OSHKOSH — PilotEdge and IMC Club are collaborating on the newly-launched IFR Pilot Proficiency Center at AirVenture 2014. Pilots can experience a series of carefully crafted IFR flights, specifically designed to get them flying “in the system,” while exposing them to increasingly challenging tasks. “We’re exciting to be working with PilotEdge at the IFR Proficiency Center,” said […]
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IMC Club partners with EAA to establish The IFR Proficiency Center
The IMC Club and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) have inaugurated a new skill-building center at AirVenture 2014. The IFR Proficiency Center will be a hub for instrument pilots and will feature Tech Talks, IMC Club chapter meetings, and eight Redbird flight simulators on which pilots can gauge their instrument proficiency by flying various approach scenarios. […]
First Canadian IMC Club chapter opens in Calgary
The first chapter of the IMC Club International in Canada was launched on May 7, when pilots met at Springbank Airport, outside of Calgary. Since its inception over two years ago, the IMC Club has grown from four pilots in Norwood, Mass., to more than 2,000 members globally. The first meeting of the IMC Club […]
First winner of Brown Jacket Award revealed
The first winner of the IMC Club’s “Brown Jacket Award” goes to Andrew Dow, Chief Flight Instructor at Great River Aviation and Aviation Program Coordinator at Quincy University, Quincy, Ill. The IMC Club International awards the Brown Jacket to one general aviation pilot each year. The award recognizes excellence in three areas: Flight proficiency, Continuing […]
IMC Club launches IFR reference library
IMC Club International has launched an IFR Airport Practical Tips Reference Base, a library of a “real life experiences” about arrival and departure to the nation’s busiest and most challenging airports like Boston Logan International, Los Angeles, or Teterboro, N.J., as well as rural airports. All posts are based on actual experiences of the pilots. […]
Oshkosh chapter of IMC Club to hold inaugural meeting
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Pilots will meet on Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. to establish the Fox Valley Chapter of the IMC Club International. Andy Miller, IMC Club’s Fox Valley Chapter leader, is from Appleton, Wisconsin, where he hangars his Cessna 182 and helps staff the Teaching & Learning Center at Fox Valley Technical College. A […]
New to instrument flying?
By CHRIS HOPE Looking back, I realize that my transition to becoming an instrument pilot was so much easier than what most of my students go through, and so much easier than for most new instrument pilots. When I attended USAF Undergraduate Pilot Training, I already had a private pilot’s license. I received the same […]
WildBlue Aircraft Sales teams with IMC Club
Aircraft sales company, WildBlue, LLC, and IMC Club have entered a joint marketing venture, with WildBlue committing to sponsoring the next five chapters of the international club. IMC Clubs, the brainchild of Radek Wyrzykowski, is a membership-based non-profit 501(c)(3) organization focused on instrument rated pilots and flight instructors, with a network of chapters throughout the […]
Executive Flyers Aviation inaugurates IMC Club chapter
BEDFORD, Mass — Executive Flyers Aviation at Laurence G. Hanscom Field (BED) recently hosted the inaugural meeting of a new chapter of the international IMC Club. Michael Goulian, Executive Flyers Aviation’s Chief Pilot, airshow performer and Red Bull Air Race pilot, also serves on the IMC Club’s Board of Directors. “Executive Flyers is thrilled to […]