FAA has issued a technical correction returning 61.57(d), which explains when a complete instrument proficiency check (IPC) is required for individuals serving as pilot in command (PIC), to its ...

The instrument rating is highly valuable but its skills are perishable, requiring pilots to maintain proficiency beyond just meeting regulatory currency requirements (e.g., 6 approaches every 6 months ...

I’m getting ready for my biennial flight review, and I’m incorporating an instrument proficiency check, even though I’m technically current. For someone like me who doesn’t fly real IFR often enough, ...

Sporty's Instrument Proficiency Check (IPC) DVD provides the material instrument pilots need to be safer and more proficient. Developed by the instrument instructors at Sporty's Academy, it's derived ...

[Avionics Today 07-05-2016] Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Association (CASA) has announced two new exemptions, which provide alternatives to the aircraft rating flight review and instrument ...

A pilot who died in a plane crash that killed his four passengers near Essendon Airport in 2017 failed an in-air competency test 16 months before the fatal flight. The instrument-proficiency check ...