Single Pilot IFR| Maintaining My Instrument Flying Skills
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- čas přidán 29. 10. 2020
- Instructors in general don't get a lot of hands on time with the controls. Instead we are supposed to guide students to fly well using all other resources. I think it is important to maintain my own hand flying skills as it would be rather hypocritical if I could not back up what I teach!
I decided to file an IFR flight plan to practice 2 approaches into Orlando Executive.
Enjoy the flight!
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Disclaimer: I edit my videos for time and entertainment purposes. Editing removes context and procedures crucial to safety of flight. This video is created with entertainment in mind, and I do not claim it to be instructional. - Zábava
4:37 - I said welcome to the sky on my second flying lesson and my instructor looked at me funny. Needless to say, I'm looking for a new instructor.
😂 Get rid of that CFI.. useless
I’m glad you were able to maintain your standard level of professionalism despite flying a Cessna fro the day.
A long nap after instrument training - TOTALLY AGREE! Our flights each day is about 3 hours and I prefer 1 day flying, 1 day rest/study, repeat.
16:55 Glad I'm not the only one that talks trash to myself when I fly.
Got to stay humble haha
I noticed that too. Helps to keep up the awareness, the motivation. I was hammered by my instructor: NEVER EVER descend below the assigned altitude or the glide-slope. Zero tolerance for that in the downward direction.
Lol Same 😂 I trash my flying all the time
appreciate the honesty about the challenges of IFR flying, it's never a cake walk. enjoy your nap :)
Dude, I'm kind of a Cessna guy and your jokes crack me up!
😂 Thanks mate
I'm a Cessna guy, but love the jokes! Nothing wrong with a friendly Cessna/Pipier rivalry. Nice job with the approaches in IMC. Great video, as always!
Haha thank you! Glad you liked it
Regarding the trim being dirty. Some of it is people not washing their hands, most of it though is probably you removing the paint from the plastic wheel. Old paint on old plastic comes off easily with the alcohol absorbed on the wet wipes.
Thanks for this brother. Quality as usual
This was a perfect mix of professional flying and european humor. Thanks for a great video.
Great video, ... as they all are !!! Thanks for sharing Lewis.
IFR is clearly hard work but opens up the skies, great to watch thx
Love these videos!
Gotta love some ifr! Nice vid as always
Always love you honest & candid comments; you needed a nap after actual IFR. Great video!
Thank you brother!
i was literally wondering when there'll be an IFR video posted and voila, here it is
Haha look at that!
To me as a VFR pilot only, this is scary stuff 😳 Nicely done, these IFR circuits! 👍🏻
Spot on with the ILS Approach, well done..
You see my picture love the Cessna float jokes! Great clip my man keep up the great work!
I love your IFR videos. Watching them gives me good armchair practice in briefing approaches which my training in my IFR rating was slim.
5:48 As the controller read out the clearance for the first approach, I was formulating my response in my head. I'm terribly amused that what you responded with was almost word for word identical to how I'd laid it out, particularly the "back to you" as a callback for "return to this frequency".
*thumbs up*.
Thank you my friend! If you break it down, it's not terribly difficult!
I know exactly how it feels and that was a great practice sequence!
That was fantastic. Loved it!
This was great. Inspires and reminds me to get my Mooney out and do the same thing. I'm very current (did a bunch of hood work last month) but I want to keep it up.
I love the several transitions at 20:15. :-D.
Amazing I want more videos like this sir it's really inspiring flying inside the clouds 😍
Lewis: "I always wanna say Silver Wings, and I don't even work there no more."
Me: :'(
‘Any more’. Your English is terrible.
@@sqwk2559 "anymore". Your English is terrible. "Anymore" refers to a passage of time, and at present, he no longer flies at Silver Airways in this context. "Any more" would imply quantity.
@@sqwk2559 That's what living in the USA does to you.
Hey, very nice!!!!!! Enjoyed it all the way to the end. Dale
Love the videos man :)
I like the light hearted episodes, but this was really interesting to see the thought processes you go though and where you need to concentrate, great episode!
Thank you sir!
Great IFR video. Many thanks. Welcome to the clouds 😄
Great flying .. the scan is important , like you said , fixate on one thing and it can get away from you .. scan scan scan ... nicely done ..
N781BG used to be a trainer at Bowling Green State University. I was an instructor there and we bought them new back in 2003 or 2004. I have a lot of hours logged in that plane and the vid brought me back.
That’s brilliant!
Just passed my PP checkride and looking into instrument. This looks like a big ol brain freeze coming my way
same boat lol
have you started instrument?
Did some into KTRI last weekend, but with another pilot who's a CFI-I. I just don't have enough experience to do it alone comfortably. The might 172 did quite well!
Nice flying. I'm a non pilot but man that IMC is nothing to mess with. I understand taking this flight seriously.
Really enjoyed that. Thank you sir!
Thank you for watching mate!
Looking fabulous in the skyhawk! 😎
Glowing... lol
Can't have a LewDix video without at least one floater joke! ;-)
It would have been rude if I didn’t!
Very educational! No cessna jokes, that took a lot of restraint !! LOL
I’m proud of myself Sir David!
🙏 thank you .
Good video! As a recently acquired ifr ticket holder, I can appreciate how serious single pilot ifr is. Going tomorrow to do some currency approaches myself. Good refresher! Keep up the great vids
Nice! Thank you!
@@LewDixAviation Your welcome! I like your vids and I even own a Cessna :-)
Great video. Very instructive. Just became a subscriber.
You should try Nflightcam prop filter lens for your GoPro. I use it and it’s awesome. Neutral density lens that screws on to the GoPros.
This is awesome. You don't see a lot of CFIs flying actual. Take note!
Thank you!
Very nice too 👌👍
Excellent, great to like a CZcams channel in seconds of watching it. You and your Patter, and you were on your own of course for the audience too but it bought back memory's of my first flying instructor he had a patter similar to you, a friend for life. I'll check out your posts for jokes, I like jokes.
Great to hear you like my style man! Welcome to the fun house!
Wow brilliant below the white arc....I mean video thanks!
Erm.. Stop saying it!
That dirt! Oh my. “Not today mister Corona!”
hahaha
I've found as I get more IMC practice IFR becomes less fatiguing. I kind of use that to judge whether or not I need to increase my practice frequency.
This video was really good, gotta love the real stuff Lew. I see that you did manage to sneak in a few funnies. Please don't listen to the stick in the mud contingent. Levity is imperative for happiness and as they say, it's contagious!
Thanks Tommy!
Nice
Nicely done Silver Wings, the *1020 at SWLTR is for the *LOC only. Always good content in your channel, keep up the spirits!
Yep, and the glideslope hits 1020 at SWLTR. I like to brief it to see how precise I can be. Thanks brother!
Nice job love the IFR videos! If you want to fly sometime I can teach you how to land a Cessna. 😂
More IMC content please!
Probably wise to use the Cessna for this type of training in case you lose an engine, you can just float all the way down from FAF and even have enough energy to still float down the runway. That's really good ADM.
That was the exact reason!
"wash your hands" LOL
Nice work single pilot IFR! Disappointed we didn’t see you shoot an infamous VOR approach 😏
You’ll see it soon.. or a very small piece of it.. You’ll see what I mean in a couple of weeks lol
That's what I'm talking about
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Nice change of pace. Very well done my friend.
Thank you Mr. CFI! Congratulations
@@LewDixAviation Thank you Lewis. Come a long way since Panama City.
@@blueskyaviationpilottraining absolutely man.. what a journey.. Pop is proud my brother
My first ILS approach was runway 7 at KORL!
Nice!
I watched it all from my computer...glad you were at the controls. I'm curious...the piper(s) you fly, are they IFR certified? If they are do they lack the GPS? I don't recall seeing the GPS on the pipers.I am jealous that you're in your short selves in the rain, up north in Jersey we got rain and temps heading for the 30ºs by tomorrow morning. Welcome back from the sky.
C172s are not IFR certified. They don't need to be as long as they have the minimum equipment requirements.
Legally you can fly IFR with a single ADF as your only source of course navigation, which is probably fine for IFR in VMC flights with the ADF mainly for setting the route and maybe unforecast weather at the destination(assuming NDBs in the area) or if your popping through short stretches of broken/scattered clouds enroute, over flatlands and ocean diligent dead reckoning can be a fairly good backup; this is not as recommended for a flight in solid IMC through the mountains to be sure.
20:03 - Extend your upwind in ground effect, turn left on Alpha for ground point niner.
lol it would be pretty hard to extend upwind and turn onto a taxiway simultaneously, unless u want to say turn crosswind at Alpha
I was a little apprehensive because when you were in the IMC I couldn't see the ADS traffic on my tablet. First world pilot problems, god I'm spoiled.
The shop is looking like a swap meet!
Great video Lewis 😎 #SkyBaum
Thanks man
I clicked away when I heard "no jokes about cessna's." Jk... love the video!
😂 you got a little joke in the end
Love it! As usual. One question, how do you record your voice?
He has a video about that
This gets me pumped and ready for my IFR checkride Monday. I have been doing a bunch of flying and ground this week to get my prepared for anything. I go with Rafael on Saturday for a sorta mock check so there is a second perspective and then again more ground and practice on Sunday to finish up.
Good luck ! It’s never as hard as you think it will be
Dix, when u gonna do some long hauls man? Great vid as always good sir!
Possibly a fairly decent haul coming up in a couple of weeks that I’m gonna record. Should be an interesting one
@@LewDixAviation Very well! Can't wait to see it. Oh and my Marines used to tell me that nasty grime is the key to immunities. So yeah that funk on the trim wheel--i think you're supposed to pick that? Lol stay safe
Great video!!
Did you load each approach with the IAF you had in your flight plan? It looked like you switched to vectors to final each time just prior to intercepting the final approach course. Why the switch?
Thanks! I loaded both from the IAF and when I knew I was being vectored to the final, basically bypassing the IAF, I switched to vectors in the GPS.
👍🏻👍🏻
I had a discussion with a pilot the other day... I kid you not, he told me “I only like flying aircraft that try to kill me”.
... he flies pipers...
Great video! What editing software do you use?
Thanks man.. Final Cut Pro
What happened to that Piper? Why are the wings in the wrong place?
I had been driving a tow truck for the last 14 1/2 years until last Tuesday. I start flight school Monday Nov 2nd. But imagine what came off from the interior surfaces of a tow truck. Believe it or not, tow truck drivers are gross.
Did you remove the flying date videos you had on the channel?
haha at least a grubby cockpit shows previous fliers have done a decent preflight check. Just putting air in car tyres is messy as hell...
and imagine the amount of dust and shit you got on your hand holding your hand out the window in the plane haha. Maybe demand everyone wears gloves? haha. Stay safe man
What are you doing in a Cessna?? The soccer Mom Van of the sky's Haha!
I thought the in IMC after final approach fix rule for logging approaches only applied to when you were teaching the approach with a student in the plane. Because then if you flew/instruct some place that has a winter you cant get IMC for like 6 months out of the year cuz the clouds are all below 0 Celcius.
The FAA on when you can log an approach:1. When conducted in an aircraft maneuvering in IMC, and the aircraft transitions from IMC to visual flight conditions on the final approach segment of the IAP prior to or upon reaching MDA or DA/DH."
@@LewDixAviation Right but the first part of that statement says "When conducted in an aircraft maneuvering in IMC..." so I guess to that point if i wanted to get current and I was not able to go IMC cuz of icing conditions over the winter I would have to do it with a safety pilot and fly to the MDA or DA or do it in a flight simulator device. Is that correct?
@@LewDixAviation Also disclaimer: I am a new CFII so im just trying to understand for myself not just trying to argue and be an internet troll lol. Thanks Lew, love the videos BTW
@@baseballrockssb haha that's no problem man I like these questions because it tests my memory! So yea, if you're not in IMC you should take it all the way down to MDA/DA/DH to be able to log it. That is what it says in a document that the FAA released a while ago.
I’m from Italy but daaamn I’d come to Florida just to fly with u ahahahha
Come on then!
Did the Cessna have DME, or are you using timing on localizer approaches for MAP?
DME on the GPS but of course MAP on ILS is DA.
Curious as to the reason to stop saying "White Arc" instead of Vfe? Is that to pay more attention to the speed rather than relying on the ASI markings?
In this plane the white arc goes to 85. However Vfe 10degrees is actually 110. 85 is for more than 10 degrees.
@@LewDixAviation Gotcha! That makes sense.
I was like there is no way Dixon is not going to crack at least one joke, i was right ;)
😂
How do I get you as my cfi?
00:00 - “Oh wow! What plane is this?!”
What is the "heels to the floor" thing about? (i'm not an pilot but curious to know)
The brakes are at the top of the rudder pedals so heels to the floor on takeoff ensures you’re not unnecessarily applying brakes during takeoff roll
The rudder pedals are equipped with toe brakes. During taxi, your feet are fully on the pedals; you use heel pressure for rudder/nose wheel steering input (in/out movement) and toe pressure for braking (pivot the pedals themselves forward). For takeoff, you certainly don’t want to accidentally ride the brakes. So, you lower your feet so your heels touch the floor, and use toe pressure for rudder/steering control. The callout “heels to the floor” is a reminder to do this transition. And yes, it’s easy to quickly move back up the pedals if you need to use the brakes during an aborted takeoff. 😁👍
Honestly I don't know why the saying is so popular. Yes in a Cessna the rudder pedals tip forward for brakes, but the pivot point is very low and your heals are basically on the floor all the time. With leg angle and such I need to move my toes to the lower part of the pedals to ensure no brakes are applied, feet almost flat on the floor. Though the old C150 that I flew a few times was a bit better in this regard as leg position was more straight out, the C172 has a higher seat so your knees are bent more. Old Luscombes have heal brakes but they are actually separate pedals, and some airplanes use a hand brake.
90-100 kts? Do you use cat b?
Absolutely. But CAT B mins are the same as CAT A in this instance
Can we borrow your plane with the go pros lol
Nice skills ! Only negative thing…you never read back HEADING 180, just 180. You put the controller in a position where they should actually challenge you on it. Once Heading 180 will be taken as FL180.
You’d read back the words “flight level” if you’re cleared to the flight levels. So the fact that I didn’t say that, coupled with the fact that this plane isn’t even capable of getting to that altitude, I would say creates zero misunderstanding for the given situation. Thanks for watching 🤙🏻
Cessna, much better with the jokes lol!
What kind of car do you have?
I believe it's a Hyundai Veloster
Phew was worried my cfii had no clue what he was doing with IFR
ILS told me to go right... I went left.....................................
@@LewDixAviation makes sense don't it???
@@conraddawson3956 I’m gonna start doing reverse sensing.. it’s easier
Nicely done, ı wanna work with you. I m an ınstructor bro. If you can help me about FAA licence because ı m living in Turkey.
You can’t get an FAA anything in turkey bro
@@karlsandin4515 ı know bro but ı can exchange my licence in US. İf ı can find couple of school which is want to be sponsor.
Next video done entirely in the Austrian accent, please.
I prefer actual over the hood or foggles... I can do foggles but the hood literally makes me feel sick.
Nothing beats actual. Foggles and hood allow for cheating whereas actual if you look out too long you’re going off course
@@LewDixAviation
You got it.
I fly IFR purely 6 pack. GPS nav display: "don't look at me!"
It's a gratin video ! Google job !
@15:18 -- LPV's don't have a glideslope :)
First...how many flight hours do you have?
Secondly...yes they do. The "V" stands for "with Vertical guidance" which means a WAAS-GPS-generated precision glideslope which is your primary vertical guidance while flying the approach. Are you perhaps mixing LPV up with other kinds of GPS approaches that have an "advisory" glideslope, where the GPS typically generates a glideslope for you but it's not primary vertical guidance?
Actually it is. It is vertical guidance however with WAAS it becomes a “generated” glideslope to DA.
Here is the reference from the FAA:
LPV approaches take advantage of the refined accuracy of WAAS lateral and vertical guidance to provide an approach very similar to a Category I ILS. ... Vertical Navigation (VNAV) utilizes an internally generated glideslope based on WAAS or baro-VNAV systems. Minimums are published as a DA.
@@avfan967 LPVs have a glidePATH. It's different from a gliseslope
@@gevmage Glideslope and glidePATH are different things sir
@@joshcox8785 No sir you are incorrect. I already pasted verbiage from the FAA and I will refer you to the AIM for further clarification as the glidepath is actually part of the glideslope. The glideslope is the transmitter, the glidepath is produced by the glideslope transmitter.
Go to FARAIM, page 1-1-20 section d. The definitions and basis for use are all contained within the first five sub-paragraphs
ifr is easy until you dont have autopilot