| n IFR simulator save you time toward getting your | | | | in a much quicker time frame than if you were to |
| Instrument Rating? | | | | forgo the simulator and only pilot in an actual airplane. |
| One of the advantages of leveraging an IFR simulator | | | | With respect to all of the advancements in computer |
| for your computer system is that you can allocate as | | | | programming technology that we have available to us |
| much time as you like practicing with it. | | | | these days, in the twenty-first century, one of the |
| You have the freedom of being empowered to | | | | greatest tools that every pilot, regardless of whether |
| allocate time practicing IFR maneuvers on your own | | | | he or she happens to be a new pilot or an ace pilot, |
| with an IFR simulator, without the need for a flight | | | | must have at his or her disposal, is a reputable flight |
| instructor to be present by your side while you | | | | simulation program. |
| practice. | | | | A flight simulation program can help to narrow the gap |
| The only way you can practice IFR maneuvers in a | | | | during those unforeseen periods of lengthy downtime |
| real airplane is if you have a properly rated instructor | | | | between flights. |
| accompanying you. So you are confined to practicing | | | | It could also assist you to build on your skills, help you |
| only when you are in the airplane. | | | | maintain proficiency, and could even allow you to earn |
| The IFR simulator empowers you to dedicate more | | | | some more time in those areas in which you could use |
| time practicing, though you will be alone. | | | | some improvement. |
| So that translates into more flight practice for you, | | | | Flight simulation software can help you become a |
| although this time may not count toward your IFR | | | | better pilot. |
| training agenda. It is actually more for your own good | | | | They can also help you to save money, as well as |
| to practice on your own time. And who doesn't desire | | | | time, on needless training or unnecessarily having to |
| the freedom to practice IFR flight any chance that you | | | | repeat performing the same practice maneuvers over |
| can get, right? | | | | and over again. |
| Furthermore, leveraging an IFR simulator could save | | | | The good news is, flight simulator software is so |
| you time if you have a goal to finish your instrument | | | | advanced, that aviating a simulator is practically every |
| training and pass the check ride within a specific time | | | | bit as realistic as aviating the real deal. The instrument |
| frame. | | | | panel is identical. The control inputs are the same. The |
| A large number of pilots fly only on weekends or at | | | | world "map" built into the simulator is based on real |
| most once or twice per week. Furthermore, if the | | | | world cartographic information. The manner in which |
| weather is bad, you can not go on an IFR training flight | | | | the aircraft behaves to various internal (weight and |
| anyway, because the actual flight must be performed | | | | balance, fuel, aircraft performance) and external |
| under VFR conditions and you will merely be wearing | | | | (weather phenomena, air temperature) forces is |
| "foggles" - foggy goggles. So you could lose a great | | | | designed to imitate real world scenarios. |
| deal of time this way if you were to limit yourself to | | | | For a number of people, a flight simulation program is |
| only lying in the airplane and not through a simulator. | | | | nothing more than a very high-tech video game. And in |
| Therefore this means that you can fly any time you | | | | many ways, it can be enjoyed as such. After all, you |
| like, as often as you desire, without worrying about | | | | never have to be fearful of crashing the plane in a |
| true weather conditions or without worrying about | | | | simulation program! |
| breaking the bank. | | | | But for many others, a flight simulation program is a |
| This also means that you ought to be able to finish | | | | heavy duty learning tool, and for many professional |
| your training and prepare for the instrument check ride | | | | pilots, it is an integral foundation of their aviation career. |