Getting back into flying......... what to do?

I would agree that you should just start taking some instrument lessons. Find a study course for it somewhere and that will bring you back up to speed pretty quick. I too spent some time away from flying (from 2002-2006) since coming back I have picked up my IR, and I have my comm ride set for Feb 26. It will come back to you pretty quick. There are not a lot of changes. Some little stuff like the BFR you mentioned is no longer a BRF, its now just a FR...dont ask me, i guess the government official in charge that day, needed to feel like he/she had accomplished something!!!!
Most importantly, just have fun! :nana2:
 
MQAAord said:
Whoops. Math error.....
I last flew in Jan of 2002. By the time next fall rolls around, it'll be just shy of 7 years. Not 8... D'oh. Did I mention math was never my strong point?

Maybe I'd better brush up on addition & subtraction first!
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Speaking of which... don't forget your numbers.

V speeds, etc, and the like. Taking out the POH and making sure you know your performance numbers and Limitations would be first priority in my mind.
 
MQAAord said:
So I've been promised that I can start flying again once CA pay kicks in. It's probably going to be next fall (when the kids are in school). By then it'll have been almost 8 years since I'll have flown a plane. :buck:

For you CFIs:

-What would you, as an instructor, like someone to study who hasn't flown in so long?
-How would you suggest best preparing for getting back into it?
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Gleim has a really good pilot refresher course that you can purchase and do online. It takes a few days to do and it helped me get my BFR after 5 years of not flying.
 
Expanded BFR or BFR followed by dual received for inst training. In the mean time, pick up your favorite flying educational material that is current. Oral Exam Guides are great. Everybody else has great suggestions. Basically anything that will get you some exposure. When I wasn't flying myself, I would take every opportunity I could to sit in the jumpseat of the tanker. It helped trememdously!
 
as a good rule of thumb I find that for every year not flying about 2 hours flying brings you to speed, so for 8 years not flying I'd plan on about 15 hours with an instructor. Sound like a lot? Maybe, but it's not goig to hurt you.

I'd brush up on how things happen, I hesitate to say procedures, buecause thats not what I'm referring to. The more general concepts of flight is what I am:

How do you stall a plane, what is the recovery.
What should the flight path look like o nthe way to the runway, what should you do to hold airspeed and change your rate of descent.

those types of procedural questions.
 
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