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CAPS Safety Layer
Training includes mindset and procedures around the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System as an additional emergency option.
Course Pathway
IR
Instrument Rating
Precision under pressure. Procedures that hold in real weather.
Theory
150 hours
Flight Training
50 hours
Typical Duration
3-6 months
Course Overview
Advanced training to operate using instruments and procedures in reduced visibility and IFR airspace.
IR prepares you to navigate and control the aircraft primarily by instruments when external visual references are limited by weather or darkness. You learn IFR procedures, route structure, and precision flying standards.
Who It's For
For pilots who want weather and distance to stop being limitations.
What You Walk Away With
Fly with precision in real conditions: clouds, low visibility, longer routes, year-round.
Entry Requirements
- Valid PPL(A) license.
- Night rating (NVFR) recommended.
- Minimum 50 hours cross-country flight time as pilot-in-command.
- Valid EASA Class 2 medical certificateStandard aviation medical exam by a certified AME. Assesses general health, vision, and hearing. Required for private pilot privileges. Valid for 5 years (under 40), 2 years (40β50), or 1 year (over 50). (or Class 1 medical certificateComprehensive aviation medical exam for commercial pilot privileges. Includes cardiovascular, neurological, and psychological assessment beyond Class 2. Valid for 1 year (under 40) or 6 months (over 40). if pursuing commercial privileges).
- English language proficiency (ICAO Level 4Minimum English proficiency standard set by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Tests speaking and listening in aviation contexts. Must be renewed every 4 years. minimum).
What You Will Build
Skills that transfer from
training to real operations.
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Instrument scan, aircraft control, and procedural flying with high accuracy.
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Use of radio navigation aids, approach procedures, and IFR routing logic.
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Decision-making and risk management in changing meteorological conditions.
Your Training Path
Every module has a purpose.
Every purpose moves you forward.
Each stage is designed to build real capability at a pace that respects your time and challenges your ambition.
01
Instrument Ground School
Procedures, charts, weather theory, airspace regulations β the intellectual backbone of IFR flying. Dense, rewarding, and the kind of knowledge that separates a fair-weather pilot from a serious one.
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Basic Instrument Flying
Fly the aircraft with zero outside references. Trust the panel. Scan, interpret, act. This is where you discover a new level of focus β and a calm you did not know you had.
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Radio Navigation & Procedures
VOR, ILS, GPS approaches β the highway system of the sky. You learn to navigate it with surgical accuracy, communicating with ATC like a professional.
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Approach Procedures
Descend through cloud layers and find the runway. The most demanding and satisfying skill in aviation. When you break out of the clouds on centerline, you will understand why pilots chase this feeling.
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IFR Cross-Country
File a flight plan, fly in real weather, land on the other side. Your world just got dramatically bigger β regardless of the forecast. Business trips, weekend escapes, all year round.
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Checkride Preparation
Simulated failures, complex scenarios, examiner standards. We do not prepare you to survive the test. We prepare you to own it β and to fly with the confidence of someone who has seen it all in training.
Safety Framework
Cirrus safety design, instructor discipline,
and medical readiness in one pathway.
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Standardized Training
Briefing discipline, checklist habit, and scenario-based repetition build consistent, reliable pilot behavior.
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Medical Certificate
Class 2 β Private Pilots
Standard aviation medical exam by a certified AME. Assesses general health, vision, and hearing.
Class 1 β Commercial Pilots
Comprehensive exam with additional cardiovascular and psychological assessment.