Instrument Refresher is the only flight simulator designed for instrument pilots to practice the FAA instrument currency flight procedures and prepare for the Instrument Proficiency Check (IPC). The Instrument Refresher software contains 24 lessons divided into four "Blocks" of learning:

• Radio Navigation
• Airwork
• Enroute Procedures
• Instrument Approaches
• A fifth Block, IPC Flight, simulates a comprehensive instrument proficiency check flight.
• Block 6 is called Free Flight, which allows you to leave the instructional environment and fly on your own, with no guidance or prompts, with access to a comprehensive U.S. and worldwide database, and the approach scenarios pre-programmed for you to practice solo.

Some of the challenges you'll face in the full package of lessons include:

• Instrument approaches
• Holding procedures
• Intercepting and tracking courses through the use of NAVAIDs
• Unusual attitudes
• Steep turns
• Partial panel
• IFR communications
• And a comprehensive Instrument Proficiency Check flight (IPC)

Tour the program

View a 2 minute Quicktime movie to become familiar with all the major features of the program. You will need to have Quicktime 4 or later installed on your computer to view locally, and Quicktime's plug-in to view in your browser.

IPC Demo (Movie) Read Me (.doc format; 31KB) - This file contains installation and viewing instructions for the movie, as well as the system requirements for the movie and for the flyable demo. For complete instructions, and to review all the program details, download the Operating Manual (.pdf format; 2022KB)

IPC Demo Movie (6052KB) - Click on this link if you already have Quicktime 4 or later installed. Left-click to view in your browser; right-click to save to your computer.

IPC Demo Movie with Quicktime 6 (16,029KB) - Download this file if you don't have Quicktime 4 or later installed. The file contains IPC's demo movie, Quicktime 6's installer files, and the ReadMeFirst file. You will need an unzipping utility to use this file. We recommend Winzip.

Test-Fly The Program

The flyable demo file is a self-executable file, called "ipc_demo_installer.exe". Download this file, and save it to your choice of location on your computer's hard drive. After downloading, close all programs, including your virus scanner and your browser.

• Select "Start/Run."
• In the "Run" box enter the location of the file.
• Select "OK". The installation routine will begin automatically; follow the installer's prompts. When it has completed, it will install a shortcut to the program on your desktop. To run the demo, double-click on this shortcut. You may also use the shortcut created in your "Programs" menu. If you have previous ASA products installed, you will find this shortcut in the "ASA Interactive/Instrument Refresher Demo" folder.

Instrument Refresher ReadMe - 10 KB

Instrument Refresher Operating Manual - 2022KB

DirectX 8.1 for Windows 98/ME — 11,863KB

DirectX 8.1 for Windows 2000 — 7,718KB

Minimum System Requirements:

For more details, screenshots, and comparisons with our other simulation products, and to order, please see the Instrument Refresher: An IPC Simulator Product Page.