Instrument Rating Lessons | Epic Flight Academy - Instrument Rating Course: 2.1.1 Departure Assessment

Master Instrument Flight: From Basics to IFR Certification

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What you'll learn

Execute basic attitude instrument flight using control and performance concepts
Interpret and comply with standard instrument departure and arrival procedures
Fly holding patterns and perform the three standard entry procedures
Plan and execute a non-precision or precision instrument approach to published minima

This course includes

8 hours of video
Certificate of completion
Access on mobile and TV

Summary

Keywords

instrument rating IFR training instrument pilot Epic Flight Academy IFR departures departure assessment instrument ground school departure procedures FARs instrument flight rules pilot training flight planning

Full Transcript

Welcome to Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course! In this lesson, Mike Thompson explains the importance of departure assessments and how instrument-rated pilots prepare before leaving the ground. Every IFR departure requires an understanding of FARs, procedures, and published symbols that guide pilots safely through complex airspace during takeoff. Mike breaks down where departure procedures come from, how they’re developed, and what pilots must review prior to arriving at the airport. This lesson emphasizes proper preflight planning, chart interpretation, and the crucial steps that keep every IFR departure precise and safe. #InstrumentRating #EpicFlightAcademy #IFRTraining #InstrumentPilot #FlightTraining #LearnToFly #Aviation 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction 1:05 – Departures 1:13 – FARs 2:35 – Where Do Departure Procedures Come From? 5:40 – Summary and Review 🎓 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/