Initial IFR

shamrock105 · Post by **shamrock105** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:46 am

How difficult is the Initial IFR course? In particular, what books should I be studying? I have looked at the Aerocourse workbook and I am not overly keen as I find I am not learning too much from it as its only a question and answer format as in the exam. I would like to get the written completed before my flying training in March.

mcrit · Post by **mcrit** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:50 am

Sign up for a ground school at your local FTU or wait for the aerocourse seminar

seneca · Post by **seneca** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:38 am

The aerocourse is an excellent book so don't discard it because of the question and answer format.

Use all the questions to guide your study, if you do not know the answer look it up. you will learn alot this way by just reading to find your answer. this has worked well for most students i have encountered.

Right Seat Captain · Post by **Right Seat Captain** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:44 pm

The question and answer format of the Aerocourse is really designed for final exam preparation, not initial studying. You need some prior knowledge before hand. The Aerocourse is an excellent course, as long as you've done some reading before hand. You can try your local FTU's IFR groundschool, read IFR portions of you AIP (make sure it's updated), and read the Instrument Procedures Manual. As bad as Transport Canada's Instrument Procedures Manual is set up, it has all the base knowledge you need for your training.

chipmunk · Post by **chipmunk** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:08 pm

What I did - and it takes a while - is go thru the Aerocourse question book and look up the answers in reference books (i.e. AIP, IPM), and learned all the stuff relating to the question also. If you do this make flash cards as you go, and at the end of it all you'll have a good set of study cards. I found the INRAT to have quite a bit of "practical" questions, i.e. things you learn from flying around learning your IFR stuff. Oh ya, and make sure you're really good at interpreting GFAs.
Good luck!

Wasn't Me · Post by **Wasn't Me** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:29 pm

Find yourself a good instructor one with more than one hour in real cloud and start training write the exam after 75 percent of the training. The exam should be a easy. Studt the AIP RAC and COM section the IFR procedures book and any IFR sample exam book you can copy. Rely on your instructor and he should get you thru. Learning questions and amswers will get you a pass but will you know anything.
And if your instructor is more interested in turning props than teaching get some body else.

Wadd · Post by **Wadd** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:48 pm

read your instruments procedures manual, air command weather manual, aip rac and met sections and use the aerocourse book... also i would suggest actually taking the aerocourse if they're going to be doing a class around where you live. Their courses though are designed for people who have already studied the information, so don't go in there not knowing anything.

That aerocourse book is great once you have studied the basic info and you'll find that once you get to the test that there will be lots of questions from that book on the actual exam which is nice, cause you'll be familiar with the question.

PA31 Driver · Post by **PA31 Driver** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:55 pm

I would also suggest the Aerocourse............ They have great instructors .........." Mark " is excellent !!!