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Garmin GNS-430 vs. CNX80 by
Mike Adams
What's the latest thinking on the GNS-430 vs. the CNX80? I'm planning a
panel upgrade and have read all the magazine articles, including the
comparison in Aviation Consumer, but it would be interesting to hear from
some actual users on how they compare. It seems the general impression is
that the...
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RNP .3 Without GPS by
[email protected]
Most RNAV approaches have the notations:
"GPS or RNP - 0.3 required", and
"DME/DME RNP - 0.3 not authorized"
1. The "or RNP .3" seems to imply some navigation unit other than gps
can have rnp .3 Any idea what?
2. If an FMS with rnp .3 is able to conduct this approach, wouldn't
it need a gps...
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MS flight simulator 2004 by
Matt Whiting
Santa delivered Flight Simulator and a Cyborg joystick this year. I
plan to use it to help maintain instrument currency when I don't have
time for the real thing. I'm finding the learning curve for FS to be a
little steep initially and it is taking a while to get things like the
joystick...
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Garmin 430, weak Loc/VOR by
Greg Esres
A student recently installed a Garmin 430. It will not pick up a
nearby VOR on the ground, while his old 170B will. The needle comes
alive just after liftoff, but it does seem to have a lot of course
roughness.
His localizer also exhibits a lot of course roughness when far out on
the localizer,...
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My Approach and Landing Files by
A Lieberman
If anybody is interested, I have shared out a folder on my computer to
access some approaches and landings I have done in the past 2 months. All
files are in .avi format. The larger files are shot in high resolution, so
it does look real nice in full screen in Windows media.
You will need a...
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prior arrangement for lights? by
Roy Smith
Some approaches have a note, "Procedure NA at night except by prior
arrangement for runway lights". Let's say I make this prior arrangement
(presumably by talking to the airport manager and having him leave the
lights on for me), how do I deal with ATC?
When I ask for the approach, is the...
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In-Flight Weather / GPS by
Jonathan Goodish
I've searched the threads on Google, but given the emerging technologies
involved, I'd be interested in any thoughts or recent experience that
anyone can provide regarding the in-flight satellite weather in
particular.
We have a Cherokee with StrikeFinder (which works to avoid the big
stuff) and a...
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DFAFIF airport data problems? by
Mitty
I recently got a tablet PC, HP TC1100, and a little bluetooth GPS receiver to go
with it. Rode in the back seat of an Arrow this afternoon and played for a
couple of hours with the APIC software. Lots of warts on APIC, one of which was
missing airports. I'm in the Minneapolis area and just west...
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May 3rd 05 03:22 PM
by Newps
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Hour building by
skybe
Hi,
I'm European and I'm looking for time buiding in US. I've found that:
http://www.aussie-air.com/
Is anybody have feedbak about this flightschool ? or if you know some
serious flightschool which propose time buiding, just let me know.
Thanks in advance.
Skybe
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GA friendly airports near ELP & AUS by
ROBIN FLY
I am planning a flight from Los Angeles to New Orleans for some much needed R&R
during holidays. My wife does not like to fly more than two 4-hour legs a day,
so my plan is to fly from EMT to ELP for fuel & lunch than to AUS overnight.
Next morning we continue to NEW. For return trip, we will...
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Tips for new IFR pilot? by
Tlewis95
Hello
Does anyone have any tips for a new Instrument Pilot (me)
I did my first flight today (C77-UGN-C77) And about 45 minutes of it was in
IMC. It was kinda cool. My first appoach was missed due to a late (6mi) turn by
ATC but the next 2 were probably 6-8 out of 10. It was the ILS 23 ant...
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GPS for airport navigation by
John Bell
I think that GPS can be helpful for airport ground navigation and avoiding
runway incursions. For some reason, I never see this mentioned in any of
the material on runway incursion. It's not perfect, but if you have one in
the cockpit it might help you maintain situational awareness on the...
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IFR & SUA by
Larry Richardson
Ok, I just stepped up to a better plane with a certified GPS and am about
to go on a cross country (likely IFR).
The Direct path takes me across a couple of Restricted Airspace. Should I
plan to avoid or file direct and let ATC handle it with the clearance ?
Larry.
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Questtions about ATC-Fligtplan by
Daniel Hofer
Hello
I have some questions about the ATC-flightplan and how to fill it out.
1. Field 10, standard equipment
ILS means localizer AND glideslope, right?
DME is not part of standard equipment, right?
2. Field 10
R means RNP. Do I need to write e.g. R5 for RNP5? Or is no value needed? (is
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FAA's new Instrument Procedures Handbook/comments? by
Mitty
I got mine last week. I'm very disappointed. Although there is a lot
of valuable material in it and the graphics are very, very nice, it is
possibly the worst organized book I have ever seen. Both in the writing
and in the layout & typography. For example, three levels of unnumbered
headings...
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FS2004/FS9, Set location to non-airport? by
Squirrel
In Flight Simulator 2004 (FS9), is it possible to set/change the
location to somewhere besides an airport? I want to practice
instrument approaches and start off at a waypoint or IAF. I remember
FS98 (or an earlier version) having a "Go to location" menu item. You
could then set the...
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GPS/WAAS VNAV approaches and runway length by
Nathan Young
The Garmin 480 now supports LPV approaches which are ILS like
approaches using WAAS-GPS for both LNAV and VNAV.
My question. I'm assuming the LPV approach would target 1000ft down
the runway as the TDZ (just like an ILS). Does this mean that LPV
approaches will not be added to the airports with...
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October 25th 04 06:16 PM
by Hankal
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First single pilot IFR by
Wizard of Draws
October 23, 2004 12:00 1.6 hrs. (1.0 actual)
First solo IFR, 2 approaches in actual!
A warm overcast day with a slight breeze. Everything was reporting broken
skies from 2200 up to 8000 where it was supposed to be overcast. A few
patches of blue sky here and there made the "occasional IFR along...
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GPS approach question by
Matt Whiting
A few weeks ago I flew a practice GPS RWY 24 approach into ELM. I don't
recall the exact heading coming in, but it was in the sector leading to
CIMAN. I'm new to GPS approaches having just returned after several
years of inactivity, and still haven't got all the nuances figured out.
I expected...
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Aviation Charts for Puerto Vallarta by
Will
Where can I find approach and departure charts for rural airports
in the Sierra Madre mountains that surround Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico? I realize many of these mountain airports are little
more than a dirt road next to a farm and do not have published
instrument approaches, but I would still like...
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