All the approach plates for Aspen are marked "Procedure not authorized at night" (presumably a result of the G4 crash a few years back). And yet there are commercial flights scheduled to land as Aspen at night. How do they do it? rg

I'm hoping one or more of you instrument pilots (or controllers) could help me with an IAP question. The airport involved is RKW, which is Rockwood, Tennessee. The IAP in question is the VOR/DME RWY 22 into Rockwood. If you have the plate or know the procedure, I hope you can help me out. RKW...

In the June AOPA Pilot "State of General Aviation" issue, Bruce Landsberg gives a gold star to Cessna, for their new production singles, which, according to the article, have not suffered a single fuel mismanagement accident. Well, I know of one near-miss, which could have broken that record, and...

I did an Oxford instrument ground school long ago. One of the weather topics was glaze ice. This was described as extremely dangerous, in that supercooled rain could impact and flow to a glassy ice layer over the wing in seconds, which tended to pull the aircraft down pronto. In the last three...

One annoyance of the 430 is that activating an approach will immediately set a course for the selected IAF (assuming RV not selected). What I would like to do is append the approach to my current flightplan so that I can transition en route to the approach without further programming. But I'm...

My King KT-76A transponder has a stuck "Ident" button. It stuck when activated for ATC on the last flight and the button appears to have colapsed sideways underneath the cover panel. It is no longer visible in the opening now. ATC says the unit indicates an "Indent" signal presently. Does this...

This was a new one for me. I was IFR this afternoon out of HPN for short practice flight. I was in sequence number two at the runway waiting for departure. As the tower controller cleared the Cessna in front of me to position and hold, he asked him his direction of flight. The Cessna pilot...

Consider you're NE of the airfield, non towered airport, runway 18/36, standard left pattern applies, with runway 36 the active. I'm interested in hearing what your personal method of joining the pattern would be, while adhering to the FAR's and AIM. I've two thoughts: Fly south, then west, pass...

On the way to Pinckneyville last weekend, I stopped at Jimmy Stewart Field, Indiana, PA. KIDI. I had to shoot the GPS 28 approach with a cirle to land 10. There's a nice transition off the Revloc VOR. Since we had a late start, we had planned to stop there for the night, but by the time we left...

For the ATC guys: I frequently have departed VFR, but then do a popup if needed. Frequently these are sortof foreseeable possibilities, but often enough I have been able to proceed VFR all the way. I've often wondered just how much of a hassle it is to ATC to have to deal with a popup.

I'm inbound on the final approach segment of the VOR-A approach at T82 (Fredericksburg Texas): http://www.myairplane.com/databases/approach/SouthCentral/T82_vd_gA.pdf At about 3 miles east of the airport I'm at the MDA of 2460 MSL ("766 AGL"), mostly in a 700 foot overcast. Through a break in...

An airline pilot of my acquaintance related about accepting a charted visual flight procedure into Reno, part of which involves intercepting a localizer course. He said they were IMC at the time. My understanding is that the aircraft must reporting seeing a landmark or preceding aircraft before...

Hello All, There has been much discussion here about the obvious benefits of redundant systems, engines, vacuum, electrical etc., when flying in IMC. We've also read NTSB reports of crashes of very well equipped planes where the pilot did not make use of redundant instruments. As for myself and...

Okay, I've read the regulations and still can't figure out the answer to this question: If I received an IPC from a CFII one year after my last BFR, do I need to get another BFR in 12 months or 24 months from now?? Thanks in advance, Larry

I think I know the answer to this, but would like a second opinion. Does FAR 61.129 (a)(3) (iii) and (iv) really require an instructor ride along on these two long VFR flights? I have over 600 hours TT and an instrument rating and plan to obtain my commercial certificate. however, in reviewing my...

It looks like the new CNX-80 is the way of the future. Has anyone used one?

Greetings, I think those who are arguing that flying MS Flight Sim isn't really "flying" are on the losing side of the argument. Flying is flying, I don't care if it's a Cub without an electrical system or a computer running MS Flight Sim. As far as general procedures go, MS Flight Sim gives...

I'm just reading IFR Refresher, and it has a report on an accident that happened after a King Air was cleared for an SDF approach at KSME. According to the article, at the time the A/FD and NTAP listed the SDF as "Out of Service (OTS) - Indefinitely", and had been for four years, but the plate was...

You are coming from northeast of SFB. ATC says "Cleared direct UDUZI, maintain 4000' until established, cleared RNAV 9L approach." http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0710/00917R9L.PDF When do you descend below 4,000 and to what altitude? -- Dan

This week I did several IFR flights, some in IMC and most in VMC. On a couple of those flights, ATC offered me direct to the next VOR after the one I was navigating to, well before I could actually pick up the signal. One time departing Rochester, they told me to go direct Elmira when I was less...