Shooting Instrument Approaches: IFR Autopilot & CFII Practice | Let's Go Fly A Plane
1Originally streamed March 27, 2025
05:05 - Greetings
06:26 - Flight planning and briefing with SkyVector from KLOZ (London, Kentucky) for VOR 6, RNAV 24, and ILS 06
42:17 - Preflight
1:10:40 - Takeoff and engaging autopilot
1:14:00 - 10 miles from initial approach fix
1:19:25 - IAF #1
1:30:00 - Missed approach point and missed approach...attempt
1:37:00 - 10 miles from initial approach fix procedures
1:39:23 - IAF #2
1:48:28 - Missed approach point, confusion, and missed approach...attempt
2:02:40 - 10 miles from initial approach fix procedures
2:06:10 - IAF #3
2:15:25 - Minimums and landing...for VFR departure
2:24:24 - IRL storytimes (getting in contact with potential future instrument student at work airport + intro to towered ops with pre-checkride student + pre-solo private student...solo!; gusty practice with pre-checkride student + weather cancellation into runway incursion avoidance ground lesson with now post-solo student)
2:33:32 - IRL storytimes (personal flying: first time in constant-speed 172 with new avionics! + slow flight and stalls review with post-solo student)
2:51:25 - IRL storytimes (lesson with post-checkride private student at home airport, including the start of starter issues...... + wind correction & low approaches with post-checkride private student + intro to simulated instrument flying with post-solo student)
3:00:23 - IRL storytimes (paperwork and gusty "checkout" & constant speed familiarization with potential future instrument student; buuusy towered practice with pre-checkride private student + local XC for cross-wind practice with post-solo student + flight with kith for constant-speed 172 familiarization and weather awareness; friendstructor can still fly small planes! + pre-checkride private student's towered solo! + 150 ferry flight for inspection...including car starter issues)
3:19:53 - IRL storytime (GPS updates, including new G2000s!)
2:28:33 - IRL storytimes (150 back from inspection; practical applications, spin awareness, slow flight, simulated engine failure at altitude near airport, and pattern entry/departure with post-checkride private student + RC fighters at home airport! + cooperative troubleshooting 150 starter not engaging...success! + reviewing flight plan and endorsing pre-checkride private student for long solo XC)
3:49:49 - Activating visual approach 24
4:02:04 - Final landing
4:09:24 - Debrief with LittleNavMap...almost
4:15:54 - IRL storytime (875 hours + 1500 projection + private pilot-iversary! + current semi-goals)
4:19:54 - Full debrief
4:28:38 - IRL storytime (tower being sneaky awesome helpful)