Instrument Rating Lessons | Epic Flight Academy - Instrument Rating Course: 2.2.2 - STAR Transitions

Welcome back to Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course! In this lesson, Mike Thompson expands on Standard Terminal Arrival Routes by focusing on STAR transitions — the specific routes and fixes that connect the enroute environment to a STAR or move you from one part of a STAR to another. Understanding STAR transitions is a key skill for instrument pilots because they ensure smooth flow into terminal airspace, proper ATC sequencing, and accurate navigation toward the approach phase. Mike walks through the Leese Three Arrival to show how transitions are labeled, selected, and flown, and how to interpret what ATC expects from you when cleared “via transition.” By the end of this video, you’ll feel confident recognizing transition names, identifying routing variations on IFR arrival plates, and preparing for efficient communication and navigation all the way to the final approach environment. #InstrumentRating #IFRTraining #InstrumentPilot #EpicFlightAcademy #FlightTraining #Aviation #LearnToFly 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction 0:28 – STAR Transitions 1:12 – What Is a STAR Transition? 1:50 – Leese Three Arrival Example 6:03 – Summary 🎓 Start your instrument rating: https://epicflightacademy.com/prequalification-enrollment 📚 Learn about our Instrument Program: 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/