Puffin,
Just passed my IMC 2 weeks ago, so perhaps I can add to the various contributions:
1. I did a LOT of ILS's, radar vectored and
procedural. If you can fly reasonably
accurately on instruments, being radar
vectored around the sky to the localiser
is fairly easy, procedural is more of a
challenge (and I had to do this in my
test, as that was what was available on
the day!).
2. I also had SRA, Loc/DME and PAR
approaches signed off (the PAR was
actually good fun, and I got a great
sense of satisfaction from hearing the
controller say "on the glidepath, on the
centreline" several times as I got near
to my DH at Benson).
3. Holds are not strictly required in the
test, but the opinion of my instructor and
examiner was that you should do them, as
the Air Trafficker at your local Class D
Airport will expect you to be able to do
one if you ask for an Instument Approach.
4. As far as I know (or was told), VOR and
NDB tracking is part of the test, or it
was for me.
From some of the comments here, I am thinking that I may have done more than the basic required to get the rating, but I'm
actually glad I have (although my bank
balance isn't).
Hope it helps (by the way, I have about 230hrs, fly PA28's, and did my course/test at
Wycombe Air Centre).
Cheers.
[This message has been edited by Wycombe (edited 26 April 2001).]