You're 4 miles SW of ROYCE. http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0710/00198IL12R.PDF Approach says "Cessna '1GS,cross ROYCE at or above 2 thousand, cleared visual approach runwy 12R. Contact the tower on 118.7." On initial contact, Tower says "Cessna '1GS, runwy 12R, cleared to land." Do you still...

Hello all, I'm just curious as to when the last time was that you used your ADF for actual navigation? Are NDBs common in the US? It seems as though every little airport has an ILS! -dr

Where are VASIs located on a field that doesn't have an ILS ? Is it a certain number of feet from end of runway ? Does it depend on runway length ? If you want to land on a short runway when is it safe to dip below VASI ? Must there be a certain number of hundreds of feet from the threshold...

Huh? Did the TSA take them away?

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...

How can I find out where the FAA thinks MEPTE is? On the NOS IFR charts it's charted as in the water (or over it), but when I fly it, it's over land. I know the NOS charts are not all that accurate (for topography) but I'd like to know where it is, for a certification flight for our GPS. Any...

I cannot find a charted final approach fix on the GPS 23 approach to KUCP (New Castle, PA): http://download.aopa.org/iap/20040219/NE4/ucp_ndb_or_gps_rwy_23.pdf The Garmin 530 and UPSAT GX50 both consider Bryne intersection to be the FAF, but there is no Maltese cross. Any ideas? Can an approach...

I can't seem to find the IAF for the LOC BC RWY 03R at LUK. Any ideas why?

Steven P. McNicoll Steven gave a wonderful presentation as to the conflict of statute and nautical miles to be used in the U.S. during the 1950s to 70s. What he failed to give us who the genius was to come up with both sets of numbers on our airspeed indicators. The main push for a KNOT measure...

Hello, After +2 years without flying I'm planning to get back to the air. With a rusty SEL rating, I'm looking for a flight school for two different goals: (a) A few lessons for currency and a BFR right now, and (b) Lessons towards an instrument's rating latter on. Trying to decide where. Options...

As I understand the new RNAV approaches support three types of approach: Lateral-only navigation (Basically the traditional GPS approach?) LNAV/VNAV LPV Now, IIRC, only the LPV approaches *require* WAAS, while the LNAV/VNAV approaches support use of barometrically-derived *or* WAAS VNAV guidance....

Hello! The new version 3.0 of Seattle Avionics's Voyager just came out, and it has a nice moving map. I want to start using it on my laptop, but need to buy a GPS, first. SA recommends the Pharos GPS360, but I always thought the Garmin GPS 10 may be the better option. Does anyone have...

I bought a kln 89b. I have a MK12d driving a ID-824, a KX-170 driving a KI-214, and a yellow taged Arc IN-385a sitting on the self. I have a NAT multi pole relay, annunicator lights and switches. First choice would be to share the ID-824 between the MK12d and the 89b? If none of these will work,...

1. Vectored for the VOR 27 at Oshkosh in pouring rain, broke out and saw the runway after I got established but before I started my descent, cancelled IFR to help the guy behind me, did a visual descent and landed on the green dot. 2. Vectored for the ILS 24(?) at Muskegeon, descended on the glide...

Hello! I will be getting a tablet PC (thinking about the Motion Computing LE800), and will be buying a flightplanning software package for IFR soon. I've been looking around at all the different options (Seattle Avionics Voyager/GlassView), RMS FlightsoftPro/Vista, FlightPrep, EverywhereMap, etc....

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...

Thumbing through a 1962 FLYING magazine, I came across an advertisement for the all-new Motorola M-400 NAV/COM. Among other quaint features, such as the 100KHz spacing, later upgradeable to 50KHz, and the COM transmit frequency that automatically switches to 122.1 any time you select a NAV...

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...

As I was preparing for an angel flight to Savannah last week, I compared my out of date approach charts with the online versions and noticed that all the approaches using the SAV VOR had changed, and what's more, the VOR itself had moved about 5 miles west. No problem, just print new charts from...

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