The Instrument Rating is what often distinguishes professionally-minded pilots from the more casual, recreational pilots. To earn an Instrument Rating, pilots must have logged a minimum of 50 hours PIC (pilot-in-command) as well as 40 hours of instrument time (in either actual or simulated instrument conditions … i.e. not being able to see out the windows when flying). Early in instrument training, I have students flying real instrument approaches into a variety of airports. As a post-flight briefing tool, I provide GPS tracks of the flight superimposed onto Google earth with approach chart overlays (see below), a technique I developed which is being offered nowhere else.