I have been told that it is illegal to fly IFR in an aircraft that has an operating IFR rated GNS 430, whose database is out of date, =even= if it is placarded INOP, placed in the OFF position, and the airplane, even without the 430, is otherwise legal for IFR. True? Jose -- Get high on...

Is it me or is the FAA about one incident away from a disaster worse than Lexington? http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/31/missed.runway.ap/index.html Notice the number of passengers on board Now look what happens when you land or take off on the wrong runway or use a taxi way

Anyone tell me at what altitude I get 75% and 65% power respctively (with full throttle, normally aspirated).

Legalize and control Pot. The dumbest thing in the world is allowing LIQUOR at AIRPORTS but crucifying pot smokers I have been slammed drunk on tequila and high as a kite on pot during my brain dead youth IF? in an extreme life saving emergency situation in IFR in one of those stoned...

OK, am I missing something or is there something missing on this missed approach procedure at Petaluma? What do you do when you get to the VOR? Hover? http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0603/06838G29.PDF -Dan

The "Cheating the ILS" thread prompts my curiosity: I fly with a single G430 and rarely use the map display. Almost always I am set on the Nav1 "numbers" screen, which tells me pretty much everything I need to know. I have talked to a number of commercial pilots with lots of G430 experience,...

More proof the FemiNazi's and Bull Dikes are taking over Washington FEMALE head of DOT FEMALE head of FAA FEMALE Regional Administrators No White Males in site or being run off Further weakening of America and Government continues

In the NACO plate for ASH ILS 14, the GS intercept altitude (1800') is labeled "LOC only". How can a GS intercept altitude apply to the LOC approach and not to the ILS approach? Is this a charting error? http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0610/05036I14.PDF --Gary

Recently, on a long cross country from Portland, OR to Wisconsin, we stopped at Helena, MT for a gas and pit stop. Coming from the West with the winds calm, I chose the loc DME BC approach to runway 9. Even though it's the capitol (is it capital?) of the state, there is no radar...

Great, I flunked my medical. Actually, this came close to happening 4 years ago. I tested bad on blood sugar (I don't know if that means too high or too low). Last time, I passed it after taking a new blood test after fasting. This time, the (12 hour) fast didn't help. Last time, I got advised to...

I flew with somebody recently who just got their instrument rating a few months ago, in a GPS-equipped airplane. His GPS and BAI skills were fine, but when I suggested we fly one leg without the GPS, just using VORs and a chart for en-route navigation, he said he had never done that in...

November 12345, a Cessna 172, 20 miles northeast of Sugarloaf Mountain, level VFR seven thousand five hundred, en route to Winston-Salem, North Carolina." For those who like to write lists, it would look like this: 1) FULL callsign; 2) Type aircraft; 3) Current location; 4) Current altitude and...

"Peter" wrote in message ... FAR 91.175 (a) suggests that it is not permitted to carry out a descent in IMC except on an official published IAP. Any views on this? How would it differ if the entire procedure was...

Departing Lancaster the other day, I received an odd clearance. I was cleared from the airport to the Lancaster VOR, then East Texas VOR... It was that first leg (Lancaster Airport to Lancaster VOR) that confused me. The VOR is on the field. I have little choice but to go past it as a trundle...

Enroute and in between approaches, they say if you aren't doing something, you've forgotten something. I've come across a few checklists on the web that include a few items to check enroute, and I'd like to get a feel for what you folks here feel are your best enroute "housekeeping chores". -- Jeff...

The FAA recognized that a mistake had been made in the recent revision to the AIM concerning course reversals; that the wording was in conflict with the 1994 legal interpretation on the issue. At last week's FAA/Industry Aeronautical Charting Forum the following language was adopted to replace the...

I decided awhile ago I'd like to get a PDA (preferred) or perhaps a small tablet for in-cockpit GPS moving map and satellite weather and a backup, emergency-only AI as well (not a simple GPS AI but a real solid-state gyro). After days of research I can't seem to find a single system that...

Co-Pilot Needed Urgent - for 12-day, long-range mission Departure tomorrow! Space shuttle experience appreciated, but not necessary (will train). Pay scale : $12.50/hour (no shuttle time) Up to $18.00/hour (type rated and current).

The title just about says it - I've always wondered WHY many non-precision approaches (not talking about LOC only here, but VOR, VOR/DME, NDB etc) are not lined up with the runway heading. Sometimes it looks as though the approach desginers have gone out of their way to make sure the non-precision...

On an IFR proficiency flight with my partner the other day, we got into a little debate about the best way to use the Garmin 430 for ATC position reporting. He uses the cursor on the map page to point at an airport or NAVAID, then reads out the distance and (reciprocal) bearing. I go to NRST, and...