A friend of mine just gave me a toll free number to obtain AWOS at any airport. Just call +1 (877) 269-2967, and key in the airport identifier when requested. It requires listening to a commercial, but it's a quick and easy way to get an AWOS report.

Keep in mind I tried out my new 430W install for the first time today. I tried a few sample approaches, really outstanding. The 430W makes you want to try full (not vectored) approaches because it essentially automates everything. It will hold on the approach hold, start the approach on its own...

I see it alternatively defined as : "Lateral Precision with Vertical guidance" or "Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance"

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I had filed a flight plan for 8pm local the other night. I tried amending the departure time as I was leaving 1.5 hours later than the proposed time. I called the FSS and was told the IFR flight plan gets deleted by the system 2 hours after the proposed departure time. I thought it was 45...

Anyone familiar with how the autoflight/HSI interface works on a CRJ100 aircraft? The NTSB just released the factual data on the Comair crash at Lexington. Following is a summary page from the FDR report: http://tinyurl.com/2zovqb Does this mean the HSI heading bugs were also set to 226 or 227...

As an owner of a Garmin GNS430 who will most likely upgrade to the WAAS capability, I downloaded and installed the Garmin GNSxxx WAAS simulator last night, then "flew" a couple of RNAV/GPS approaches with LPV minimums. http://www.garmin.com/products/gns430/ (simulator download link on right of...

On August 28th, Hawker biz jet and a glider collided south of Reno, Nevada at 16,000 feet. Fortunately, everyone survived. The Hawker was IFR and flying a STAR into KRNO. Following is an excerpt from the NTSB's preliminary report (LAX06FA277A): "The glider was equipped with a panel mounted...

I have seen that indication when the antenna did not have a clear view of the sky. The installed aircraft was an EADS/Socata TB-9 with gull wing doors. Coming out of the pad, the pilot's door when up (as it was in the summer) would obscure much of the sky and not allow the GPS to get a...

Will be flying SF bay area to KVGT next week. Will arrive from the west. Haven't been into Las Vegas area in over 20 years but have heard it is busy. Any suggestions to keep it simple. Would I do better to file IFR to North Las Vegas or just come in VFR and deal with Las Vegas Approach. Thanks in...

I have emailed it to you as an attachment. (I recently obtained it from JPI, after misplacing the original disks. They seem to answer email about once a week...) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"

....it's hard to see through, and good ol' Gulf Coast home boys like me should not mess around with it. Christmas Eve I was flying my daughter and grandson to Houston to visit my mom for the holiday. We'd spent the previous day in a little town NE of Houston. It was only about a 45 nm flight...

It gets real interesting when you are bouncing around in turbulence. I have an Apple Newton 2100 that I have used to record flight information on. The Newton is kneeboard size. Peter wrote: Hi, I've been told that airline operations increasingly use tablet PCs for ground planning purposes,...

Y'All, I am reworking my IFR instructional program for a very special student and would appreciate any student/instructor suggestions before submitting my entry. Gene Whitt

I have been following the thread about "How high is that cloud", and quite a few of the posters seems to have some misconceptions about lapse rate. Some of you, especially, are comparing apples and oranges: The *environmental lapse rate* is a measurement of the real atmosphere. The *dry...

"Nicholas Kliewer" wrote in message ... I am filling out my FAA Application for my instrument checkride and had a couple of questions: 1) I am going for a private/single engine/instrument, do I check all three blocks at the...

On VOR/DME-B @ 69V, there is a comment that says PT is not authorized when arriving northbound on V208. Then on the bottom of the chart it says "Procedure Turn NA". Why bother printing the first statement, when PT is clearly not authorized for any transitions? Is this a left-over from a old chart...

Who can tell me what the wording means in 135.225 (a) (1) and (2). So you don't have to look it up - these are weather reporting minima to initiate an instrument approach procedure. (1) (the) airport has a weather reporting facility operated by the US NWS, a source approved by the NWS or a source...

Hi, It seems most handheld GPS can be connected to a computer (through a serial cable, IIRC). That allows some cool features, like preparing your flightplan in advance on your PC, or downloading to the PC the actual positions of your aircraft in order to obtain a chart of the actual flight...

I did not realize that if I replied to a cross-posted message my reply would also be cross-posted. Cheeezz!! I'm Bob Gardner and I approved this message.