IFR Flight Training Oregon - Willamette Aviation Service

Welcome to Willamette Aviation Service IFR Training
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Make no mistake - becoming an instrument-rated pilot may be the toughest job you ever do, but we also know it's the most fun and rewarding. Willamette Aviation's team of flight instructors offers Instrument training to aspiring IFR pilots.

What does it take to become an Instrument-Rated Pilot?
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Hold at least a private pilot certificate.

Be able to read, write, and converse fluently in English.

Hold a current FAA medical certificate

Receive and log ground training from an authorized instructor or complete a home-study course. Subjects include:

FARs
IFR-related items in the AIM
ATC system and procedures
IFR navigation
Use of IFR charts
Aviation weather
Operating under IFR
Recognition of critical weather
Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM)
Crew Resource Management (CRM)

Pass the FAA instrument rating knowledge test with a score of 70% or better.

Accumulate flight experience (FAR 61.65):

50 hr. of cross-country flight time as pilot in command, of which at least 10 hr. must be in airplanes:
1. The 50 hr. includes solo cross-country time as a student pilot, which is logged as pilot-in-command time.
2. Each cross-country must have a landing at an airport that was at least a straight-line distance of more than 50 NM from the original departure point.
A total of 40 hr. of actual or simulated instrument time in the areas of operation listed in 7. below, including:
1. 15 hr. of instrument flight training from a CFII (CFII is an instructor who is authorized to give instrument instruction) days preceding the practical test
2. Cross-country flight procedures that include at least one cross-country flight in an airplane that is performed under IFR and consists of:
  1. A distance of at least 250 NM along airways or ATC-directed routing
  2. An instrument approach at each airport
  3. Three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems
If the instrument training was provided by a CFII, a maximum of 20hr. may be accomplished in an approved flight simulator or flight training device.

Demonstrate flight proficiency (FAR 61.65). You must receive and log training, as well as obtain a logbook sign-off (endorsement) from your CFII on the following areas of operation:

Preflight preparation
Preflight procedures
Air traffic control clearances and procedures
Flight by reference to instruments
Navigation systems
Instrument approach procedures
Emergency operations
Postflight procedures

Successfully complete the instrument rating practical test

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