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Down to minimum today by
W9MV
It's been just about a year since I had gotten my IFR ticket, and have over 250
hours since, about 25 hours in actual.
But, my personal minimums have been 1000 ft and 3 miles.
Today (Knoxville, TN) we had perfect conditions to safely fly in the soup. (NO
ICE) I got my instructor on board and we...
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December 5th 03 10:59 PM
by Jeff
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Practical IFR Question (for centre controllers) by
David Megginson
This weekend, I'm flying almost due south 340 nm from Ottawa to
Philadelphia, as I mentioned in a separate posting. Inevitably, the legs of
my planned flight zigzag around a track of 180 deg M, some slightly on the
east side, and some slightly on the west. Consider this part of the trip,
all on...
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sounds of aviation navigation equipment as head on a scanner radio by
Dan Jacobson
I'm curious about two types of transmissions from aircrafts:
1. squawk transponder Mode-C Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) or whatever
2. ACARS
I know ACARS is around 131 Mkz usually, but what frequency is the SSR stuff?
What would they sound like on a scanner? Does ACARS sound indeed like
a...
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Misleading Notam by
Greg Esres
One of our local pilots misunderstood a common Notam, as shown below.
He thought the "ADD: From Shelby to RW 17: 3.52 degrees" meant add
3.52 degrees to the final approach course.
How reasonable do you think his interpretation?
(BTW, the notam just adds a descent gradient to a NP approach.)
FDC...
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While we're talking about Garmin GPS by
Windecks
On an IFR proficiency flight with my partner the other day, we got into a
little debate about the best way to use the Garmin 430 for ATC position
reporting. He uses the cursor on the map page to point at an airport or
NAVAID, then reads out the distance and (reciprocal) bearing. I go to NRST,
and...
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Jeppesen- no more Express Packs? by
Colin Kingsbury
Just stopped by my friendly local chart agent and they told me that Jeppesen
isn't offering dealer pricing anymore, so the only way I can get Jepp plates
is through a subscription.
AFAICT from their site, my only option (I'm based at BED near BOS) is to buy
a subscription that covers the Eastern...
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December 2nd 03 09:41 PM
by SFM
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Tempest in a teapot - IFR 'training' in-between lessons by
Cecil E. Chapman
Just a question for y'all out there.
In-between lessons I've been practicing approaches using my OnTop IFR
program. It seems to work, very well, in terms of getting me to recall the
procedures and frequencies by sheer repetition when it comes to my actual
lesson day.
My question though: Is such...
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Used Avionics by
O. Sami Saydjari
I plan to buy my first airplane and "trade-up" in about 3-4 years. I
expect my initial investment will be around $75K. At that price, it
does not seem to be worth putting in brand new avionics to the tune of
$12-$15K (thinking specifically about a Garmin 430/MX-20 combo, or a
GX-50/MX-20 combo). ...
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Another Garmin 430 question by
Jim
I've been told that it is possible to load successive approaches in the
flight plan page but have been un able to either figure out how to do it or
find any info in the manual about it. For instance if I wanted to create a
flight plan to take off at one airport, fly to a second airport then...
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Challenging instrument approaches? by
[email protected]
I'm looking for challenging instrument approaches in the United States
that I can have my students fly on the simulator.
I'd be interested in hearing your suggestions. Any type of IAP is
welcome as long as it makes the pilot work a little bit.
Tia
Richard Kowalski
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Garmin530 and MX20 by
O. Sami Saydjari
In an article at http://avionicswest.com/archive/shootout.htm#2003 about
Garmin 530 vs CNX-80, many of the pilots said that they would want a
combination of a Garmin 530 AND an MX20. I do not understand. Isn't
the Garmin 530 also an MFD capable of displaying multiple inputs, like
weather and...
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Aircraft Designations Book by
David R Townend
As we did last year, AeroFile is celebrating the Holiday Season (and my
Birthday) with a sale of sorts. From December 1 to December 24, 2003, when
you order copy of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" we will pay
your shipping. What a great Holiday gift. We still have some...
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Garmin 430 question by
smf
With a waypoint on my 430 and pressing the OBS button my 430 draws a
"radial". The radial that is on the obs indicator.
What i don't understand is why the radial showing on the display is white
and not magenta? The reciprical of the radial is magenta.
Shouldn't it be the other way around?
Thanks
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December 1st 03 03:03 AM
by Jeff
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how I map my flights by
Snowbird
I thought I'd share how I've been displaying the tracks of
my flights. I found this very useful in helping me assess
and analyze my errors. It's also been interesting on long
flights into crowded airspace to see what the tracons actually
do with us.
I'm also hoping it will spark a discussion...
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Preferred Routing or Tower Enroute Control by
cefarthing
Any good online sources for the most likely routing you will get from ATC?
All of the online flight planning sources I've found seem to only use the
most direct via airways when selected vs the Preferred or TEC routing you
almost always wind up getting.
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GPS Degradation in ZDC/ZNY areas by
Jay Somerset
Has anyone alse tried to use GPS in this area? Mine showed current location
pretty accurate (within 1/4 mile) but indicated track wallowed +/- 20
degrees from actual. What sort of degradation tests are being run that wil
affect GPS this way?
No outages encountered, just misleading track...
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November 30th 03 04:30 PM
by EDR
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ADF or RMI? by
Tom S.
When I quit flying some years back, RMI's were expensive and found generally
only found in the "heavy metal".
Now they seems quite common? What particular advantages do they offer? I
can't find any good articles (other than marketing) on them.
I was wondering if I should add one to a bird I plan...
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November 30th 03 02:36 PM
by Tom S.
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Garmin fixes moving waypoint problem -- almost by
Jon Woellhaf
Last month, Dave Butler wrote about a problem caused by the relocation of
the SAV VOR. He has a Garmin GPSMAP 196, but this problem is probably
present in many of their GPSs.
I have a GPSMAP 295 and suspected it might have the same problem. I noticed
today that Garmin has added version 2.40 to...
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Garmin 530 VOR Approach Using GPS or VLOC by
Rich
I have a Garmin 530 and a KAP 140 autopilot in my 182. I was
practicing VOR approaches with the CDI on the 530 set to GPS. I
noticed that the autopilot would warn that it was about to disengage
when I reached the FAF. It does this consistently. If I put the CDI in
VLOC, the autopilot would not try...
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November 28th 03 04:08 AM
by Jeff
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