Does 420W have ILS approaches in its database? I mean, can you set up ILS approach in 420 to monitor your progress while flying ILS approach on your good old KX-155? Thanks in advance, Robin Hou

I am considering KLN-90B as replacement for my M-3 Approach. Question for experienced KLN-90B users: Legality aside, can you operate KLN-90B in approach mode (doing GPS approaches) with an outdated database? Thanks in advance, Robin Hou

Has anyone interfaced an M3 with a PC? I have a Motion LS-800 running Jeppview Flitedeck. I had succefully interfaced it with my previous aircraft that had a Trimble 2000 Approach. Trimble uses RS-232 w/ King aviation data format for its moving map output. I used an USB RS-232 coverter and...

1. Are glide-slop informations of LPV & LNAV/VNAV in 496's database? 2. If yes, can VNAV indicators on 496's HSI display this glide-slop when flying approaches? Thanks, Robin

I flew safety for a friend in his Bonanza A36 w/ IO-550 yesterday. He hand flew a perfect ILS, but it was with full flap and gears down at around 22 in power. In my E35 Bonanza with E225 engine and low flap and gear speeds, I almost always fly ILS with flap up, gears down at around 17 in power. ...

http://astra.aero/downloads/ABIT/ABIT06-Meeting_Minutes_27-Jun-05.pdf Trimble 2000X Navigator? According to this website, it will be certified to TSO C146a (as Garmin GNS480) and at $6,500, this sounds like a good deal. I have a Trimble GPS, but I thought Trimble sold its aviation GPS business...

I just brought my XM service then found this: http://www.katu.com/stories/83441.html Any inside scoop?

I just bought the Hood Lamb and had to send them back. They simply would not clamp to my David Clark H10-13.4 which have a narrower than usual band. To their credit, they acknowledge this problem with DC's and suggest friction tape to increase the girth of the band. Didn't work...to rinky-dink...

It's been discussed here before. They are both good but slightly different. I prefer IFR, and its got more pages. "BoDEAN" wrote in message ... Anyone have a preference to which is better to subscribe to?

On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 19:18:39 -0800, "Jim Burns" wrote: A friend of mine, a many thousand hour ATP, CFII, freight runner that flies a Beech 99 sent me the story below.... he makes some great points about transitioning from the gauges to visual and not seeing what you...

I don't know how many are aware of the current push to implement Broadband Power Line (BPL) high speed internet connections, but is has some interesting ramifications. Perhaps Jim has looked into this. BPL as I understand it caused a good deal of interference from a bit above the AM broadcast...

I had a friend ask me today how I'd cancel a flight plane that I had never activated. I gave the usual answer...If I never activated it, I don't need to cancel it. If I haven't activated it past the closing time it gets dropped. Canceling one that has been activated and flown is *usually* not a...

Does anyone know how a stormscope is able to sense the distance to the lightning ...

Everyone seems to agree that that FAR 43 requires a maintenance log entry when updating the database. And everyone agrees that it is silly. What date do you put down for the maintenance ( I know the obvious answer - the date you did it)? If I update multiple planes this weekend with the database...

Here is my experience with the release version of Vista64 Ultimate so far as it relates to Jeppesen, FSX and also Garmin. Vista is available as a developer's subscription on Microsoft's MSDN right now. I downloaded Vista64 Ultimate from MSDN and installed it on a new machine I built. My old XP...

Subject line says it all. In light of the fact that VFR on top subjects you to both VFR and IFR constraints, why would anyone ever choose to fly VFR on top? I can only think of two possible reasons: 1. There happens to be clear air at a +500 foot altitude and not at the corresponding...

Anyone know where I can find a list of US airports and their lat/lon positions? I know about the airnav site, but that only lets me get one at a time. I need a list that I can feed into a database. (I only need US airports with instrument approach procedures.) Thanks, rg

Howdy, I fly a Cirrus SR22, an all-electric plane. It has dual-redundant power busses, which makes total electrical failure unlikely, but if it does happen in IMC it can really ruin your day, so I'm thinking about a backup plan. Obviously a portable GPS and Comm unit are first on the priority...

A couple of related questions. You'll want to get your southern California approach plates out to follow this. 1. The preferred tower-enroute IFR routing from VNY to SNA ends at SLI, but SLI is not an IAF for any approach into SNA. What should you do if you lose comm before ATC starts to vector...

My SR22 partners want to install XM weather to the tune of about $10k. I'm not convinced it's worthwhile. The plane is based in Southern California where we don't tend to get the kind of squirrelly weather they get east of the Mississippi. In the summer we'll get isolated thunderstorms over the...