Single Engine Training
The rating that makes you a real all-weather pilot — and a required step toward a professional career. Add your Instrument Rating in the Diamond DA40 with full Garmin G1000, training the way the airlines fly from day one: approaches, holds, partial panel, IFR cross-country, and ATC communications. Full program runs about two months; if you already have the PIC and instrument time logged, it can go as fast as 20 days.
The Instrument Rating teaches you to fly solely by reference to instruments and to operate safely in the IFR system. You'll train in the Diamond DA40 with the Garmin G1000 — glass-cockpit, airline-relevant avionics — building a precise instrument scan, mastering precision and non-precision approaches, holds, and partial-panel work.
The full program is about 40 hours of flight, 40 hours of instruction, and 20 hours of ground over roughly two months. Students who already have cross-country PIC and instrument time on the books can complete it in as little as 15 flight hours over about 20 days. You'll prepare for the IRA (Instrument Rating Airplane) knowledge test, and your checkride is scheduled at a defined milestone so there's no waiting around at the end.
| Requirement | Minimum | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate | Private Pilot | Required to start |
| PIC Cross-Country | 50 hrs | Per 61.65(d) |
| Instrument Time | 40 hrs actual or simulated | Per 61.65(d) |
| Instrument Dual | 15 hrs with a CFII | Per 61.65(d) |
| Knowledge Test | IRA written | Pass before checkride |
| Medical | 3rd Class or BasicMed | Student's responsibility |
This approach means you're never flying just to log hours — every flight is doing double duty.
The IFR system, G1000 and autopilot, instrument scan, partial panel and unusual attitudes.
ILS, RNAV/LPV, VOR and localizer approaches, holds, and missed approaches flown to ACS tolerances.
Full IFR cross-country including the required 250 NM IFR XC, ATC communications, and actual IMC where conditions allow.
Mock checkride, oral prep, and partial-panel and non-precision polish.
Instrument Rating practical test with an in-house DPE.
Yes — the IR is added to an existing Private Pilot Certificate.
The full program is about two months. If you already have the cross-country PIC and instrument time logged, as little as 20 days.
The glass-cockpit avionics mirror what you'll fly in a professional cockpit — it's airline-relevant from day one.
Where weather allows, yes — supplemented with simulated instrument time to meet all requirements.
Yes, through Stratus Financial.
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