NAFI Volunteers Key to IFR Proficiency Center Success

NORWOOD, Mass. - Aug. 17, 2014 - PRLog -- One of the most popular events at this year's EAA AirVenture was IMC Club's IFR Proficiency Center.  Volunteers from the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) provided instruction to IFR pilots placed in a scenario to test their real-world skill. Using Redbird flight training devices and simulated ATC communications provided by Pilot's Edge, pilots had to exercise their IFR skills in real-time without pause, ranging from being vectored to approaches to taking IFR clearances on the ground prior to take off and flight.  Up to eight pilots were using the same simulated airspace at one time, making the scenarios even more realistic.  Coaching from NAFI instructors was key in training pilots and making the experience a positive one.

The simulator scenarios have been co-developed by the IMC Club and the Redbird Simulator team for use exclusively in Redbird flight simulators.

Radek Wyrzykowski, IMC Club president said: "Without the generous help of NAFI members, we could not have made this work.  All of our volunteers and the pilots that participated found the experience rewarding and enjoyable.”

The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) is an international professional association of certificated flight instructors (CFIs) and flight training organizations (FTOs). NAFI is committed to helping its CFI members improve their skills and its FTO members improve their operations in order to produce better pilots.

NAFI CFIs are some of the most dedicated and active flight instructors in the world and are now teaching in 26 countries. In addition to instructing as independent flight instructors NAFI CFI members instruct in all manner of flight training organizations; flight schools, universities, corporate flight departments, fixed base operators, airlines and the military.

The concept behind the IMC Club is to create local communities of instrument rated pilots, and aspiring instrument pilots, around the country and around the world, who regularly meet to discuss topics and share information relative to instrument flying. This "organized hangar flying" promotes the sharing of experience among attendees.

More information can be found at http://www.imcclubs.org or http://www.nafinet.org

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