An actual Emergency on the way to train for simulated ones!

Massive thanks to Osama for being an ongoing awesome IFR mentor! We’ll be flying the TBM 850 and the Phenom 300 more for sure!

In this episode of Flight Chops’ IFR Status Vlog Series, Steve trains with longtime mentor Osama and benefits from the opportunity to adapt in real-time as things don’t go as planned.

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Get caught up with this special VLOG series that gets into all the nitty-gritty details as Steve goes after his Instrument Rating:

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Fooled myself thinking 1 hr / day study would cut it; Needed ~6 hrs / day!

Huge thanks to Osama for all the hours tolerating me

Here are the links to my IFR study resources:

Pilot Training

AeroCourse Aviation Ground School Training Courses 

Calgary Pilot Shop – Culhane Manuals

Canada to FAA (USA) Pilot License and Rating Conversion

Reddit – Flying Community

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Right now, we’re giving away a flight in the Extra 300!

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Welp… Let’s do this? I gotta beat this IFR thing…

I really appreciate Jason from The Finer Points, being a part of my journey – he’s got an amazing podcast and is now making YouTube videos regularly too. Definitely check his stuff if you’re not already familiar!

The Finer Points of Flying Podcast

On The Flight Line (The Finer Points Youtube Channel)

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This was shared on Patreon:

Glad I don’t have to do this alone…

Hey everyone, 

It’s been a crazy year, lots of successes, but one ongoing sort of dragged out failure that has been in the back of my mind… what am I doing about the Instrument Rating – am I really going to let that beat me? 

It is hard to put into words the feeling of seeing all the support that was shared via the comments on YouTube when I published this the other day. 

I considered not making it a paid post here, but I actually did work a lot harder than I meant to on the editing, so it is legit… That said, going forward, the plan is to NOT work hard on editing these “IFR status vlogs”.  The energy needs to go toward the test prep and training.  

Most of these will include flying like this one… But I am also thinking some will be sharing the less exciting parts of the IFR training / test prep, like sitting in Osama’s kitchen and going over sample test questions; maybe I’ll boil down some of the best learning moments or written test prep things that I am having trouble with.  Would you want to see “IFR status vlogs” that don’t include flying footage?  I’ll still be sure to edit them in a way that doesn’t feel like watching paint dry. 

All that said, I rarely publish anything that I didn’t work harder on than I should have :P. 

Why don’t we put it to a poll – should these vlogs (which will be public) be paid or free posts here?  At most it will bring me to 4 monthly paid posts (like a regular episode every 2nd Friday, and one of these every 2nd Wednesday or so).

Thanks again for the support – This is a weird sort of personal journey that I am on, in a very public way – but it really seems to be resonating with the community and encouraging others – so despite being really hard, the whole thing is also very rewarding.

Steve

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Jason Miller

TFP (The Finer Points)

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Flying with Osama

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Inspiring to act as safety pilot while my IFR mentor exercises his new type rating!

THANKS to my instrument flying mentor Osama for inviting me along for this one. He’s kicking my butt to get me back into IFR gear.

The episode follow leg 1 from Toronto to the Bahamas here:

https://flightchops.com/2018/09/24/phenom-300-private-jet-escape-to-the-bahamas-ifr-flight-vlog-photos/

And the Patreon exclusive briefing video here (click the image to view):

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Phenom 300 content Here and more episodes with Osama Here!

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Flying at 45,000 feet, across 3 countries to find a tropical beach

THANKS to my instrument flying mentor Osama for inviting me along for this one. He’s kicking my butt to get me back into IFR gear.

Additional Photos from this Trip:

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Phenom 300 content Here and more episodes with Osama Here!

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https://flightchops.com/2016/01/21/ppl-ifr-turboprop-flying-tbm850-turbine-engine-start-atc-audio-ferrari/

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“Stay ahead of the Airplane” at a whole new level!

The idea of “staying ahead of the airplane” is very real in this jet; Everything happens very fast in the Phenom!

Huge thanks to Osama and Henry for being a big part of this one!

We’ll be making more content flying the Phenom and TBM!

To keep up with where we are at in the series, search “Phenom” and “TBM” on this site.

Looking for more IFR-related content? 

Check out what we’ve got using this tag.

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Huge thanks to all the Supporters on Patreon!

Productions like this wouldn’t be possible without your help! For those that haven’t seen it, please check the Flight Chops Patreon page to find out how you can be a part of it! 

There are several raw/uncut supporter exclusives from the TBM – here is the most recent

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https://flightchops.com/2016/02/05/landing-tbm850-turboprop-rnav-approach-ppl-ifr-atc-audio/

https://flightchops.com/2016/01/21/ppl-ifr-turboprop-flying-tbm850-turbine-engine-start-atc-audio-ferrari/

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Learning a whole new Flying skill set on this one!

Huge thanks to Harv’s Air for making this happen! They are one of the very few flight schools in North America that offer basic and advanced aerobatic training to all levels of pilots!  Check them out!

There are already several episodes from his series available! Including one flying there in the TBM 850! To keep up with where we are at in the series, look up the “Pitts S2B” and “TBM850” tags here on the site.

Special thanks to Gill, who killed it as my cinematographer in Winnipeg!

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Productions like this wouldn’t be possible without your help! For those that haven’t seen it, please check the Flight Chops Patreon page to find out how you can be a part of it! 

Here’s the supporter exclusive version of this one: 

https://www.patreon.com/posts/free-post-blind-16586503

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Nearly Breaking my Neck Pulling +6 and -3 G’s: Pitts S2B – Competitive Aerobatics – Flight VLOG

Almost Barfed – 1st Lesson Flying Inverted – Pitts S2B – Flight VLOG

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1st time flying in the Flight Levels!

Huge thanks to Harv’s Air for making this happen! They are one of the very few flight schools in North America that offer basic and advanced aerobatic training to all levels of pilots!  Check them out!

We’ll be making a multi-part series covering the training! To keep up with where we are at in the series, simply look up the “Pitts S2B” and “TBM850” tags here on the site.

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Huge thanks to all the Supporters on Patreon!

Productions like this wouldn’t be possible without your help! For those that haven’t seen it, please check the Flight Chops Patreon page to find out how you can be a part of it! 

If you missed the raw footage from this one, here’s 45 minutes of the best stuff: 

And there are raw versions of previous flights with Osama taking me to Rochester to get my FAA PPL a couple years ago. 

They are already available if you missed them: 

https://www.patreon.com/posts/supporter-tbm850-4193137

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The closest I’ve ever come to throwing up while flying – but it was still FUN!!!

Who’s had their stomach tested while flying? I have been lucky to never really have any issues – but on this, the first of 5 flights that weekend, I did come close to barfing…

Huge thanks to Luke at Harv’s Air for making this happen! They are one of the very few flight schools in North America that offer basic and advanced aerobatic training to all levels of pilots! 

Check them out at http://www.harvsair.com/

We’ll be making a multi part series covering my training, as well as the IFR flight half way across Canada at 30,000 feet and 300+ knots in the TBM850 with my friend Osama!

We host a new Giveaway EVERY month of aviation-related prizes from all our sponsors!  Check out the current giveaway on the Monthly Contest page!

If you enjoyed this episode, check these out!

Pilot Bucket List: Stearman Backseat Checkout – Warbird Training

Super Cub – Finding Zen – Grass Strip – Tail Wheel Flying – Short Field Landing practice

Nearly Breaking my Neck Pulling +6 and -3 G’s: Pitts S2B – Competitive Aerobatics – Flight VLOG

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 I need to be in better shape to pull G’s like a competitive aerobatic pilot!!

Huge thanks to Harv’s Air for making this happen!
They are one of the very few flight schools in North America that offer basic and advanced aerobatic training to all levels of pilots! 

Check them out at http://www.harvsair.com/

We’ll be making a multi part series covering my training, as well as the IFR flight half way across Canada at 30,000 feet and 300+ knots in the TBM850 with my friend Osama!

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UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2017

You can now watch a follow-up episode to the above:

Almost Barfed – 1st Lesson Flying Inverted – Pitts S2B – Flight VLOG

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