A mutiny is brewing amongst FAA employees and in the Air Traffic system. Buckle your seat belts pilots it's going to get rough Ex-NATCA President tells all I was recently asked to write a book to chronicle the six years of my NATCA Presidency. I am ambivalent about the project. I have...

Yesterday I played with the parallel track function in the CNX-80 for the first time. I was introducing the CNX-80 to a student and I had planned a VFR flight via airways. My student (rightfully) questioned the wisdom of an over-water segment, so we decided to fly that segment on a 5-mile offset...

This didn't cause any problems other than some additional radio traffic but it caught me off guard. Let me know what you think... I flew PWK (just north of O'Hare) to D95 (Lapeer just east of Flint, Michigan). Went VFR across the lake but then encountered reduced vis and lowering ceilings so I...

Chicagoans...please advise ... What about flying from North to South along the shore. Then cross between Midway and O'Hare at 1500MSL. Then continue south, after flipping the bird to Mayor Dick Daley. Is this the way, or is there something like the Hudson river VFR corridor ?

(Things are so slow in this group at the moment, I thought I'd post this to get your input on something I've been mulling over...) If you put a plane into a skidding left turn (wings level) with left rudder, the ball on the panel goes to the right. However, I've been trying to work out what would...

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...

Hello, Here's a situation that keeps coming up: I'm coming home to SQL and want to fly the GPS30 approach. Like many GPS approaches, this one looks like the letter "L". The corner of the L is AMEBY, and 5 miles later after that is the FAF, CUZUP. AMEBY is not an IAF, but that doesn't stop...

Instrument Rating Checkride PASSED After many months of study and training, I flew my Instrument rating checkride on 10 December 2004, and passed! What a relief! I am now the proud recipient of a Temporary Airman's Certificate with an Instrument Airplane rating.

Hello, A couple of quick questions/calrifications: 1) When executing a direct entry to a hold e.g. for the KAPC LOC Rwy 36L missed: "...climb 3000' direct SGD VOR & hold" I have been flying directly to the VOR then, upon watching the to/from

We recently put a 530 in one of our planes. Garmin says the upgrade to WAAS is only going to be $1500. Sure, that's what they charge for the guts, but what is this likely to run to once the shop starts adding their labour costs, etc. Is another field approval needed, or what sort of paper...

This, by no means is as exciting or interesting as some of the other threads I have followed, but serves as a constant reminder to me, how quickly things can change! Wanting to get my plane down to Cameron Park before Feb 1. for an annual, I determined that yesterday was probably my best...

The installation of the GNS530 is complete. The learning is just begun. But since I now have equipment which allows it, what is the likelihood of receiving 'cleared as filed' if I file direct to a destination a few hundred miles away? Is this not what 'Free Flight' was supposed to be about? Is it...

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...

"Scott Moore" wrote in message ... Speaking only for myself, its pretty damm confusing exactly what would be done with WAAS even if implemented. Garmins' other units that accept WAAS is now implemented and IFR approved as of the past...

Should I file individual legs? I don't need to land. If I file individual legs should I let the controller know before the approach that I'd like to open the next leg at the missed? Thanks!

Hi all, a question that has probably been asked before, but I couldn't find it in Google: Is it allowed to use an IFR-approach-certified GPS instead of a DME in a LOC-DME or VOR-DME approach that does not have a GPS-overlay? Thanks!

I got interested in the effects of homing on a waypoint as opposed to tracking. I have seen the illustrations and have understood the concept for some time, but I have never seen any numbers. If you are interested here is the results of my playing around with...

I have to vent.. Was anybody else trying to watch the coverage of the d-day ceremonies ? MSNBC is supposedly covering the d day ceremonies in France. The focus should be on the event and the men and woman who fought then not the reporters or the tv program.... The reporters will not shut up and...

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 15:56:33 GMT, "John T" wrote in Message-Id: : "Larry Dighera" wrote in message How does the military's use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle...

I recently realized that I should not have included any "actual" (IMC) time recorded in my logbook as PIC time while I was an instrument student. Why not? If you were actual, then it was PIC. how about adding a "corrective" (new) entry? That's what I do. Just make +/- entries to total...