clumpinglitter
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- Jun 22, 2005
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Ok, I don't have even my PPL yet, but I'm trying to plan for the instrument rating.
Are there any disadvantages to doing the 20 allowed hours in a sim? More than one person has told me that flying a sim is harder than flying an airplane, so getting sim time can be a good thing.
Would it be bad to have different instructors for sim/ground lessons and flight lessons?
Any opinions on whether it's better to get instrument flight lessons out of a controlled vs. uncontrolled airport (an old argument, I know)?
I'm planning on starting by getting the written out of the way first and then just putting in time flying to build proficiency before I start flight lessons. Smart or dumb?
I also considered doing one of those accelerated courses, but I don't see any big advantages to that other than satisfying impatience. And it seems to me that one would get a broader experience from training over several months rather than slamming it out in 2 weeks. Opinions?
-C.
Are there any disadvantages to doing the 20 allowed hours in a sim? More than one person has told me that flying a sim is harder than flying an airplane, so getting sim time can be a good thing.
Would it be bad to have different instructors for sim/ground lessons and flight lessons?
Any opinions on whether it's better to get instrument flight lessons out of a controlled vs. uncontrolled airport (an old argument, I know)?
I'm planning on starting by getting the written out of the way first and then just putting in time flying to build proficiency before I start flight lessons. Smart or dumb?
I also considered doing one of those accelerated courses, but I don't see any big advantages to that other than satisfying impatience. And it seems to me that one would get a broader experience from training over several months rather than slamming it out in 2 weeks. Opinions?
-C.