Bob Miller Flight
 Training, Inc.

Buffalo-Lancaster Regional Airport
Lancaster, NY  (KBQR)
716-864-8100
rjma@rjma.com

Overview

The instrument rating requires a combination of precise flying skills coupled with a solid knowledge of the enroute national airspace system and terminal approach procedures.  The rate of instrument skill development can be maximized via intensive training and practice on a daily basis.

The accelerated training curriculum outlined below includes two daily 2-hour training flights interspersed with two 1-hour ground training sessions.  All flight training is conducted during cross-country flights to multiple destinations including New York City and international flights into Canadian airspace (Toronto Class B).

Following each day of training, pilots are required to complete two to three hours assigned ground study materials during the evening hours.  Thus, each training day will consume a minimum of 8 to 9 hours.

A word of caution . . . accelerated learning is only effective if it is combined with immediate application of newly acquired knowledge and skills in the days and weeks following such learning.  Thus, pilots completing accelerated instrument training are encouraged to fly frequently in the IFR environment immediately following this accelerated training.

Training philosophy

There are two basic aspects to instrument training.  One aspect is the acquisition of sufficient knowledge and skills to pass the FAA check ride and acquire the rating.  Any flight school or independent CFI-I can fulfill this aspect for you. 

Much of this aspect of instrument training can be acquired in simulated IFR conditions produced by wearing a view-limiting device and/or general aviation flight simulator.

The other and far more compelling aspect of instrument training is developing sufficient knowledge, skills, and aeronautical decision making (ADM) ability to safely operate in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC).

The only way to fulfill this aspect of instrument training is to get out and fly in REAL instrument conditions on cross-country flights in ACTUAL instrument meteorological conditions.  Pilots must experience real, often turbulent clouds, while operating aloft on the gauges.  This experience cannot be simulated!

Bob Miller Flight Training, Inc. specifically addresses this second aspect of instrument flight.

Training aircraft

We use 2005 Cessna 172SP training aircraft.  Each meticulously maintained aircraft is equipped with Garmin G1000 glass panel cockpits.  Additional features include uplink XM weather depictions, traffic, and terrain avoidance equipment plus autopilots and leather seats!

Insurance

Bob Miller Flight Training, Inc. students are fully insured for liability and property damage insurance coverage when accompanied by one of our certificated flight instructors.  This insurance extends to our solo flight students and renters with a $1,000 deductible.  This deductible compares favorably to many other flight schools that impose a $25,000 deductible.

Curriculum

Costs
 

43 hours in-flight instruction in a C-172 G-1000 glass cockpit	$7,525
20 hours of ground instruction	$1,000
Books and materials	$40
FAA Knowledge test, oral exam and check ride	$400
Hotel and rental car	$950
Applicable taxes (aircraft rental, books and materials)
Total	$10,015

Financing available

Bob Miller Flight Training, Inc. offers convenient financing for all or any portion of this training through Pilot Finance, Inc.  Click HERE for more information on this financing opportunity.

For more information, contact:

Bob Miller Flight Training, Inc.
Buffalo Lancaster Airport (KBQR)
716-864-8100
rjma@rjma.com