Instrument currency
Lost your instrument currency? An IPC at North Aero gets you legal to file again, and more importantly, gets your scan, your judgment, and your hands back to where they need to be in the clouds.
What it is
To act as pilot in command under IFR, you must have logged, within the preceding six calendar months, six instrument approaches, holding procedures and tasks, and intercepting and tracking courses through navigation systems. Let that lapse, and once you are more than six months out of currency you need an IPC under 14 CFR 61.57(d) before you can file again.
An IPC is flown to the areas of operation in the Instrument Rating ACS and given by an authorized instructor or examiner. It is thorough by design. We make sure you finish it genuinely ready for the weather, not just signed off.
What's covered
A representative selection of instrument approaches, precision and non-precision, including partial-panel work and a circling approach where appropriate.
Holding procedures, course intercepting and tracking, and the en route IFR tasks that keep you ahead of the airplane in the system.
Unusual attitudes, equipment and system failures, and the real-world decision making that separates a current pilot from a proficient one.
Good to know
Not sure whether you are current or need an IPC? Send us your recent instrument experience and we will tell you exactly where you stand.
Investment
An IPC is typically one to two flights plus ground, depending on how long you have been away and whether we use the airplane, a simulator, or both. Final cost depends on aircraft and instructor time.
An IPC takes as long as it takes to bring you back to instrument proficiency, and depends heavily on your recent experience. Our current hourly rates are on the pricing page: Warrior $200/hr, Luscombe $100/hr, instruction $160/hr. Call for a written estimate built around your logbook.
Book your IPC and get back in the system with real confidence.
