Very well, you have reached that critical point where your precision flying skills are impressing me no end, and your on the verge of being declared a walking IFR encyclopedia. In other words you know enough to send us both to oblivion in a blaze of glory. You also should have developed number eight on the list below quite nicely by now. We are nearing the end, and it is time to bring all that you have learned into the cross-country phase. You have all these skills in your arsenal, but you really do not know how to use them yet. The cross-country phase will take care of that. At this point, instruction is at a bare bones minimum and I am loading you up. When I can load you up, and you can effectively fly the aircraft, remaining well within the PTS standards and manage to successfully complete that flight, and you can do it consistently. Then, and only then, ready for your check ride, will you be. Meaning, I will write the appropriate endorsements in your logbook and sign your 8710.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR SAT IN THE RIGHT SEAT OF N2763F
PHASE 3
1. Cross-Country Phase.
Instead
of structured cross country flights here, we are going to be flexible.
At some point your going to be real IFR and we will be flying night
IFR also. I would not dare send you out into the IFR world without a
nice taste of both. You need to do it at least once with the safety
margin of an instructor next to you. You will find night IFR even more
satisfying, but far more tiring, and in that sense adds another
dimension to IFR. There is one cross-country mandated by "Part 61.65 paragraph D" of the FAR/AIM to qualify for the rating. We will fly more than one cross-country.
Cessna N2763F, high performance aircraft, make sure you have that
endorsement already and your familiar with constant speed prop.