zatatime wrote:

Get some dual covering various instruments until you are really
comfortable not needing them. Someone posted they had to do this
before solo, and I totally agree with this approach.

I think it may be part of the Jeppesen air work syllabus. I seem to
remember my CFI checking things off in my little lesson flip book while
he covered my instruments. Sometimes, he even did it while I was under
the hood.

When my DE did it, his Post-Its kept falling off. I was proud of my
no-instrument comfort, so I loaned him _my_ Sporty's failed instrument
covers so we could complete the task.

The bottom line was that I was taught that if we're missing one number,
such as airspeed, there are others to help, such as RPM and vertical
speed. Straight and level at a given setup will always equal the
missing data. Once you're stabilized, other procedures, like approach
and landing should simply snap together.