I was flying this weekend to maintain my instrument currency and came across a GPS approach unlike any I'd seen thus far. Then again, I'm pretty new to GPS approaches so I'm still finding new stuff fairly often. I was flying approaches into Wellsvill, NY (ELZ) and was setting up for the GPS RWY...

The Air Force manual "Air Navigation" is on line he http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/pubfiles/af/11/afpam11-216/afpam11-216.pdf This manual answers several FAQ that have come up that even some instructors have no definitive answer for. Examples of things contained in this pamphlet a How to...

I am a 300+ hour private pilot living and flying in the NYC area (specifically Caldwell NJ / Teterboro). I am interested in taking an accelerated instrument course and have been attracted to the PIC 10 day course and other similar 10 day courses. I already have about 10 hours of simulator time...

I'm looking for the ability to just load and read approach plates on my Ipaq. I know that Control Vision has their Pocket Plates, but with a Garmin 430 I don't need geo-referencing, etc etc. Anyone know of simpler setups available? I'd guess there should also be a way to limit what you load by...

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...

I've never seen the/a definitive answer to this question: Are there any negative legal ramifications of using IFR plates obtained from, for instance, the AOPA website, so long as the plate is current (they're now printing the date range of the plate's validity in the margins), printed...

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.

Y'All, Received this email for which I have come to the group for an answer. Dear Gene, I was recently on an instrument checkride for the Military, and the instructor asked me a bonus question: "can you have a IAP with no published inbound course." I couldn't think of any scenarios, maybe you...

Those of you, who frequently fly SE airplanes without deicing equipment, without turbo or second engine but use their IR Ticket to poke around in water loaded clouds at or near freezing level: What are your strategies to cope with the weather ? Situation1: You climb through low clouds, but pass...

I hate cross-posting, but just this once I will give in to the temptation. The rec.aviation newsgroups have become useless. There is very little "meat" in the postings...sushidot is about the only poster interested in learning anything. If anyone is looking for me, I hang out in the AOPA Forum,...

I don't have my AIM here at work, and I'm on dial up, so I won't attempt to download it, but I'm looking at the ILS 32 into KMQY Smyrna TN. It says ADF REQUIRED which I understand is to identify the IAF which is the SWZ NDB not associated with a marker beacon, inside the outer marker. This is the...

There have been a number of threads in this and other forums about which approach charts to use, and about how the availability of free downloadable charts from NACO affects the decision. Some pilots purchase full US or regional subscriptions, others download and print just the charts they expect...

Is there an examiner on board that can summarize the significant changes in the new PTS? For example, is the GPS required to be turned off during one of the approaches?

Any recommendations for plates to be viewed on a PDA, NOT including PocketPlates? Kelly

The last 2 times (yesterday and 1 week ago) I've tried to used CBAV to get Nexrad images, I get a blank screeen with the word "display" on it. Anyone have this problem recently? Is there a problem?

The Democratic National Convention is coming to Boston in July. The Boston Globe today reported that the FAA is going to restrict all air traffic within 30 nm of Boston: no private aircraft will be allowed to operate in the airspace. The main thrust of the story was that this restriction included...

After having both a vac pump failure and an AI failure (not on the same flight :) ) I decided its really time for a backup. I always consider my Mooney to be an "IFR anytime" type of plane, in that I consider it a solid IFR platform. When the vac pump goes out alarms starting sounding, my voice...

I'm no freight dog or corporate pilot with dozens of approaches to minimums each day. For me, as with many GA pilots I expect, maintaining *real* currency involves explicit practice. That's fine; I enjoy it. But I'd like to try some new places. The issue is that I'd like to try some new places...

I made my first big IFR mistake. I fixed my intermittant ADF with only a few more hours of training to go until my checkride. My glorious plan to label it INOP (making it an expensive combination multi-channel timer and partial panel heading memory aid) has been thwarted by a little tuner cleaner...

Several times, while under IFR flight plan and radar services, I have been vectored to intercept the localizer and the controller was late in turning me into the localizer. This usually happens when I need about a 90 degree turn to the localizer. I have decided not to wait for his vector and just...