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I want to get my IFR certificate but am having a little trouble making it happen. I can usually find an instructor but not an airplane. To get both is an hour and a half drive. It’s very difficult for me to get away for more than a couple days at a time so traveling to take a condensed course isn’t the best option for me either.
One idea I have is to make the C-150J I own into an IFR bird but I don’t know what it must have to get through training and a check ride. It currently has no radios. It did have the old 300 nav/com but it failed and now occupies a space on the floor. The com side wasn’t legal to use and that old 150 could make much better use of that 9 pounds anyway. I have a loose KT76 transponder that likely needs an encoder but otherwise should work. Push come to shove I can pull the Garmin SL40 out of the Pawnee project for a com radio. That just leaves navigation equipment but I don’t know what would get me by. Does anyone care to give some advice more about what equipment I actually need rather than wishful thinking?
One idea I have is to make the C-150J I own into an IFR bird but I don’t know what it must have to get through training and a check ride. It currently has no radios. It did have the old 300 nav/com but it failed and now occupies a space on the floor. The com side wasn’t legal to use and that old 150 could make much better use of that 9 pounds anyway. I have a loose KT76 transponder that likely needs an encoder but otherwise should work. Push come to shove I can pull the Garmin SL40 out of the Pawnee project for a com radio. That just leaves navigation equipment but I don’t know what would get me by. Does anyone care to give some advice more about what equipment I actually need rather than wishful thinking?
