I'm looking for suggestions for a school to do an IFR finish-up course in December or January. I live in Massachusetts and while I don't mind flying actual IFR there's entirely too much ice in the clouds around here that time of year. A break from the winter chill wouldn't be bad, either. Dave...

FYI. I noticed that some airports are not showing up in the "nearest airport" list on my King KLN-94. Then I noticed that it didn't show on the map page either. But if I go to the airport page and explicitly key in the identifier, it does show the airport information. E.g. KMKN I corresponded...

Thought I'd better share this as others might be flying approaches using the newest Jepp database for the Northstar M3 Approach GPS. I downloaded the newest Northern Hemisphere database using Skybound USB just prior to going for an Instrument Proficiency Check. The examiner had me fly the GPS-B...

off topic i know go to www.google.com type in Weapons of mass destruction and hit the "i'm feeling lucky" button read the error message.

I'm recently received my IFR ticket and flew in actual a couple weeks ago for only the 2nd time. I picked up some rime ice at 9000' in a calm stratus layer. Scared the &#&((*@# out of me! I promptly turned back for home. I just didn't feel like I got any real training for this in the IFR work....

Do any of the new weather services like WXworx work on a wireless PDA like the Palm Tungsten or the Blackberries? How about plain old downloads from the net to these devices- is it usable or practical? I'm thinking about getting either a Tungsten or color Blackberry primarily for business email,...

There was a time (probably right before I passed my Instrumenr written) when I was pretty good at being able to read the shorthand used for weather conditions, FA's, and the like. There was also a time when using shorthand made sense - days of slow teletypes, limited memory, etc. But does it...

I want to help my worrywart wife with a subscription to one of those web-based IFR flight tracker services. Free would nice, but as far as I can tell, the free ones cover commercial flights and not GA. What's a decent one that is cheap that works with GA? I don't want to spend a meaningful amount...

I once saw a website (I think it may have been a government website) that graphically displays the VORs that are used to describe to borders of areas described in airmets. Does anyone know the URL of this website? Thanks Evan

I roughly calculated that the weight of 1 in. of ice on all forward surfaces on my T182 (fixed gear) is about 250 lbs. Anyone cares to comment on this? Gerd (ATPL)

On our second leg home from Michigan to New York yesterday, I was the PIC and Rick took care of the communication. We filled the following route from KBQR Buffalo-Lancaster) to KPOU (Dutchess County Airport) BUF V14 BEEPS V34 HNK V167 SPECL Departing KBQR VFR, we picked up our clearance...

I was flying the ILS 06 approach on my plane equipt with an Aspen and Garmin 430. I had the Garmin set up for vectors to final, tuned properly, set on VLOC, station identified and was flying near the OM towards the FAF. Then I noticed the Aspen said "BC1", was reverse sensing, and showing no...

Great, I flunked my medical. Actually, this came close to happening 4 years ago. I tested bad on blood sugar (I don't know if that means too high or too low). Last time, I passed it after taking a new blood test after fasting. This time, the (12 hour) fast didn't help. Last time, I got advised to...

Ha! I bet you thought that this was going to be some porn spam. Well...perhaps not after the "Cold" bit grin. I'd a very nice "getting feet wet" flight today. I was in the clouds for roughly half the brief (two hour) (CDW-SWF-CDW) flight, I was in wet clouds watching the thermostat drop, and...

Where online can I find a list of countries meeting the WGS-84 GPS standards? Preferably from an "authoritative" source, such as FAA, AOPA, ALPA, NASA, etc, and not from Cousin Vinnies online website thanks BILL

http://www.invensense.com/news/112806.html The short take on this: MEMS or micromechanical technology, basically integrated circuit technology used to make microscopic mechanical features, having been used to make $1 accelerometers, is now being used to make $1 gyroscopes, with a full internal...

This one is just funny: http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/13_2a/briefs/Stealing_From_Peter_To_Pay_Paul_194158-1.html Why is it funny? Because Tracy is, or was, the only airport I know that LOCKS and SHUTS DOWN their card activated fueling at night, making them practically useless for a fuel stop...

A few days ago I had a last minute change of destination and didn't check the database (KLN 89B) of the rental A/C for the approaches at Waterloo (CYKF) prior to departure. To my surprise, the db only had 1 approach (VOR) for the airport against the 4 published approaches (VOR, NDB, LOC(BC)...

Yesterday I flew a cessna 172 in the hard IFR. When I penetrated apparently a heavy cumulonimbus rain cloud area, the VSI and altimeter started to oscillate and bounce +/- 250 FPM (ALT oscilated 200~300 ft up and back). The rate of bounces was about 3 to 4 Hz (3 to 4 times per second). It lasted...

I've flown a lot of planes, of different sizes, and I always lift off gently. When I fly as a passenger on an airliner though, there is a "thud" or even a "bang" as the main wheels leave the runway. Sometimes this bang is so loud is frightens passengers, and once it was strong enough (on a 777...