HERCULES FLIGHT SERVICE

You now possess the physical skills required to fly the aircraft well within PTS standards. Now it's time to work on your mental skills, procedures and honing the skills that were introduced to you in the initial phase of training. IFR is now going to start becoming more familiar to you. Terms like MEA, MOCA, COP, IAF, FAF, and what they all are, should be well within your understanding by now. Continue studying, there is much more to learn.



PHASE 2


1. Learning to fly holds. (Almost everyone has difficulty with holds.)         

(A)  Holds.

(1) Hold at a navigation aid. (VOR)
(2) Hold at a fix or intersection other than a nav aid..
(3) DME hold..
(4) Hold using two radials.
(5) The selection of the correct holding entry.

(i)    Direct entry. (Easiest)
(ii)   Parallel entry.
(iii)  Teardrop entry.

           

             Standard holding pattern. Left turns would be specified.   








 Holding entry diagram showing the recommended procedure.   
          (There is much more to this than meets the eye.)

(B)  Approaches 

(1)  Departure Procedures.
(2)  Enroute Structure.
(3)  Standard Terminal Arrival Routes.
(4)  Instrument Approaches.

Approaches