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My airplane finally got out of the shop after a year-long excursion into the joys of zealous maintenance, so I basically let a year pass without flying. Since the plane got back into service, I've been working on getting my profiency back up to snuff, which mostly boils down to flying a lot for practice.

This includes specific operations required in order to satisfy regulations that would otherwise prohibit me from certain other operations because I am not longer current (that is, I am out of practice as defined by FAA regulations). For example, I can't carry passengers unless I've landed a plane 3 times in the past 90 days, and can't carry passengers at night unless I've landed at night in the past 90 days. Having done that, I could, for example, fly Payam and Sugam to Columbia for a great night of sightseeing and unexpected starvation.

I'm also in the process of training to take what's called an instrument proficiency check (IPC), which is a test for pilots who are certified for instrument flight (in low or zero visibility weather) but are not current. As a result, I'm studying for the part of the test where my instructor grills me on procedures, regulations, and whatnot.

I have an excellent book which I used when I was training for the IFR ticket (certification) called Instrument Pilot Flight Traning Manual by Ralf Butcher, which I highly recommend. I also have a book from McGraw Hill called Instrument Flying Handbook. This is a thick and intimidating looking book which I haven't yet read much of, but it looks pretty good from a quick scan.