The CDC is looking just like the FAA Both falling apart(Reference KLEX crash) I wonder if Bull Dikes and former Black Female secretaries and inside the beltway stupidity is running this Government agency also? Political Correctness is killing our Government(Ex. Katrina, two lost space...

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

Took off Saturday morning at 6:30 still very dark. Got my IFR clearance in the air and soon was in solid IMC. Some clouds were nasty black. Got course deviation don't like to bounce my plane around. 2 hours into the flight the clouds were not as nasty. 30 minutes later I landed at SGJ for fuel....

Howdy all, Got into a discussion of the strangest and/or most difficult instrument approach procedures with some friends recently. One guy used the GUC ILS RWY6 as an example (rules: you do NOT have GPS, are /A direct HBU from the NE, and CANNOT be vectored to the LOC due to radar coverage,...

I had an interesting little experience last night. We were inbound to MMK (Meriden CT) for a practice GPS-36, talking to Bradley Approach. MMK is right on the edge between Bradley and NY Approach's airspace, and radio coverage tends to be spotty there. Conditions were night, IFR, but VMC with...

I'll be taking my checkride in a few weeks and one of my goals has been to have at least 10 hours of actual IMC before I take the ride. It's going well; I'm at 9.1 and only 2 of those were just boring a hole in clouds on a cross country. I have been under the impression that I could log PIC time...

Study: High Risk of Catastrophic Runway Collisions in U.S. Airports WASHINGTON — There is "a high risk of a catastrophic runway collision occurring in the United States" because of faltering federal leadership, malfunctioning technology and overworked air traffic controllers, congressional...

Yes, this is a stupid question, and somewhat off topic for IFR. But I get better answers here than elsewhere. Question: Why is it that devices to separate water from fuel are quite common cars (my F-350 truck has one), but such a device, which could save lives in an airplane, is not offered for...

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!

These are shown on the LL enroute chart by little brown circles connected by a line. The legend says "substitute route, see NOTAMs". There are several originating from the DQO VOR near the Washington DC area, but there could be others as well. I have never noticed these before. Any ideas what they...

Will be flying SF bay area to KVGT next week. Will arrive from the west. Haven't been into Las Vegas area in over 20 years but have heard it is busy. Any suggestions to keep it simple. Would I do better to file IFR to North Las Vegas or just come in VFR and deal with Las Vegas Approach. Thanks in...

This question is a question on physcial phenomena, NOT on regulation (so I am starting a new thread). As I understand it, icing happens between +2C and -10C. Assuming this is correct, I have three questions. (a) Does that mean one is relatively safe if the surface temperature is below -10C (and...

Suppose the FAA truly does plan to decommission all navaids except GPS. How long do you think it would take to design, test, and publish replacement WAAS GPS approaches to replace every ILS, LOC, or other approach in existence today which does not meet the criteria for a straight GPS...

The FBI has arrested three men in connection with a plot to smuggle a surface to air missile into the United States. You do understand what a successful strike with a surface-to-air missile would do, don't you? Not only would it kill the 100+ people who happened to be on the targeted airliner, it...

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This is purely from a recreational IFR perspective of switching to JeppView. In other words, money, utility, and convenience are all important, in that order. Since starting my instrument training years ago, I have had a subscription to the paper Jepp charts for the central region of the US. This...

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On most modern turbo charged engines, the position of the waste gate is governed by a pressure-sensing control mechanism coupled to an actuator. engine oil directed into or away from this actuator moves the waste gate position. On these systems, the actuator is automatically positioned to produce...

Hello to all ! I know this is stoneage history stuff but does anybody have a pinout for the Bendix T12D ADF reciever ? Any other info welcomed too. Henning DE

Is there an on-line directory of TACAN locations? For example, the FAA lists on http://www.faa.gov/atpubs/LID/A_B.htm a TACAN on Bald Mountain Nevada, with designation GBM. However, there is more than one Bald Mountain in Nevada. I'm looking for lon/lat.