The LCI ILS 8 approach plate says ADF or DME is required. But all the necessary fixes (including the MAHWP) can be identified by the VORs, ILS, and OM. So why the requirement for ADF or DME? http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0407/00785I8.PDF --Gary

Why do some airports with an instrument approach (e.g. HIE) lack a surface Class E to protect the approach? HIE LOC 10 has Class G below 700' AGL, but the MDA is well below that height. A plane can legally fly VFR just below a 700' ceiling along the final approach course, with no way for it to see...

wrote in message ... Near the end of the lesson, for just a few seconds, he describes the rotatable compass card with what amounts to a brush-off and comment that experienced pilots leave the card on...

"Gary Drescher" wrote in message ... OBI and the ADF Er, make that CDI.

"Nicholas Kliewer" wrote in message ... I am filling out my FAA Application for my instrument checkride and had a couple of questions: 1) I am going for a private/single engine/instrument, do I check all three blocks at the...

"TheNPC" wrote in message ... Even after LEX the FAA staffing chaos continues. This is what happens when you place Lesbian Bull Dikes in charge of a Male technical environment under the guise of politically...

I'd like to use DUATS to plan and file routes that include SIDs, but I find it often doesn't know about them. For instance, when I try to list the SIDs for KBED, it says there are none; when I try to list the SIDs for KBTV, it lists only BTV4.BTV (and it doesn't seem to accept manually specified...

The AUG VOR/DME 8 profile shows a fix at AUG 1.9, just before the MAP at AUG 0.5. But there no separate altitude designations are shown for the segment just before or just after AUG 1.9. The profile shows a transition from a diagonally-downward flight path to a horizontal flight path at AUG 1.9....

How much is a marker beacon receiver really used in IFR flying? I'm building a new panel and need to decide if I want to include one or not. Appreciate your input. Gary Gunn

When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm probably not qualified for the IFR rating." First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said "No problem. We probably...

WTF kind of crosswind does it take to cause this? http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ddb_1204404185

Last year the FAA sent me a copy of a new IFR textbook. The construction of the book was such that while reading and underlining over one-third of the pages came loose. I found many editing mistakes, conflicting explanations and such a mixture of alphabetic acronyms that I was constantly making...

Steven P. McNicoll Steven gave a wonderful presentation as to the conflict of statute and nautical miles to be used in the U.S. during the 1950s to 70s. What he failed to give us who the genius was to come up with both sets of numbers on our airspeed indicators. The main push for a KNOT measure...

Y'all, I have been flying in an aircraft where ATC has occasionally mentioned that there is a 3-4 hundred discrepancy betwee our communicated altitudes and that of our blind encoder. We have acknowledged the difference. The altimeters were certified some 300 miles away only three months ago. ATC...

The previous posting of my was premature since none of the links worked except on my computer. The whole thread was spent away from my work on the FAA textbook except for Bob Gardner and a couple of others. Suggest you take a look at the book or better my site to see how your money is 'spent' by...

Y'All, I've been digging through FAA-H-8261-1 Instrument Procedures Handbook and cannot find the answer clearly stated. I would like to know in what respects the following types of waypoints are differentiated by creation, useage, and otherwise. A source text would be helpful as well. Charted...

Y'All, I am reworking my IFR instructional program for a very special student and would appreciate any student/instructor suggestions before submitting my entry. Gene Whitt

Y'all, I had originally planned to post this on ras group but decided to go afield. Found that this group is a haven for old friends. My new medical says that I'm good for two more years and at 80 that's something to shoot for. Got the FAA NEW "Instrument Procedures Handbook". FAA-H-8261-1 (2004)...

Where do ya'll like to go for practice approaches to get current ?

Just started looking at ASE requirements. I don't have to get _another_ 10 hours if I am already IA rated, right? Previous instrument training time has to apply here. ? FAR 61.129(a)3(i) Thanks.