16 May 2014 1935 Z
Friday Focus on IFR
Today’s “Focus” installment underscores the importance of using simulators during initial and recurrent training to maintain your proficiency.
“When you cannot fly due to weather, minor medical conditions, or airplane unavailability, use a simulator to keep your instrument skills sharp. Obviously, the more technically sophisticated the simulator is, the more likely your practice session will replicate actual flying conditions.
Variations in wind speed, turbulence, ceiling levels, and failed instruments can be programmed into the simulator. This gives you an opportunity, while on the ground, to practice under conditions that cannot be matched in the air within the same instructional unit of time.”
Source: Instrument Flying: 10 Indispensable Principles to Know and Remember. (p. 14).
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