Single Pilot IFR Gary Reeves Tamara Griffith - IntheHangar Ep 25

[@dunntexas]

I very much appreciate Gary’s comment about flying IFR always. I rarely fly VFR except in cases where I’m flying Young Eagles for 15 min flights. Anything over 30 minutes gets filed. Thanks for the episode.

[@IllFlyIt]

Good video with some good points. While working my way up the pilot ranks I did 3 years (2,000 hours) of single pilot piston freight. Flying 5 days a week kept me very sharp and comfortable in all weather. It was some of the most fun I've had flying.

[@LimeyTX]

I miss your videos! How's life at SWA?

[@MichaelLloyd]

I'm not instrument rated (yet) but I agreed with Gary (mostly) when he said always fly IFR. Some days it's nice to "see the sites". Great video. Congrats on the commercial job Christy!

[@kevinvoorheis1990]

Just passed my IR checkride last week so I definitely appreciate these tips!

[@pilotchristy]

Congratulations! It’s the most important rating in my opinion. :)

[@kevinvoorheis1990]

@@pilotchristy Thanks. Do you guys fly out of KBAZ?

[@IllFlyIt]

Congrats!

[@RJ9mech]

Congratulations! I strongly agree with the recommendation to utilize the IFR system at every opportunity.

[@Heathfx5]

I loved the PCP mnemonic, i just completed my IFR rating and my instructor taught me this principle in his plane. Now I need go fly my plane and come up with a comfortable approach power and configuration for it. Ideally one that allows me to be trimmed level, then drop the gear to get a 3° glideslope without changing anything else.

[@beaterstang0898]

Very good stuff, I always enjoy learning and listening to others discuss IFR. I agree with Gary on filing, if I have a student on a local training flight I usually don’t. However, if I’m going somewhere for myself 30min or more away I always file.

[@TJFlyingAdventures]

Great tip from Gary about not being rushed to check in after a frequency change!

[@texasjacksonswf]

Great tips Gary and Tamara! Thank you. I also watched Gary's "Mastering ForeFlight for IFR Use" in the FAAST Wings program. Very helpful tips on marking up plates in Foreflight.

[@MrSixstring2k]

Just wish it was longer, great episode.

[@texasjacksonswf]

He did a live webinar called "Mastering ForeFlight for IFR Use" through FAA Safety Team. You could search the faasafety.gov website to see if they published it. It was under the topic "Using ForeFlight for Single-Pilot IFR".

[@millerliteliker]

I agree with dunntexas - I always file IFR. It keeps me proficient on the radios and especially flying SIDS and STARS in Class B airspace. It is also quite simply the easiest way to fly within Class B airspace. Great idea also on flying an approach even on a VMC day. Sometimes I fudge on that just because it is so quick sometimes just to go visual approach. But that is great advice and I will try to follow that more often.

[@MrHampilot]

Great tips. Thank you

[@ryanedwards7741]

I love how youtube can be relevant in the moment years after a published vid is out

[@almarasco8088]

Great. Video very informative. Thank you so much

[@paulmorrisette1581]

Yes!!!! IFR all the time.

[@csmihaly]

Wow wow wow., so many unbelievable practical advice(s?), thanks so much. Definitely subbed. And Gary is my new instructor!

[@jamesdoerr4318]

good show

[@ctn830]

good video!

[@asiasmells71]

Great video.. I really like the talk show style videos you do.. But I do find them a little short something like single pilot IFR I'm sure can be discussed for a full 20 or 30 min.. Even a 2 part series seen you bring these people in then we get more then 8 min clip.. Just a suggestion again love this videos keep up the good work

[@TakingOff]

Yeah, I've gone back and forth on length. We've got a couple long ones coming up. And we certainly could do a whole IFR series.

[@LimeyTX]

I want to add a slightly contrarian comment about using higher minimums. For a start, I don't really understand what it means to use "higher minimums" unless it's properly spelled out. For example, as I recall, Gary said that when flying his wife and kids he might use higher minimums. What does this mean? For example if it means that while flying a perfect ILS in smooth conditions, with the localizer and glideslope both nailed on a nice stable approach, he would go missed at 400 feet, frankly I find that notion absurd. If. on the other hand, it means that if the destination has an ILS but is forecast to be below 400 feet, then hw would cancel the trip and either go another day, or to a different destination, that makes sense. Many years ago, when I first got my instrument rating, my first trip planned was to Boston Logan in an Arrow on my daughter's birthday. When I got the weather, BOS was forecast to be two hundred and a half. But that isn't what stopped me, what stopped me was forecast of severe icing below 5000'. That I wasn't going to mess with. Most IFR training consists of repeating approaches to minimums and usually executing the missed. In my view, if a person with a brand new instrument rating lacks the confidence to shoot an approach to minimums then they really ought to be considering whether they fly IFR at all. There are many reasons to cancel a single pilot IFR trip but the idea that the destination is at minimums shouldn't really be one of them. If there is excessive wind, turbulence expected, icing or other factors may prevent a good stabilized approach, then by all means cancel. But if the destination is at minimums, then clearly an alternate with reasonable weather would be needed. I think the bottom line is that people need to be specific about what they mean and not just make seemingly generic statements about "higher minimums". To finish on a positive note, I have watched most of the "In the Hangar" series and enjoyed them. But this one irked me a little for the message it sends. If you tell a new IFR rated pilot who has just demonstrated his or her capability to fly a stabilized approach to minimums and then to execute the missed approach procedure and enter the hold all while hand flying the airplane and handling ATC that he or she shouldn't try this for real, you have sent the wrong message.

[@1shARyn3]

"Talking fast on the radio helps no one" .... tell that to the myriad of controllers trying to out-talk each other ...

[@jameschristiansson3137]

Ladies Love Taildraggers! Great organization.

[@zacharynorman397]

0:40 Always good to start off by introducing yourself as "one of the most popular national public speakers." sheesh

[@TheFlyingController]

Beat me to it...lol

[@ibgarrett]

Love the leggings! Very aviation oriented.. :)