Instrument Rating Lessons | Epic Flight Academy - Instrument Rating Course: 1.4.2 - VOR & How it Works

Welcome to Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course! In this lesson, Mike Thompson dives deep into the VOR (Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range) — one of the most essential navigation aids in Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flying. Learn how VOR stations operate, how aircraft receive and interpret the signal, and the different classifications and service volumes that define how VORs are used in real-world aviation. Mike walks through the structure of a ground-based VOR station, explains variable phase signals, and details the three main types of VORs every instrument-rated pilot needs to know. By the end of this lesson, you’ll have a clear understanding of how the VOR system provides reliable direction information for precise IFR navigation. #InstrumentRating #EpicFlightAcademy #VOR #IFRTraining #InstrumentPilot #FlightTraining #LearnToFly 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction 1:01 – What Does a Ground-Based VOR Station Look Like? 1:20 – How Does the VOR Work? 2:00 – What Is the Variable Phase of the VOR? 2:40 – The 3 Different Types of VORs 4:10 – Service Volumes of the VOR 4:54 – Excerpt from the Chart Supplement 5:15 – Summary and Closing 🎓 Start Your Instrument Pilot Training: https://epicflightacademy.com/prequalification-enrollment Learn more about Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course: https://epicflightacademy.com/instrument-rating/ This course is taught by Epic Flight Academy's own Mike Thompson. Mike Thompson is the author of "Telling Is Not Teaching", which promotes the idea that the “new school” of teaching that embraces electronic technology cannot sacrifice the “old school” of human relationships because the human brain stills learns in largely the same way that it has for millennia. "Telling Is Not Teaching" : https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Not-Teaching-Instructors-Handbook-ebook/dp/B0752BPPW7 Enjoying our content? Like this video and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel so we can continue to produce more Epic content! Follow us on social media to stay up to date on EVERYTHING happening at Epic Flight Academy! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epicflightacademy Twitter: https://twitter.com/epicfltacademy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicflightacademy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/epic-flight-academy Website: https://epicflightacademy.com/