theirmountain strips as well as canyon techniques. On this
instrument rating knows that traditional instrument flightadventure, pilots get time to hike, fish or just relax and
training can be slow, frustrating and unnecessarilyenjoy the solitude of the Idaho Wilderness.
redundant. Medford, Oregon-based Certified FlightPilot and flight student Blake Picquet of Fort Worth, TX
Instructor Field Morey realized long ago that he neededwas one of Morey's students on this adventure a few
to get his instrument students away from theyears ago. "Never will you find another opportunity to
distractions of day-to-day life so they could focus oncombine a legendary instructor with the panoramic
the process of learning IFR mastery.views and intensity of the Idaho backcountry. The
To separate life from flight training, Morey takes tworesult is a trip that will put all your skills to the
students at a time on what he calls "West Coasttest...commercial, instrument, and of course, fly fishing,"
Adventure Flights" spanning six days flying throughoutPicquet said.
the American West. He has used this technique toMorey also offers the Rockies Adventure Flight, a
teach instrument flying for over 40 years, with oversix-day training session that combines IFR mountain
600 pilots building hours towards their IFR rating whiletechniques with beautiful scenery from the Rockies
seeing the Western United States from inside Morey'sand American Southwest. After stops in Montana,
2008 Cessna T182T Skylane aircraft.Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona, the training continues
Morey offers three different IFR adventure flights:in the busy Class Bravo airspace of the Los Angeles
The Alaska Adventure is an incredible area to spend aand San Francisco regions before arriving back in
week of flight training while enjoying the majesticMedford, Oregon.
scenery and grandeur of the great AmericaOne aspect of Morey's Adventure Flights is the a
wilderness. On this once-in-a-lifetime trip, is as importantbrand new Cessna 182 Skylane with glass cockpit.
as the six days of IFR flight training you'll receive, muchThe turbocharged Skylane provides the additional
if it in the kind of real-world IMC that is found in Alaska.performance needed in the mountainous areas along
After departure from Medford, IFR flight studentswith additional power to climb above the icing
cross over into Canada and clear Canadian customsconditions during the winter months. The aircraft has a
using CANPASS. The flight then travels north alongfull Garmin G1000 instrument panel and is soon to be
the British Columbia coastline, and after clearing U.S.equipped with Garmin "Synthetic Vision Technology"
Customs at Ketchikan, the trip has planned stops atplus TAWS-B Terrain and Obstruction Data, GDL-69
Anchorage, Sitka,Yakutat, Cordova, Juneau, and otherDatalink with XM Weather and Radio, and Garmin
points of interest. If weather allows, students may alsoGFC700 Autopilot, Morey has even outfitted his
see Mt. McKinley (Denali).Skylane with Bose noise canceling headsets to create
For pilots seeking to learn backcountry flying anda quiet training environment.
operations, Morey offers the Wilderness AdventureThe training program has proven to be such a
Flight, a six-day flight designed as an instrumentsuccess, all trips during Morey's 2008 training season
refresher as well as a chance to learn the skills foreasily sold out. He has launched a new website that is
operating in the Idaho backcountry.sure to continue making his West Coast Adventure
The course begins in Medford with two flight studentsFlights one of the most popular IFR training programs in
and Morey traveling north into Washington, Idaho andthe country.
Montana to learn the "ins and outs" of operations from