Instrument Rating Lessons | Epic Flight Academy - Instrument Rating Course: 3.3.3 - Nonprecision Approach Techniques

Welcome back to Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course! In this lesson, Mike Thompson explains non-precision approach techniques, focusing on the procedures and visual cues pilots use to ensure accuracy and safety when vertical guidance is not available. You’ll learn about Visual Descent Points (VDP) and Pull-Up Points (PUP) — critical reference markers that help determine when to begin a safe descent to the runway. Mike also breaks down approach profiles and how pilots manage altitude, speed, and descent rates during non-precision approaches to maintain precise control and situational awareness. By the end of this lesson, you’ll understand how to execute a smooth and stable descent using established non-precision techniques that prepare you for real-world IFR flying and your instrument checkride. #InstrumentRating #IFRTraining #InstrumentPilot #EpicFlightAcademy #FlightTraining #LearnToFly #Aviation 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction 0:57 – Non-Precision Approach Techniques 4:05 – What Are the VDP and PUP? 4:15 – What Is the Visual Descent Point (VDP)? 4:36 – What Is the Pull-Up Point (PUP)? 7:29 – What Are Approach Profiles? 8:35 – Summary ✈️ 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/