{"id":28810,"date":"2020-10-20T13:21:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T17:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=28810"},"modified":"2020-10-20T11:21:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T15:21:01","slug":"zoom-ifr-class-materials-available-for-other-flight-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/20\/zoom-ifr-class-materials-available-for-other-flight-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom IFR class materials available for other flight schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We just wrapped up a three-session Zoom IFR training class and the learners (generally Private pilots, but some instrument-rated pilots getting a refresher). I thought that other CFIs might be interested to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/l1dj7wnlcm7vdvo\/AADOkdWX4WcRHAAzdO-A2Rxma?dl=0\">our materials<\/a> (PowerPoints and some PDFs from the FAA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The class relies on the following: (a) the FAA materials are excellent, and (b) a lot of folks who were fortunate enough to get an education prior to coronapanic and associated school shutdown are good at reading. No need to spoon-feed the material slide after slide as though learners are incapable of reading a book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Each Zoom session was a little over an hour, including questions and answers. There was a bit of inadvertent action on camera, but nothing as exciting as <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/19\/jeffrey-toobin-was-masturbating-in-front-of-new-yorker-bigs-report\/\">what the righteous Trump-haters at <em>New Yorker<\/em> magazine put on<\/a> (example of why we need the <em>New York Post<\/em>, despite the Twitter ban).)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a recent IFR trip to Washington, D.C. 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