Greetings all; What do you recommend for preparation for an Instrument Proficiency Check? Is there any written or video material that is specifically geared for this, or is the original IFR training material better? Thanks for any insight! Jeffrey

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One of the latest developments has been the Asus R300 and R700, two GPS systems with similar characteristics except... http://www.freegpsguide.info/2008/04/asus-r300-and-r700-gps-devices.html

I'm studying for my written and having an awful time with the questions dealing with primary/secondary instruments for pitch/bank/power during various phases of flight. The distinctions appear to be senseless hair splitting, and I'm getting them mostly wrong in the practice tests. Some of this is...

I passed my IA checkride on April 17th, and still haven't received my newfangled plastic certificate. The FAA airmen database lists the rating, so I know they're aware of it. The DE gave me a temporary certificate which expires in less than a month, what should I do assuming it doesn't come soon?...

Hello, My and my slow airplane are based at San Carlos, CA. Got up this morning, looked out the window - the whole bay is blanketed in coastal stratus. We get a lot of mornings like that. Having gotten the rating last year, it sure would be nice to keep proficient. The usual IFR practice run...

Hello, Here's a situation that keeps coming up: I'm coming home to SQL and want to fly the GPS30 approach. Like many GPS approaches, this one looks like the letter "L". The corner of the L is AMEBY, and 5 miles later after that is the FAF, CUZUP. AMEBY is not an IAF, but that doesn't stop...

Hi folks, Getting back into that instrument training.... ...after a haitus of over a year. It's been something like three years since I started trying to get it. Was doing pretty good until: 1-punch: My airplane got a bit of airframe corrosion, requiring three months of layoff while repairs...

"Jerry can't fly and chew gum at the same time." ....That's the feeling I got after my last lesson. Yesterday I went out to the airport. CFII was busy, couldn't practice "flying", but I darn well could get better at chewing gum. That is, all the other stuff that you do to fly IFR. Besides...

Hello, Anybody know where there are some recordings of IFR clearances for practice? If not, I shall have to gather my own - at my home airport, they only seem to occur when I don't want them - like when I'm impatiently waiting to taxi out :). Oh well, my house is up a hill, I should be able to...

Hello, I was on the ground at an uncontrolled field. I got a clearance to "On departure fly runway heading Radar Vectors xyz VOR Victor xxx abc VOR" Before leaving, I programmed the entire route into the GNS430. Since it doesn't have airways, I "synthesized" them by just putting in the VORs and...

Hello, Here you are tootling along on your IFR flight plan - maybe on vectors - whatever, you're exactly where you should be, following ATC's instructions to the letter, and they then say "35Siera, you have traffic at 10:00 east to west three miles 7000 feet a Boeing 737

Hello, The other day, I was flyng the ILS into Stockton CA. Just for yuks, I set the GPS ( GNS430 ) to the approach - with the warning that it was for situational awareness and entertainment only :). Naturally, the indicator was set to VOR/LOC. Sliding down the approach, I had the...

Hi folks, Had a bit of adventure the other night - I was in Stockton, CA on business. Got back to the airport in the afternoon, and the winds were up something fierce. Ground reports from home in SQL showed pretty nasty winds, too. I think it was 15G22 right across the runway. So instead of...

Hi folks, It's been over a year since I got the rating, and aside from popping through the coastal stratus a few times, I never used it. Well, yesterday I used it. 1.5 solid hours in the clouds. There was a front passing through Northern California. But it was all layered stratus stuff, the

Hello, Yesterday I was out getting an IPC. We were doing the Stockton, CA ILS. ATC had us intercepting the localizer at 2000 feet. The altitude for glideslope interception is 1800 ( underlined ). My old CFII taught me that the glideslope interception altitude on the chart is a minimum...

Hello, The past few weeks, the California central valley ( where I do most of my flying ) has been mostly fogged in, in the mornings. Typically 1/4mile in fog, 100foot indefinite ceiling, tops around 900 feet. Did my IPC, descended to minimums on the ILS - nothing seen. I'm tempted to go...

I thought regardless of discrete code, mode S always transmitted the code assigned to each US registered A/C. However, I remember hearing that ATC does not have the equipment required to do anything with the mode S code. "Viperdoc" wrote in...

The New and Enlightened Federal Aviation Administration of the Bush Administration has stated on many occasions they want to run more like a "Business" and be more receptive to the airlines and the airline business model. Really? OK IF AIRLINES SOLD PAINT Customer: Hi. How much is your...

A packed British Airways jet was just seconds from disaster after plummeting out of the sky in a dramatic near miss over America, it has emerged. BA flight 2166 carrying 175 terrified passengers, three pilots and 11 crew plunged 600 feet in a bid to avoid collision with another plane above...