The hardest part of an instrument flight often happens before engine start — sitting at the kitchen table deciding whether to go at all. Join us September 4-6, 2026 for a weekend built entirely around that call. We’ll spend Saturday morning learning to read a weather picture the way the pros do: decoding TAFs and METARs at a glance, spotting the trends a prog chart is trying to tell you, and separating a benign layer from the icing, embedded convection, and low-ceiling traps that turn a routine flight into a bad day.
From there we put it to work. Each of you will build a real go/no-go brief for an actual route, set honest personal minimums, pick a solid alternate, and defend the decision to the group — then we’ll fly the ones that pass and debrief the ones that didn’t. You’ll leave with a repeatable framework instead of a gut feeling. Spots are limited, so sign up early and tell us your departure airport, aircraft type, avionics and known-ice capability, and how you currently make the go/no-go call so we can tailor the weekend to what you actually fly.