Fly this exercise twice in an FAA-approved sim, with variations, and you’ll be current. Fly it to checkride standards on any sim, and you’re definitely proficient, too.
This chart shows the routing for this challenge but doesn’t show the procedures.
Key Takeaways:
The article details a multi-leg flight simulation challenge from Helena, MT, designed to significantly improve IFR pilot proficiency and help meet instrument currency requirements.
This challenge incorporates diverse and complex procedures, including VOR-A and ILS approaches, circle-to-land maneuvers, missed approaches with holds, and a simulated engine-out, all under high-wind conditions in mountainous terrain.
It emphasizes critical skills like thorough briefing, GPS management, stick-and-rudder proficiency, and attention division, noting that home simulators may not confer legal currency for all requirements.
Load up at Helena, Montana, (KHLN) in whatever plane you like. We’re in mountain territory, but even a lightly loaded 172 can do the job on this challenge that’s designed to improve your proficiency and even get you current.
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