Alaska Flight Simulator Academy

Are you thinking about obtaining your instrument rating?

Do you need to stay current with your instrument experience?

We offer the following airplane and helicopter instrument training courses.
Please contact Roger for more details.
PLEASE NOTE: THE COURSES BELOW ARE CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE.

AIRPLANE

2 hours Instrument Refresher - $50
Regain your confidence before taking your instrument proficiency check by practicing precision and non-precision approaches (including GPS/RNAV), holdings and tracking and interception courses.

3 hour Instrument Recency Part 61.57 (c)(3) - $150
in FAA approved Simulator
Within the 2 calendar months preceding the month of the flight, that person performed and logged at least the following tasks, iterations, and time in an aviation training device and has performed the following—
(i) Three hours of instrument experience.
(ii) Holding procedures and tasks.
(iii) Six instrument approaches.
(iv) Two unusual attitude recoveries while in a descending, Vne airspeed condition and two unusual attitude recoveries while in an ascending, stall speed condition.
(v) Interception and tracking courses through the use of navigational electronic systems.

30 hours Instrument Ground School - $1,250
and 10 hours in FAA approved Simulator
This course is a complete ground school, including books, for your instrument rating. It includes 30 hours of one-on-one ground training during which you will also fly the simulator for an enhanced learning experience.
Additionally, you will fly 10 hours in an FAA approved simulator. Those 10 hours count towards the 40 flight hour requirement for your rating. To complete your instrument rating, you will only need to add 30 flight hours at a flight school. You can fly the 30 flight hours during your ground training.

HELICOPTER

2 hours Instrument Refresher - $80
Regain your confidence before taking your instrument proficiency check by practicing precision and non-precision approaches (including GPS/RNAV), holdings and tracking and interception courses.

3 hour Instrument Recency Part 61.57 (c)(3) - $180
in FAA approved Simulator
Within the 2 calendar months preceding the month of the flight, that person performed and logged at least the following tasks, iterations, and time in an aviation training device and has performed the following-
(i) Three hours of instrument experience.
(ii) Holding procedures and tasks.
(iii) Six instrument approaches.
(iv) Two unusual attitude recoveries while in a descending, Vne airspeed condition and two unusual attitude recoveries while in an ascending, stall speed condition.
(v) Interception and tracking courses through the use of navigational electronic systems.

30 hours Instrument Ground School - $2,400
and 20 hours in FAA approved Simulator
This course is a complete ground school, including books, for your instrument rating. It includes 30 hours of one-on-one ground training during which you will also fly the simulator for an enhanced learning experience.
Additionally, you will fly 20 hours in an FAA approved simulator. Those 20 hours count towards the 40 flight hour requirement for your rating. To complete your instrument rating, you will only need to add 20 flight hours at a flight school. You can fly the 20 flight hours during your ground training.