### Instrument Rating Airplane Single-Engine, Lesson Plan Outline
> [!note] "Lessons" will often consist of multiple ground and/or flight sessions.
> [!note] Relevant ground school or home study content to prep before each lesson can be found in [[~ IR Pre-Lesson Reading]].
#### Stage I: Flight by Reference to Instruments
[[IR.1 Introduction and Instrument Systems]]
[[IR.2 Instrument Scan, Basic Attitude Instrument Flight]]
[[IR.3 Instrument Aircraft Control, Practice Maneuvers, Aircraft Gaits]]
[[IR.4 Flight Deck Organization, Workload and Automation Management]]
[[IR.5A VOR Navigation]]
[[IR.5B GPS Navigation]]
[[IR.6 Unusual Attitude Recoveries, Including Partial Panel]]
#### Stage II: IFR Charts, Instrument Approaches, Emergencies
[[IR.7 Airspace, Charts, Flight Planning and Enroute Operations]]
[[IR.8 Holding Patterns and Entries]]
[[IR.9 Communications and Clearances]]
[[IR.10 Approach Charts and Procedures]]
[[IR.11A RNAV (GPS) Approaches]]
[[IR.11B ILS + LOC Approaches]]
[[IR.11C VOR + Circling Approaches]]
[[IR.12 IFR Departure Procedures and Terminal Arrival Procedures]]
[[IR.13 Partial Panel Maneuvers and Approaches]]
#### Stage III: Weather, Cross-Country, and Checkride Prep
[[IR.14 IFR Weather and Weather Services]]
[[IR.15 Enroute and Cross-Country Instrument Flight, Including Lost Comms]]
[[IR.16 Review and Checkride Prep]]
#### Appendices
[[IR.A Instrument Rating Flight Experience Requirements]]
[[IR.B IFR Endorsements]]
[[IR.C Important References to Study]]
[[IR.D Kneeboard Cheatsheets]]
[[IR.E Sample Instrument Approach Circuits for Bay Area]]
[[IR.F Beyond Your Instrument Rating]]
### Blocks of Learning
![[~ IR Blocks of Learning.png]]
> [!warning] This image is manually updated and may not match the latest lesson plans. It was last updated on Oct 2, 2024.