Instrument Rating
Online Ground School

Enroll In Our Online Instrument Rating Course Ground School

30 days Money Back Guarantee

 
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The Process of Becoming A Pilot

1. Sign Up

Sign up and get Instant Access 
to Online Ground School.

2. Learn Now

Watch and learn through our
easy-to-use Learning Center.

3. Pass the Test

Study for and PASS the required
FAA Written Test, Guaranteed.

4. Fly with Confidence

Put your aviation knowledge to work
during flying lessons.

Get Your Head in the Clouds with The Knowledge You Need

Buckle up for a career of success flying on instruments. The instrument rating requires you to know a whole mountain of knowledge, new procedures, solid communications, the finest of flying skills, precise navigation, and so much more. Learning Instrument with Angle of Attack arms you with a proven process to tackle this massive task.

Take a Peek Inside

Angle of Attack’s unique teaching method draws you in and keeps you engaged in the content. You’ll be surprised how quickly you start to understand the IFR system.

10 Sections – 160 Lessons – 23hrs 45 min

 

what you will learn in this course

(each bullet point represents an individual video lesson)

WELCOME & ORIENTATION

  • Welcome
  • Class Orientation
  • Goals for this Class

CLASS STRUCTURE

  • The Written Test Process
  • Real World Examples

MANUALS & MATERIALS

  • Manuals & Materials Intro
  • Apps

THE IFR BIG PICTURE

  • IFR Big Picture Intro
  • Instrument Is…
  • Forcefield Philosophy

YOU + IFR

  • Your IFR Goals
  • From PPL to IFR – The Transition
  • What to Expect from IFR
  • What You Will Experience
(each bullet point represents an individual video lesson)

INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS INTRO

  • Part II Intro
  • Why Know Systems?
  • Pitot Static Instruments
  • Vacuum Gyro Instruments
  • Electrical Instruments
  • Glass Panel

INSTRUMENT BY INSTRUMENT

  • Instrument System
  • Altimeter
  • Airspeed Indicator
  • Vertical Speed Indicator
  • Attitude Indicator
  • Turn Coordinator

FUNDAMENTAL IFR SKILLS

  • Instrument Skills Intro
  • Instrument Cross Check
  • Instrument Interpretation

AIRPLANE CONTROL

  • Airplane Control Intro
  • Primary + Supporting

BASIC FLIGHT MANEUVERS

  • Basic Flight Maneuvers Intro
  • Basic Flight Examples
  • Airspeed Changes
  • Climb Transition
  • Constant Airspeed Climb
  • Constant Rate Climb
  • Transition to Standard Rate Turn
  • Stabilized in Standard Rate Turn
  • Change of Speed Standard Rate Turn
  • Climbing & Descending Turns
(each bullet point represents an individual video lesson)

PART III INTRO

  • PART III Overview

PAVE + PART 61 REGS

  • PAVE Checklist Overview
  • P or Pilot
  • Recent Flight Experience
  • Keeping IFR Recency
  • IFR Logbooks

A FOR AIRCRAFT

  • A for Aircraft
  • Minimum Equipment
  • AVIATE Inspections
  • VOR Checks
  • IFR Inspections

E FOR EXTERNAL PRESSURES

  • Air Safety Video

HUMAN FACTORS + PHYSIOLOGY

  • Human Factors Intro
  • Ears
  • Body
  • Spacial Disorientation
  • Inner Ear
  • Visual Illusions
  • Optical Illusions
(each bullet point represents an individual video lesson)

IFR FLY-THROUGH

  • Part IV Intro
  • Pave Checklist
  • Flight Planning
  • Pre-Flight
  • IFR Clearance
  • IFR Taxi
  • IFR Takeoff
  • IFR Climb + Departure
  • IFR Top of Climb (TOC)
  • IFR Enroute + Cruise
  • IFR Arrival Planning
  • IFR Descent + Arrival
  • IFR Approach
  • IFR Missed Approach
  • IFR Landing
  • ARRIVAL TAXI
  • POST FLIGHT
(each bullet point represents an individual video lesson)

WEATHER SERVICES

  • Flight Planning Intro
  • WX Services Intro
  • WX Outlets
  • Digital Services
  • WX Observations
  • WX Reports
  • PIREPS
  • TAFs
  • Winds Aloft
  • Inflight Advisory
  • Graphical Forecast

LIVE PLANNING WITH FOREFLIGHT

  • Live Flight Planning
  • PAWS – PAVD
  • KPCZ – KGCM
  • KJBR – KLIT
  • KIND – KHHG
  • KLWN – KBDR
  • Is it Restrictive?

 

(each bullet point represents an individual video lesson)

CLEARANCE

  • IFR Clearance – CRAFT
  • CLEARED
  • ROUTE
  • ALTITUDE
  • FREQUENCY
  • TRANSPONDER
  • Example Clearance 1
  • Example Clearance 2
  • Other Clearance Items
  • ATC Comms Sources

AIRPORT SAFETY

  • Why We Must Communicate
  • Tips to Taxi By

DEPARTURE PROCEDURES

  • Departure Procedures Intro
  • SIDs
  • ODPs
  • ODP in ForeFlight 1
  • ODP in ForeFlight 2
  • ODP in ForeFlight 3
  • VCOA
  • Vector Departure
  • Climb Performance Calculation
(each bullet point represents an individual video lesson)

ENROUTE IFR CHARTS & NAVIGATION

  • Enroute IFR Charts & Navigation Intro
  • Flying IFR Enroute
  • Enroute Charts Intro
  • Enroute Altitudes
  • Enroute Airways
  • Enroute Airports
  • Enroute Airspace
  • Enroute Navigation
  • Enroute Reports
(each bullet point represents an individual video lesson)

HOLDING PROCEDURES

  • Holds Intro
  • Procedural/Charted Hold
  • Hold Details
  • Hold Speeds
  • How To Do Holds

ARRIVAL PROCEDURES

  • Arrivals Intro

LOST PROCEDURES

  • Lost Comm Procedures

INFLIGHT ICING

  • Icing in IFR
  • ForeFlight Icing Strategy
(each bullet point represents an individual video lesson)

INTRO & OVERVIEW

  • Approaches Intro
  • Why Approaches?

TYPES OF APPROACHES

  • Types of Approaches
  • Precision
  • Non-Precision
  • GPS/RNAV
  • Visual Approach
  • Circling

APPROACH CHARTS

  • Chart Layout

BRIEFING STRIP

  • Briefing Strip

PLAN VIEW

  • Plan View
  • NavAids
  • Airports
  • Terrain, Water, Obstacles
  • Special Use Airspace
  • Minimum Safe Altitude

APPROACH PROFILE VIEW

  • Profile View
  • Landing Mins
  • Runway Surface

APPROACH BRIEFING

  • Approach Briefing

MISSED APPROACH

  • Missed Approach

FLYING AN APPROACH

  • Live Examples of Chart Reading
(each bullet point represents an individual video lesson)

BRING IT TOGETHER

  • Final Section Intro
  • Single Pilot IFR
  • Tools & Organization
  • Proficiency Plan
  • Written Test Prep
  • Training Plan

Why You Should Join OUR INSTRUMENT Ground School TODAY

You’ve heard fellow pilots say an instrument rating makes you a better pilot. Not only is this true, but more importantly it makes you a safer pilot.

67% of accidents are associated with continued VFR flight into IMC or deteriorating conditions involving pilots who did not have an instrument rating.

Most of these accidents could have been prevented with well trained, competent, knowledgeable pilots.

If you’re finally ready to make it happen…

then let’s get you started.

YOUR CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR

chris palmer

Chris has been in aviation training and creating educational content since 2006. As a career CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) and Master Aviation Educator*Chris trains pilots year round at his Alaska based Flight School, also called Angle of Attack.

He’s one of Youtube’s leading Aviation Training Content Creators with over 115K subscribers. With a focus on developing and sharing new flight training methods, techniques and tips… Chris’s enthusiasm and passion for training the next generation of pilots is evident in all the content he produces.

 

We Stand Behind Our Work

The “Throttle On” No-Headache Guarantee

We offer an industry-best, one-of-a-kind Money Back Guarantee. If we sign you off to take your Written Test, and for any reason you don’t pass, we’ll pay for your Written Test AND refund your Online Ground School purchase. That’s right, it’s more than a 100% guarantee. That’s how confident we are in this program. It works, and we know it will for you, too.

Ready To Start Ground School?

$279

LIFETIME ACCESS

Instant access to the entire online program. Refresh your instrument knowledge at any time. Build safe and useful instrument knowledge and skills

BUNDLE AND SAVE

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INSTRUMENT COURSE
+ CHECKRIDE ACE COURSE

Save $26 and lock in your commitment to passing your checkride. Add Checkride ACE to your Instrument training

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Get Endorsed:

Instructor provided FAA endorsement to take your test

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Lifetime Access

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Available on iOS or Android so you always have the course in your pocket

The Real Deal:

Our Instructors are always teaching real students, and know what it takes to succeed

Extensive Library

Over 35 Hours of Instructor Lead HD videos

Always Up-to-Date

Continually updated with fresh content

Pass the Test

Study actual FAA Written Test questions

ForeFlight EFB:

Learn modern flight planning for real world flying

Old School Meets New School:

We combine stick and rudder “seat of the pants” flying and knowledge, with modern perspectives

Our “Throttle On Guarantee”

Pass the written test or we’ll refund your course investment AND pay for your test.

JOIN OVER 2000+ HAPPY PILOTS

frequently asked questions

There is a difference between ground school and ground instruction. Ground instruction is typically given during a flight lesson before and/or after the flight portion of the lesson. Ground School meets a requirement to pass what is called a Written Test, required by the FAA. This Knowledge Test requires understanding of many subjects areas. Without a Ground School course, students won’t have a head-start when going to those flight lessons, and will likely spend more time and money getting their license. This is especially the case with Instrument. 

During your private training, you probably noticed that you get out of training what you put in. In private training you can get away with ‘just going flying’ sometimes. Instrument isn’t the same. Instrument is almost all about the knowledge, and mental preparation. Fail to prepare, fail to learn the knowledge ahead of time, and you truly won’t have any idea what’s happening. 

We suggest getting started with Instrument Online Ground School as soon as you finish private. While you build your time for Instrument, you’ll be learning the whole time. 

We also suggest you take an Intro Instrument Flight. This will give you a good overview of how things work in IFR, and that’ll help you apply your IFR knowledge to something real. 

While you can start flight training without having started a Ground School, you’ll find that your progress is slowed by not knowing the subjects ahead of time. By having much of the book/class knowledge out of the way with a Ground School before starting, you’ll find your progress through flight training is much faster.

The Written Exam is valid for 2 years after the date of completion, giving you more than enough time to go through flight training.

There are three tests required to become a private pilot; a Written Exam, Oral Exam and Practical Test. The Oral Exam and Practical Test are commonly referred to as the Checkride. The Checkride cannot begin without the Written Exam being completed ahead of time.

That’s why we suggest starting ground school first. 

Our Ground School will help you complete and pass that required Written Test that you can then take to your Checkride.

We look at Instrument differently. Instead of diving straight into the charts and all the numbers, we lay the foundation of why Instrument exists, and how you as a pilot fit into the larger puzzle. 

Our team is experience in real world IFR, which isn’t something a lot of instructors can say. We’ve seen it, we’ve flown in it, and we love to teach what we’ve learned. 

This course is accredited by way of our instructors being FAA certificated. However, there are some universities that require Part 141 certification of their courseware. Once you pass a Written Test, that certificate can be used for any checkride. 

Everyone has to start somewhere, right? If you thought Private was a lot to learn, wait until you start IFR. There’s a mountain of knowledge. No worries, though. We’ve got your back. We’ll lay it all out, and build you from zero to hero.  

We think having a set of books is highly valuable. Instrument is a bit more simple from a books perspective. If you already have books, bring them. The FAA has some great books with the Instrument Flying Handbook and the Instrument Procedures Handbook. Both are free in PDF form, but some prefer to have books. 

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