Instrument Flying is an Art
Instrument Rating
Looking to expand your capabilities as a pilot? Consider adding your instrument rating! Having an instrument rating offers more opportunities to fly, and a greater safety margin while you do.
At Sebring Flight Academy, we utilize modern aircraft equipped with the latest Garmin "glass cockpit" avionics to offer a modern approach to flight training. Additionally, you can log up to 20 hours of training in our state-of-the-art Redbird AATD flight simulator, meaning we can offer this training at a very affordable price.
Our instrument rating course will train you in all you need to know to safely operate an aircraft in the clouds under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). You'll learn basic attitude instrument flying, navigation, IFR communications, and operation of aircraft systems. You'll also learn about weather, flight planning, and the Federal Aviation Regulations applicable to IFR flight.
The instrument rating course generally takes about 40 hours to complete, after which you will need to take the FAA written test and a checkride with an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner.
Estimated time / cost to complete: 40 hours / $7,500
FAA Approved Advanced Aviation Training Device - The Redbird FMX
The goal of realistic simulation is to fool the mind into forgetting what it knows to be true in favor of what the senses are telling it. In the case of flight simulation, this means convincing the mind that it’s not sitting in a metal box, planted firmly on the ground, but that it’s cruising at 7000 feet. Getting the mind to admit that it’s wrong is not a simple proposition, and can’t be done with a single sensory input alone. The eyes and ears must be working in concert for the mind to truly believe. The Redbird FMX motion platform truly takes it to a new level. It manipulates the sense of balance, further selling the mind on the fact that it’s airborne, and not on terra firma as it so fervently believed before it was introduced to the FMX simulator.
