Instrument Rating Lessons | Epic Flight Academy - Instrument Rating Course: 2.3.3 - Holding Pattern Entries

Welcome back to Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course! In this lesson, Mike Thompson demonstrates how to properly and safely enter holding patterns from various headings under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). Holding pattern entries are a crucial skill for every instrument pilot, especially when flying into busy or restricted airspace. Mike provides a brief review of hold procedures before introducing the Epic Flight Academy “Holding Bug Technique”, a simple and effective visual method to determine the correct entry type—direct, teardrop, or parallel—quickly and accurately. Using multiple real-world examples, you’ll see how to apply this method from different approach angles to make your holds smoother, safer, and more confident. By the end of this video, you’ll have mastered the logic behind holding pattern entries and be able to visualize and fly any hold with precision. #InstrumentRating #IFRTraining #InstrumentPilot #EpicFlightAcademy #FlightTraining #LearnToFly #Aviation 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction 0:45 – Holding Pattern Entries 1:08 – Brief Review 2:10 – How Do I Enter a Holding Pattern? 2:17 – What Is the Heading Bug Technique? 8:26 – Holding Bug Technique Steps 9:00 – Example 1 9:40 – Example 2 10:46 – Example 3 11:36 – Example 4 12:32 – Example 5 13:22 – Example 6 14:08 – Review ✈️ Start Your Instrument Rating 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/