I'm planning a trip to the Upper Peninsula in about a month, so I've begun looking at charts. We'll be landing at Marquette, Escanaba, Menominee, and Houghton. Or that's the plan anyway. Marquette/Sawyer KSAW has one runway, 2 1/2 miles long x 150' pointed 1/19. Now the collective wisdom of...

I am planning the upgrade of a Piper Navajo panel. I wouldn't mind spending the money for "cutting edge", but it is not clear what is avialable and the infrastructure to support it. Could anyone provide informed councel on EFIS or other certified options? My questions are along the following: 1. ...

If assigned IFR altitudes can be considered to have a tolerance of +/- 200 ft before you are "busted", what applies to published minimum altitudes other than DH and MDA on approach plates? Most people will say that you are not supposed to descend any amount below the DH/MDA altitudes. Does...

What part of your butt did you pull that BS out of? Congress has nothing to do with the federal register. Bob Gardner wrote: An instrument approach is, in effect, an act of Congress. Although they do it through obscure references to Part 97, each approach must be published in...

Do not try to teach a pig to fly or dance, it annoys the pig and wastes your time,

So I'm reading my ASA Practical test standards booklet for Instrument Airplane and it says: (pg.6) 2. pass the appropriate instrument rating knowledge test SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 24TH MONTH BEFORE THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PRACTICAL TEST WAS TAKEN. This means if I took the knowledge test...

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...

Hello , Recently I bought a PILATUS PC12 ,with the GPS KLN90B. Is it possible to exchange the GPS against a GARMIN 500 and a MAP , as in standard Aircrafts of FS9. Thanks in advance Paul

Hi, I recently learned that VOR can be "calibrated" or adjusted to take into account any error discovered at the 30-day check. For example, if you need to set OBS at 44 to get centered CDI on the 42 radial from VOR on airport checkpoint, and 219 to center CDI on the 222 radial, then you record the...

Subject says it all. For instance, here in Southern California, the NDB Petis is on the low chart, while ElMonte is not. Anyone know why? Is it because of monitoring, or lack of? Or is it because one is part of the enroute structure, and the other one not? Or because one has approaches involving...

I'm going VNY-LAS. DUATS auto routing came up with a route that ends at OASYS on V394. Trick is, OASYS is not an IAF for any approach into LAS as far as I can tell. What should I do if I lose comm? A related question: some approaches into LAS have IAFs that I can't find on the enroute chart...

What is the proper phraseology to alert the controller that you are being vectored through the localizer? I'm thinking something like: Approach, N12345 vector through localizer? Thanks, Tom

With the increasing popularity and availability of rental and training aircraft equipped with "glass" panels, are we heading toward limited or type like instrument ratings? For example, will an pilot trained from the onset in an aircraft equipped with a Garmin G-1000 panel from private through...

To keep me from looking at every approach plate PDF in the country for some research I am doing, would you folks give me some examples of standalone (not RNAV(GPS)) approaches in your areas of operation? Thanks. Bob Gardner

If I file an IFR flight plan 2 hours in advance from departure from a towered airport and then leave really early or really late: 1. Is the FP normally available to my local tower about half an hour after filing? 2. How long does it remain in the "system" if I get delayed?

Great to hear Jeff!!!! Big congratulations! Be sure to celebrate!!!!! -- -- =----- Good Flights! Cecil PP-ASEL Student-IASEL

Is there an explanation for why small radii objects collect ice faster? The NASA icing video simply states this fact without giving an explanation. I have found the same with most other sources as well.

I know this question has probably been answered thousand times before on this forum. I am based at s50 in washington with no instrument approach or departure procedure. It is class G to 1200 and then class e plus some class b around. How can I depart IFR from this airport? Do i need to depart VFR...

Hi, Planning to put a GPSmap 196 for backup in my Cessna 172 I would appreciate to learn whether somebody has mounted a 196 on a 172 yoke? May I learn about the mounting gear used - original Garmin or OEM hardware like RAM? How about drawbacks or pros experienced with either gear? Otto Braasch...

Hi folks. I've got a bit of a puzzle here. First off, I'm a student pilot, so maybe I haven't gotten to this yet. Take a look at the ILS 18 plate for Springdale, AR (ASG): http://myairplane.com/databases/approach/SouthCentral/ASG_ir18.pdf First, note that the approach is "ILS RWY 18" --- Next,...