A friend has some Apollo unit that is capable of enroute and terminal navigation. How do I know if the installation is actually approved for IFR flight ? Thanks

Dan Luke wrote: I'm going nuts. I can understand why. My airplane's at BFM, fueled up and ready to go, with a fresh annual. I'm on crutches, grounded by a ruptured tendon and scheduled for surgery that will keep me grounded for at least eight weeks. ****.

"gregg" wrote: Is it not possible for someone to be unlucky and still work their way out of poverty through hard work? Of course it is, but it is much more difficult than building on the advantages of a higher economic birthright. That is why relatively few people do it: it requires an...

I think I flew through a very localized low pressure area, perhaps six or eight miles in diameter and two tenths of an inch of mercury deep. Last Thursday flying South past Kansas City, about 1615Z, IMC, 6000 feet, Kansas City baro 30.14 on autopilot (KFC200), altitude hold. I was vectoring East...

A chart change notice (and a similar Jeppesen briefing bulletin) were sent to all subscribers in the past few weeks setting forth the new Type A or B requirements for RNAV OPDs, SIDs, and RNAV routes. The practical aspect for light aircraft equipped with either TSO 129 or 146 boxes is that a...

Does anyone know the format of the data cards for the GNS 530? Our club is putting them in our small fleet, and we are considering buying extra data cards to make the updates easier. The Garmin price seems high. If these are standard cards, we may be able to do better elsewhere. Anyone have...

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List of jpgs. Some real funny, some sobering. The best are 'Women live longer' series. -- http://www.micom.net/oops/ Thx, {|;-) Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.

Peter wrote: The UK Department for Transport has published a consultation document; their aim is as stated above. What's the stated logic behind this? George Patterson Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

I got a much thicker than usual packet from Jeppesen yesterday, and the bulk of the changes were the removal of dozens of NDB IAPs. I had heard that the FAA was looking to decomission a lot of "redundant" NDB appoaches, but was surprised to see that they were really gone so soon. I guess there's...

Ok, I admit to making all three of these mistakes, but: On "meet the press" one of the guests suggested that Senator McCain was considered the most likely candidate for Republican Nominee for 2008. Would McCain, the presdent be able to carry out his "final solution" of user fees for general...

We are beginning upgrades of some club airplanes and want to put training software on one of the flight planning computers. I have downloaded the free package from Garmin but would like to consider options that are more tutorial and not just a simulator. I see that Sporty's lists some...

What would you do in this situation? You're on the GPS-22 into Ellenville, NY (http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0508/09390G22.PDF), planning to land straight-in. Note the high MDA (1800 AGL). There's no weather reporting at your destination, but several nearby airports are saying anywhere from 2-1/2 to...

Are ADF's required outside of the United States? I had a demo flight in a new Mooney Ovation2GX the other day. Quite a nice airplane, by the way. Afterwards, looking at the price list, I noted an ADF add-on for the Garmin G1000 panel as $15,500 (it's a Becker ADF, for those who are interested;...

I'm planning a flight into Angel Fire, NM (KAXX). I will be coming in from the south via Las Vegas (LVS) at 10000 feet. If it's IMC I will land and Las Vegas and drive from there (the only IAP into kaxx is "out of my reach"). But if it's CAVU, I will fly still at 10k, up the valley and pass,...

Looking to upgrade the panel to include an IFR GPS. Are there really any alternatives to Garmin? (either 430 or 480 or 530) (where alternative is defined as comparable functionality for comparable price)?

I was told by an avionics guy that if a plane has VOR's they must be accurate to file IFR, even if I file /G. FAR 91.171 says "(a) No person may operate a civil aircraft under IFR using the VOR system of radio navigation unless the VOR equipment of that aircraft..." I'm not debating the logic of...

I had an interesting experience earlier today. I thought after all this time I had the CNX-80 figured out, but I found a new way to screw things up. I was on the POU GPS-24 (http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0508/00286VDG24.PDF), full procedure, Kingston IAF. We were IFR, in and out of IMC. We had...

On 8/15/2005 11:21, Peter wrote: FAR 61.65 details this (A) A distance of at least 250nm along airways or ATC directed routing; I was told to measure the map distance between the airports, but I'm not sure this is correct. I was also told no to count the distance flown in, for example, a...

Can some tell me what the '7000' represents? YPLM 130750Z 24009KT 7000 VCSH FEW030TCU SCT050 BKN080 22/21 Q1016