Chris was out of town this weekend and I haven't flown for almost month. So, Friday after work I called and got any available instructor to go up with me for some more simulated IFR hood time. The CFI I got was Lana, a relatively new addition to the Advanced Aviation instructor corps.
Today would be more IFR practice plus unusual attitude recover under the hood. In other words: I close my eyes, the instructor gets me totally disoriented and puts the airplane into a steep banking dive or climb, I open my eyes and get the plane back straight and level using only the instruments (under the hood).
Instrument reference alone is a different game than VFR. I was able to recover from them all well enough. I can see how an instrument rated pilot is really in a different class than VFR in terms of skill and safety. In my opinion, an instrument rating should be a requirement for the private pilot license. I already know that I'm not going to be making any long distance flights without the instrument rating.
.9 more simulated IFR hours to go. Probably this means 1 or 2 more flights this week. Then the FAA test. So, I'm looking at 1st or 2nd week of September to have the Private Pilot License.
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