Is there anyplace where I can find IFR en-route charts on line? I know where to find SIAP's and sectionals, but I haven't seen en-routes anywhere.

I would like to print and laminate a cheat sheet or cue card that described the generic format for a METAR and decoded the abbreviations. It would be helpful to have it in a small clear format so that when I needed the information I would pull it out of the map pocket for review. Has anyone...

The FAA, AOPA, Sporty's etc. have good "point and click" HTML (web browser) interfaces to US Terminal procedures but don't seem to allow FTP access. Does anyone allow FTP access to the TPP's? This would make it a bit easier to write a shell script that could download and print TPP's for a list of...

Has anyone else noticed that the new v4.0 software for the Garmin 196 adds "support for Obstacle database"? Does anyone know what this means? Sounds like a potentially valuable upgrade to part of my existing IFR flight bag. Hmmm...

The word on the street seems to be that with a departure clearance from an uncontrolled airfield of "cleared on course" any ODP would not need to be flown in VMC. . However, I'm not sure how the FAR quote below, which also applies to Class C and B airspace, supports that. Clearly, an ODP is...

Who can explain this approach to me - VOR + DME RWY 14 (LIEE) http://www.vatita.net/download/planning/files/LIEE_ial.pdf I flew as a passenger in an Alitalia MD80 the other day, and we apparently flew this approach. As we made our left turn to final, I could see the PAPI lights on RWY 14 - all...

I raised a question about this a while back. V7 runs a little farther offshore than I'm comfortable with in my single. I recently filed V7 from northern WI south to Gary, IN. When I got to Milwaukee, ATC started to vector me, steering me much closer to land than the filed route. I hadn't asked...

Anybody know of a PC flight simulator that has full flight controls combined with a GNS-430 or 530? I have Garmin's 430 simulator without flight controls, and On Top with controls and a 1990 GPS unit that doesn't have approach fixes in the database. It'd be nice to have both in one package.

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...

I Passed My Instrument Written Today. I took a Practice test today befor the actual I scored mid 96's nerves kicked in I guess! I got an 85 I can live with that.

I am curious to know how many airports exist where you have to fly a non- radar instrument approach (ie feeder routes, IAF, procedure turn etc..). I have come across a few in Colorado and New Mexico, but I have never encountered one in other areas I have flown.

What is the best course of action I should take to get my CFII? I am currently a CFI at a 141 school. My instrument skills are weak (I only have 10 hours actual, 60 simulated) and rarely fly instruments because all my students are primary. I need to get my knowledge test done, and I want to get...

http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0405/09743IL33.PDF I haven't come across an approach with two separate missed approach procedures before. Is this even remotely common? I think I'll add this to my instrument students' training regiment due to some additional interesting features- teardrop course...

Jack and Jill are both private pilots, neither is a CFI. Jack is out of night currency, Jill is current. Jack and Jill go flying at night under part 91, with Jack sitting in the left seat (I know it doesn't matter) and manipulating the controls, while Jill acts as PIC. 1) Can Jack log the time...

Anyone know where on the web I can get hold of the legend for the Jepp low level enroute charts. Unlike the NACO charts the Jepp charts don't have the legend on the charts. Having used the NACO for the written, I wanted to evaluate the Jepps by comparing them with the NACOs. I have a couple of...

I have my logbook duplicated in Excel, but now that I've added my instrument rating, it might be nice to have Excel keep track of my currency on approaches. Maybe flag a cell as red or green depending upon my status... Unfortunately I'm just barely competent with the program and don't have a clue...

I flew from Columbus OH to Detroit MI and back last night. Detroit has Class B Airspace surrounding Wayne International, and I was going to Oakland Troy (7D2) on the north side. The aircraft and equipment was a C182/G. There are no airways direct from the Columbus area, so I filed direct, planning...

How difficult is it to master the Garmin 480? What instruction material comes with the unit? In one of the advertisements it states that you can program clearances into the unit as fast as one can write them. I find this hard to believe, I use shorthand to copy the clearance on my pad. C R A F...

Yesterday a coworker and I decided to fly out to Lancaster PA to their pilot shop because he wanted to look at purchasing a transceiver. This was our first time flying together, but we did do the ATOP course at Continental as a team. We decided that we would rent a plane from my FBO and that we...

We had a local safety counsellor give us a seminar on GPS and he said something that seems pretty ridiculous. I understand that when you're using GPS, if you file an alternate, it has to have non-GPS approaches in case GPS isn't working in the area or your own GPS unit is T/U. And he wasn't...