Its good for training, but in the real world you may not be able to always
practice your approaches prior to doing them.
I found that after I got the cockpit management down, and relax, it was all so
much easier.

a couple of months ago I flew into Ontario Int. in southern california, at the
HEC vor they gave me the ziggy3 arrival and the ILS for 26R, then they told me
to turn 20 degrees left to make way for a 737, then gave me direct to petis and
told me to land ILS 26L . I couldnt have practiced this in advance, its all in
cockpit management, having your stuff laid out so you can just glance down and
get the new information.

Jeff

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote:

Just a question for y'all out there.

In-between lessons I've been practicing approaches using my OnTop IFR
program. It seems to work, very well, in terms of getting me to recall the
procedures and frequencies by sheer repetition when it comes to my actual
lesson day.

My question though: Is such an approach (pardon the unintentional pun)
wise/useful? Would it be better for me to go into my actual instrument
lessons totally fresh (of course, with a look-see at the approach charts
before leaving for my lesson) without any rehearsal / practice? I should
say that I do notice a big difference (and satisfaction with) in my
performance on the lesson days where I have practiced/rehearsed the
approaches on my simple Sim on the days before my lesson.

Would be interested in hearing your input!

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