When I began flying again, in a rental aircraft, I resolved to avoid just boring holes in the air and instead try to maintain my skills through deliberate exposure to the entire operating environment. That meant I would try to maintain my instrument currency and proficiency and stay familiar with the IFR system. I came up with what I call an events-based program.
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Key Takeaways:
The author developed an "events-based program" to proactively maintain instrument proficiency and flying skills in a rental aircraft, focusing on deliberate exposure to various operating environments.
This program involved flying twice a month: one local flight for manual skills practice and one IFR flight in soft actual conditions, including holding events and full approaches at both destination and home airports.
Despite significantly fewer flight hours (27.5 vs. 174.8) compared to a previous high-activity period, this structured approach allowed the author to achieve a comparable number of instrument approaches, with a higher proportion under actual IFR conditions, thus effectively maintaining proficiency.
When I began flying again, in a rental aircraft, I resolved to avoid just boring holes in the air and instead try to maintain my skills through deliberate exposure to the entire operating environment. That meant I would try to maintain my instrument currency and proficiency and stay familiar with the IFR system. I came up with what I call an events-based program.
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