My first flight in IMC was a doozy

After a couple of days of meetings in New York, I had to use my new instrument rating for real on the way home. I experienced my first IMC (on my own), with nearly 2 hours of solid instrument conditions on my 2.3 hour flight home. Join me as I manage my first real instrument flight, learning some lessons along the way, and learning just how valuable ATC is, especially for those of us in little planes!
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[@carlosdeleon7620]

ATC always gets a bad wrap. They have always been amazing with me. All you got to do is be honest with them, and don't be a douche. They are always willing to help.

[@pedropinho573]

True story. I once lost all headings in IMC, only had a compass and ATC helped us back to base. I never understood the pilots vs atc mentality.

[@johnwight6041]

@@pedropinho573agreed

[@peterellison2220]

Thank you for sharing! Big shout out to all the air traffic controllers looking out for us

[@captaincanadianaviationwea6060]

With over 26,000 hours, your flight made me nervous with no first officer, but you did a great job!😀 Flying IFR is much about confidence. Keep it going! Captain Doug

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks!

[@yakubucletus9041]

Captain please I want to come to Canada to take this course…which school would you suggest…and also would you suggest flight school or aviation academy

[@WingsOverTO]

@@yakubucletus9041 I don't know about most of the schools in Canada. I did my initial pilot training at Durham Flight Centre, which is good, and Canadian Flight Academy, which is also at the CYOO airport, is also a good choice. I don't know about any others, though, and there are LOTS around Canada that you can google.

[@captaincanadianaviationwea6060]

@@yakubucletus9041 Start Googling. There are a ton of great schools.

[@observer1242]

You know your response about having 26,000 hours and being nervous watching him fly is not unusual. I have friends who are airline pilots and they think that private pilot who fly single engine aircraft IFR single pilot are crazy. I told one of my friends, who is a 777 retired American Airlines captain, but I wanted to Get some more IFR training. He told me I was nuts. He told me to stay on on the ground and keep out of those small aircraft. I suspect they get so used to system redundancy and cockpit management with first officer/copilots present and elevated safety awareness and highly capable equipment to fly that they just cannot tolerate the idea of doing anything less in terms of handling workload.

[@artificialhorizons1469]

Great video. As a VFR pilot, it's nice to see IFR from the perspective of newer pilots, it's very insightful. All that being said, you seem very calm, cool and collected with the process!

[@formfaktor]

I am always amazed at the level of ATC service in the USA. Something we can only dream of in EASA land.

[@ChrisDTC]

It wasn’t a supervisor, it was the trainer of a trainee controller. The controller was doing OJT, it’s the last step of controller training.

[@RusscanFLY]

Man, I’m currently working on my ground portion of my instrument, and I heard that departure flight plan, and was definitely so stressed out. You handled it like a champ! Truly inspirational for us VF our pilots looking to do what you were doing now. Keep up the good work!

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks very much, Russ, I appreciate that. Good luck with your instrument rating!

[@tangocharlie9291]

Years ago as a student pilot, I flew into imc conditions, with my cfi in the right seat. We got a pop up IFR and I was able to fly an RNAV approach almost down to minimums. Scary as hell, but I learned early on that A) IMC is no joke, an B) Trust your instruments. Best thing that happened to me as a student pilot. Good job!

[@realediciocco1598]

Great job. You made that look easy and ATC was awesome.

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks, Reale, they really were incredible.

[@tomstarros3189]

thank you for the ride along...great awareness ,,,good job......

[@whit10mm72]

Really great real-world video. Thanks for sharing

[@WingsOverTO]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@goneflying140]

I got to fly a Sierra once when I first got my license. It was a Beautiful airplane to fly.

[@HighCountryRambler]

Thanks for sharing. ATC was very helpful getting and sharing information from other aircraft.

[@paulm2861]

Really nice video. As a guy that has been flying for over 30 years, you made this look easy. Blue side up!

[@MarkMorgan-b3z]

Love the Sierra! Owned one for 20+ yrs! Nice video

[@multitieredinvestor183]

I agree. ATC has always been there to help when I was a low time IFR rated SEL pilot.

[@davidweenendesignbuild4970]

Another inspiring and EXCELLENT video Kamal ! Thanks!

[@NRB-mb7jc]

ATC is amazing. They are really helpful. Every now and again, you will find one having a bad day. And they are STILL helpful in my humble opinion. Single pilot IFR is always a heavy work load. Nice work. Good job!!! Thank you for sharing your flight. Welcome to IFR flying.

[@cenalian]

Awesome job staying calm, cool and collected the entire time!

[@pmh1nic]

Thanks for sharing your ride. It reminded me so much of my IFR training experience. Enjoy the journey and stay safe.

[@AkbarPilot]

Great Job!

[@thedigitalpeople]

WOW! Thank you so much for this content. Appreciate the time you spent combining video and narrating. 10/10

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks so much! I appreciate the kind words.

[@terrypedersen7]

Well done all around. Shoutout to Piedmont’s “not bad” pirep. Helpful stuff.

[@WingsOverTO]

LOL yeah I had no idea what to make of that.

[@jackdubois4208]

This video was so well put together.

[@WingsOverTO]

Thank you!

[@timjohnson1578]

having never flown with a auto pilot i would imagine that helps tremendously with IMC. ATC and a great pre flight / flight plan are amazing !

[@WingsOverTO]

Hey Tim, thanks for watching. Yeah, I can't imagine flying in IMC without an autopilot! I know I could do it if needed (I will turn the AP off every now and then for a while to practice and keep proficient), but it takes so much of the load off.

[@wkboggs5]

Wow! Loved this video!

[@connorknudsen5602]

This has to be one the best videos I've seen in a while about IMC conditions, support from ATC and a well calm cool and collected pilot. WELL DONE amazing video

[@rabbani1212]

Thanks for sharing!

[@oliverclaus70]

Great video, especially shout-outs to ATC. Fully agree. They have nearly always been super helpful and courteous in my 10 years flying GA. I’m always happy to be talking with a controller on the other end!

[@WingsOverTO]

100% agreed! I personally don't understand pilots who don't feel comfortable or just don't want to talk to ATC. The way I see it, the more people looking out for me up there, the better.

[@khanaviation7202]

That was really well done! Amazing work

[@MichaelHolroyd]

Great stuff and nice editing on the video!

[@iain8837]

Really great video, very interesting. Personally (and I am confident I speak for most), I don't see a need for the background music at the start, I really just want to hear the natural sounds. Good luck with your future flights, I look forward to watching your adventures.

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks Iain! I’ve had a couple of people say that about the music, interesting. Personally I like a little bit of it for parts of the video, but I appreciate everyone has different preferences.

[@alphabravoflying]

Great video! Going through IFR Training now and for your first IMC flight you performed like you have been doing it for years! nice job!

[@CaptainLawrenceNZ]

That was a really good show of IFR and but definitely doesn’t do you justice on how scary it is flying a single engine piston with no de-icing capability into showers at low temperatures. Very good experience no doubt. Fly safe!

[@IrishDave]

It's been said but really thankful for ATC.

[@catherinemunroe3960]

great job, cheers

[@Pilot-oy7dw]

Well done. A nice IMC flight and great support provided by ATC which is always a huge help.

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks! They really are indispensable

[@AV8OR51]

Great job on the flight/ADM & video!

[@BustaGrill]

Working on my instrument. Great video. Got my sub.

[@sixtiethofasecond]

Just about describes my feelings in my first proper solo IMC flight Shobdon to Exeter UK. Great video.

[@WingsOverTO]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Flywith_los]

Great Video!!!

[@neilmellor7307]

I am working on my IFR right now and this video is helpful. Thanks and great job on your first IFR trip.

[@WingsOverTO]

Glad it was useful! Good luck with the IFR.

[@michaswieca5272]

I love the way You present Yours flights on YT. Please keep filming. Greetings from helicopter guy.

[@celticbedou]

really well done. Good job.

[@WingsOverTO]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mikhailjairnisbett441]

Clearance dude read that super nice and slow, really great to hear it

[@WingsOverTO]

For sure! I don’t know if they somehow knew that I’m new to this and spoke slowly for me, or if they’re always that deliberate about clearances. But I definitely appreciated it.

[@andrewseneker7515]

Good job on the approach briefing! I feel like a lot of times it’s easy just rush through them, but you were super thorough :)

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks, Andrew! I hope I'm as thorough with the briefing a few years from now as I am today.

[@andrewseneker7515]

Yeah personally I like to have Jepp charts since I’m the USA but I dont know if they have them for Canada or not looks like it was just gov charts you had

[@WingsOverTO]

@@andrewseneker7515 yes I use Nav Canada charts. They’re different than the FAA’s charts and I quite like them. To be fair, I’ve never tried using the Jepp charts but I have taken a look at one or two and didn’t see a big difference against the Canadian ones. At least not enough to make the cost worth it for me.

[@wannafly34]

Really enjoyed this video. IMC + Teterboro in a GA aircraft...not easy. Well done.

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks so much!

[@HoundDogMech]

IMC is so much easier than when I first got my rating in 1973. There were places that did not have radar coverage for their approaches and NDB;VOR was the main enroute navigation. Sometimes you had to find a LandLine to close your IFR FLT Plan.

[@ProPilotPete]

Congrats on your first. When asked if you had on board radar you should say no, I’ve got XM or adsb wx. That way he knows you don’t have live data. They can be a big help in navigating the heavier stuff. Good job!

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks, Pete

[@locustvalleystring]

Thanks for sharing. It helps to co-live the experience with you. Working on my IPC with a totally digital panel. Tough transition after 40 years of steam gauges.

[@JBud1911]

Great Video, Im a VFR single engine pilot with no instrument rating. im looking forward with instrument training ahead. Really enjoyed your video. Hope that im cool as you appeared

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks so much. For watching my video, and for the kind words. Good luck with your instrument training!

[@midwestpilot6448]

Excellent job especially for a newly minted instrument pilot. One tip; you don't have to wait for vectors from ATC for weather. It's best to be proactive and pick a route that keeps you out of trouble ahead of time. I do it all the time and controllers are very cooperative.

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks very much, I appreciate that. I did pick a route that generally kept me safe, but the weather unfortunately does change and move around during longer flights. The route I chose showed some light to moderate precip, but nothing that made me think I should take a big detour to the west to avoid.

[@farmgene]

Nice video!

[@GetOffMyyLawn]

I am just an armchair pilot, but this was a great video about your first IMC experience... subscribed!

[@ahmadsamadzai8255]

Thanks for sharing. Excellent content. For the love of God, please do not ruin these great clips with the music.

[@donaldalmeida2483]

Agreed! Finding myself turning up the volume to hear ATC, and then loud crappy music kicks in. Nice job flying through IMC with the haunting possibility of icing.

[@kiwio768]

well done!!!

[@blakebrothers]

Really enjoyed your video - many thanks!

[@krushila1842]

This is sick! Just came across your channel!! Love to see you flew over my airspace haha! I'm based in Allentown lol!

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks! Maybe someday I’ll stop there. 😀

[@richardgreen6857]

Great video! Excellent work threading your way through the procedures and the weather!

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks Richard!

[@wagnertenor]

I fly with the US east coast controllers a lot. They are really great!

[@Alan316100]

Really enjoyed watching this, thank you 🙂

[@hackerzol]

That wasn't a doozy, you did great! Good job!

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks, Ricky!

[@GMascelli]

One cool customer! Great job out of Teterboro and first time IMC single pilot. I enjoyed the ride along.

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks, Gary!

[@ChrisPinCornwall]

I feel for you! Brilliantly handled, you seemed like an ifr veteran. Thank you for sharing, I've subscribed.

[@rockeyroy1]

What sweet plane! love the modern engine other instruments

[@VilleMaunu]

Really good action..does not look at all, that is your 1. imc alone..

[@devinpersons2927]

Great job. I’m one of those guys with my IFR and basically zero imc time since I live in Vegas.

[@WingsOverTO]

Gotta say, I’m jealous. IMC conditions keep most of us little guys grounded for most of the winter where I live. And winter here is like November to May. 😀

[@Antoine-Zim]

I’m working on my PPL. Flying IFR is such a big step but you handle like a champ in IMC. You seem very focus, cool and composed. Very impressive. ATC do such a good job re-vector you for a smoother flight. Greetings from NZWN New Zealand.

[@redtailpilot]

Ah KTEB! What a busy place to earn a PPL, but I'm glad I had the experience back in 1998/99. There were two or three flight schools back then and I did my training at MillionAir flight school. We would take off and fly over to MMU and CDW to practice landings (T&Gs). In fact, I actually soloed at MMU. Fun times learning in that busy airspace and keeping out of trouble, lol. As a private pilot, I haven't landed at TEB in decades. Even as an employee of the airport owner, I get no discount on landing fees, so it's just not worth it, when I can use CDW or MMU to pickup friends/family 😅

[@WingsOverTO]

Oh wow, I cannot imagine doing PPL training at Teterboro! Even my home field of Oshawa gets busy from time to time for a newbie student, but KTEB would just be nuts. Good for you.

[@redtailpilot]

@@WingsOverTO yeah it was pretty hectic to say the least, lol. I have a friend who worked ATC there when I was training, so he'd help get me off the ground and minimize my burning avgas behind all the jets (whenever he could).😂 Overall, it was an awesome experience! Nice job on the flight and video, I'll have to check out more of your content, now that I stumbled across your page 👍🏾

[@redtailpilot]

@@WingsOverTO BTW, I live 20 mins from TEB and still enjoy driving over to the field occasionally to watch the jet traffic and daydream of flying one 😃😂

[@_pjd]

It can get tricky up there, indeed.

[@yzaw4411]

Great to see your real first test of IMC and handling EXCELLENT! and hats off to the air traffic controllers they are so busy sometimes its hard to bottle feed.

[@jcheck6]

Great job! My first encounter with wx after pilot training in Arizona was in S.C. in an F-4 with no autopilot no ILS, just a hand flown GCA. Scary at best but like you a confidence builder.

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks! I can't imagine doing IFR without the benefit of GPS. Of course I know people did it all the time, but it's so hard to picture myself being comfortable without the iPad in front of me and the 430W on the panel. Thanks for watching!

[@a320nick]

Isn't it great when you first fly IMC..!!😎👍

[@WingsOverTO]

Yeah, and so far it hasn't gotten old, either! Thanks for watching.

[@wkboggs5]

Earned yourself a new subscriber bro. Watched your first 2 ep after this one. Diggin’ your way with the content.

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks! I went back and watched one of my early videos recently. Let’s just say my video making skills have improved somewhat since then. 😀 Maybe skip the first dozen or so.

[@wkboggs5]

@@WingsOverTO hey man. I actually watched your first two and THEN decided to subscribe. It was easy to see that I was gonna really CLICK with your way of presenting your content. 👊

[@corbiewhite7113]

Well done.

[@danielstover3029]

Well done! NY airspace is always very busy and challenging. You made it look easy... 😁👍

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks Daniel!

[@austinformedude]

I fly a Sundowner and sometimes with a good tailwind the controllers call me a "Debonair". Not usually a Bonanza though. Beautiful Sierra you have there!

[@juliojames5986]

Great flight with no virus pain this time, in IFR. 👍🏻

[@WingsOverTO]

LOL, no virus this time, thank goodness! Thanks Julio!

[@joebrunski3697]

Another great video Kamal. I'm working on my IFR and found this vid very helpful, especially the ATC interaction and your decision making. Nice job!

[@WingsOverTO]

Thank you, Joe!

[@observer1242]

You were great.

[@FloridaBard89]

nice job with the Radio comms man!

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks very much!

[@justingrind1908]

Nice vid

[@erich930]

Super cool! I'm working on my Instrument Rating right now, and I'm more than 3/4 of the way done. I've already got about an hour of actual under my belt, and hoping for a lot more as the weather warms up here in northwest Ohio.

[@WingsOverTO]

Oh nice, good luck with getting it finished up. I feel your pain about good flying days being few and far between this year.

[@s4aviator804]

Nice job. From the look of things, seems like the minor correction from ATC was busting the 1500 foot crossing restriction at WENTZ. It's a simple DP, but so many people make the same mistake you did. The simplest way to think about the RUUDY6 is to climb straight to 1500 and stay put, then up to 2000 after you cross WENTZ. Hard to say what exactly causes it, but that DP gets busted on altitude several times per week.

[@Ash-fz1sm]

This is helpful to see, im working through my IFR now and based out of CYOO also. Awesome work.

[@WingsOverTO]

Awesome, glad it’s helpful!

[@PaulSmith-kr7ej]

Awesome video. I’m waiting for my IFR checkride. Your experience helps my confidence.

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks Paul. Good luck with your check ride!

[@ThereCameAnEcho]

Great video! I'm in the Chicago area and only was able to get a CFII once winter temps were here, so icing conditions were here. My checkride is later this month but I won't go actual until I get time with an instructor first.

[@ThorNjord]

Nice video! I always heard the Teterboro controllers are nice IF you are on your A game as they have little time to spare. Must be quite stressful. Good job, that’s quite the flight for a first timer!

[@Mach7RadioIntercepts]

Nice video! You'll be okay flying IFR. If you find yourself getting tense, just take a deep breath, relax, and work your situation like a triage - fly the plane first, work out the rest in order of importance. If the wx gets too ugly, go the other way...

[@julianst]

Great video! Still have to get started with IR training, but I will probably be a little hestitant to flying into rain or any bigger cloud built ups. This helps getting a picture of such situations :) Thanks.

[@bernardanderson3758]

Great to have when you are flying single pilot IFR is a great Auto pilot and I see that you have one

[@WingsOverTO]

Yup, I can't imagine doing this without one. Thanks for watching!

[@andrewc9234]

i missed the inrat written by 1 question felt like a real kick in the teeth, your videos are pretty motivating i think mainly because youre a local (got my CPL at YOO) love your videos man

[@WingsOverTO]

Ouch, that's brutal! I hope you're able to take it again soon and get it out of the way. Thanks for the kind words!

[@cyrouskhavari969]

Iam sorry, but the IFR clearance, and the SID departure was very confusing to me, and was not very clear. Perhaps, because, i don't fly to east coast very often. I have been flying instrument over 4 decades. That said, great video, great job. Wishing you safe flight as always.😊

[@Marauder92V]

Been watching your video series over the past week. I noticed that the MP value is jumping on your JPI 900. I had the same issue. The problem can be corrected with a snubber being placed in the manifold line.

[@WingsOverTO]

Oh interesting, that’s really good to know. I’ll mention that to my mechanic. Thanks!

[@azcharlie2009]

We did some commercial training in a Beech Sierra. Kind of like flying a brick.. (-: ATC is usually understanding and helpful. I've had a few that were quite nasty, or talked so fast you couldn't understand them. Mostly happens in busier airports. Yours were very good, I'd say.

[@warsurplus]

Music is too loud and too distracting from the aviation info.

[@leonottokruse634]

Awesome content, love the music!

[@WingsOverTO]

Thank you! You’re the first person to say they like the music, all other mentions of it are more like “music is not necessary”. Lol

[@Trekgalaxi]

Hello sir, nice work. I am in the waterloo region and signed up with the flight school here. Would love to learn from you.

[@WingsOverTO]

Thanks! That’s supposed to be a good school, you’re in good hands. Thanks for watching.

[@DanFrederiksen]

Large synthetic vision helps a lot. should really be a legal requirement.

[@WingsOverTO]

I agree it would help. But making it a legal requirement would price probably 2/3 of private GA pilots out of aviation.

[@DanFrederiksen]

@@WingsOverTO They should arrange for an avionics producer to have an inexpensive option so it's not a 60k$ operation. Garmin offers it's G3x for 3k. They might cost 400$ to make. It's possible

[@InstrumentPilotBartram]

It is interesting to see your video it came up in my recommendations, Allentown is my stomping grounds fly out of there pretty often. Interesting pick, I hear often people pick teterboro because they think it be easier than the Big airports. However the flipside is now most think that making Teterboro harder. I recently learned it is cheaper and easier to go into Le Guardia. I emailed their FBO and their prices were cheaper than Tereboro.

[@WingsOverTO]

Interesting. I didn’t even look at the airports because I just assumed they were off limits.