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Instrument Rating Checkride PASSED (Very Long) by
Alan Pendley
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.
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Contact Approach -- WX reporting by
[email protected]
It was briefly mentioned in one of the longer threads that a contact
approach requires 1 sm reported ground visibility. It reminded me that
I had flown a contact approach some 8 months ago to an airport about 15
minutes after the tower had closed (there is no automated weather
available) and...
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Are pilots really good or just lucky??? by
Icebound
When I read something like this:
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/air/2003/A03A0022/A03A0022.asp
....I worry a lot.
We have a pilot with 110 successfully Atlantic crossings and 5000 hours,
taking a plane...IFR... 2000 miles across the North Atlantic into the
Canadian sub-Arctic in the dead of...
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December 9th 04 01:53 PM
by Michael
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Approach speeds for ILS by
C J Campbell
We get foggy here at Tacoma Narrows this time of year (which is the reason I
post more on these groups in the winter than in the summer). One thing we
see a lot of is guys who fly the ILS too fast.
I have no problem with flying the ILS at 90 or 100 knots if the ceiling is
well above minimums, but...
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Missed approach procedure... by
[email protected]
If the missed approach on the IAP says something like:
heading of 270 to 4000
Intercept the XXX VOR R-180
Direct to XXX VOR
What should you do if you get to R-180 before you get to 4000?
Keep climbing on 270 to 4000?
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ILS critical area when the tower is closed? by
Mark Hansen
In this month's AOPA Flight Training magazine, I read an article
which implied there was still some requirement to remain clear of
the ILS critical area even when the tower was closed.
I've been looking through the AIM, and can't find anything like
this. It does say that when the tower is open, it...
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Lonely up there? by
paul kgyy
It appeared to be a long time since last hearing from ATC on a recent
flight, and sure enough, "27D can you still hear us?". I still could,
and they transferred me to a local approach control.
Anybody ever just call them up to see if they forgot about you? I did
that once over Toledo.
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Best Single Pilot IFR Plane by
Charles Talleyrand
There must be people on the newsgroup that fly single pilot
IFR on a regular basis. These people have a schedule to make
and would rather not miss that schedule unless necessary. These people
don't have the need to carry many passengers, but just themselves.
My question is for these people...
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Jep p or NACO Charts? by
Judah
Last week I finally got checked out in the club's Arrow.
During the training, the instructor noticed that I was using the NACO
charts and plates.
He uses the Jeppeson stuff and excitedly indicated that it is far superior
to the NACO charts. He gave me a few reasons, but when I looked at it...
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December 9th 04 03:34 AM
by Mitty
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KAP140 Autopilot Details by
News
I have a question about some nuances of the Bendix/King KAP 140 autopilot.
Since the ink is still wet on my IFR rating (actually I have not even gotten
the new one in the mail yet!) I am working on a personal "post checkride"
syllabus. Part of this self training is to fly different routes on an...
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Contact Approach by
Russ MacDonald
Being from Texas, and flying mostly in the Midwest and South, I have never
asked for nor had any need for a contact approach. If I see the runway I
tell the controller, and he gives me a visual. In fact, I can't remember
ever hearing a contact approach requested around here.
Then, I whenever I...
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Alternative to Jeppesen binders? by
Ditch
Are there any alternatives to the Jeppesen binders? Even their plastic ones are
kinda pricey. Thanks...
-John
*You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North
American*
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April 12th 04 05:18 AM
by Chris
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Instrument departure, non-IFR airport by
[email protected]
Recently I tried to depart from an non-tower airport that has no
instrument approach procedure, and hence no instrument departure. I
was told that I could not get a clearance on the ground, even with
VIFNO etc., and that I would have to depart VFR and pick my clearance
up while airborne. The...
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Instrument Checkride on May 17th by
David B. Cole
On Saturday my instructor and I flew to Stewart International in
Newburg, NY for a few approaches. The plan was to fly out and do the
VOR -27 partial panel a couple of times, followed by an ILS. After
that we planned to fly to 4N1, Greenwood Lake, before returning to
CDW. Partial panel holding had...
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The CBO is proposing to kill GPS IIIB and IIIC by
macpacheco
http://www.gpsworld.com/defense/news/congressional-budget-office-issues-report-gps-defense-12261
Sad, sad possibility, the congressional budget office is proposing
killing GPS IIIB/C, arguing the new features aren't essential for
military purposes.
Given the certain budget crunch coming, studies...
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Instrument Check Ride - What navigation equipment can I use ? by
Roy N5804F
I have started another thread to get a consensus of opinion about what
navigation equipment I will be allowed to use on my instrument check ride.
Recently I installed in the Archer a complete new Garmin left stack
including the GNS530.
I kept one of the old KX170B's and its glideslope indicator...
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Decent below MDA, Legal? by
Roy Smith
(Bravo8500) wrote:
In a recent FAA sponsored seminar that I attended, a retired Tower
Controller mentioned in his presentation that IMC flight in Class G
airspace without a clearance was actually legal as long as the
aircraft and pilot were both instrument...
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FAR Part 97: Aircraft Approach Categories - IAS vs Ground Speed by
Mark Hansen
I'm an Instrument Airplane student, and am having a disagreement
with my instructor on one topic - that of Aircraft Approach Categories.
According to 14 CFR Part 97.3 (b), it provides the speed ranges for
the different aircraft categories (A-E). In all the documentation I've
read, this "speed" is...
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Ham sandwich navigation and radar failure by
David Brooks
Question for the enroute controllers. You have a spamcan or two, not filed
/G, cleared direct to some fix. You don't care whether they are navigating
with pilotage, a VFR GPS, or a ham sandwich, so long as they are on radar
and don't go too grotesquely out of the way.
Now the radar goes kaplooey,...
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