MtPJimB
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I just completed the IFR Bootcamp offered by PilotWorkshop.com (http://www.pilotworkshop.com/concrete5/ifr-bootcamp/booking/)- I did the 1/2 day ground school followed by the 1-day Level 1 Bootcamp. It was a very worthwhile experience for me.
I got my PPL in 2007 and my IR in 2008. I did a fair amount of instrument flying staying current and proficient until late 2010. At that point, for the next 3 1/2 years, I did very little flying at all, and what little I did was all VFR. This year, I moved and I've picked back up my flying and I needed a good way to jump start my instrument currency & proficiency again. The bootcamp was just the thing I needed. It is intense, scenario based refresher training. They use touch trainer simulators linked in with Pilot Edge simulated live ATC, so your clearances are real-time, complex, and require you IFR A-game. You fly missions from pre-flight planning, clearances, various towered and non-towered departures, en-route, arrival, approaches landings and debrief. There were GPS and non-GPS scenarios. All was performed one-on-one under the watchful eye of a very experienced CFI-I.
I got, in one day, what would have taken many days and much longer to replicate in other types of training environments. For me, it was among the best IFR training for the casual pilot that I can imagine. Now I can't wait to get back up and get into some actual IMC again and get my ticket "re-wet".
I got my PPL in 2007 and my IR in 2008. I did a fair amount of instrument flying staying current and proficient until late 2010. At that point, for the next 3 1/2 years, I did very little flying at all, and what little I did was all VFR. This year, I moved and I've picked back up my flying and I needed a good way to jump start my instrument currency & proficiency again. The bootcamp was just the thing I needed. It is intense, scenario based refresher training. They use touch trainer simulators linked in with Pilot Edge simulated live ATC, so your clearances are real-time, complex, and require you IFR A-game. You fly missions from pre-flight planning, clearances, various towered and non-towered departures, en-route, arrival, approaches landings and debrief. There were GPS and non-GPS scenarios. All was performed one-on-one under the watchful eye of a very experienced CFI-I.
I got, in one day, what would have taken many days and much longer to replicate in other types of training environments. For me, it was among the best IFR training for the casual pilot that I can imagine. Now I can't wait to get back up and get into some actual IMC again and get my ticket "re-wet".
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