I'd love to fly to a B&B (preferably within a six-hour C172 flight of Dallas) for new years. Anyone know of any good places or resources for finding near-airport B&Bs? One with an instrument approach would be ideal (depending on WX) but maybe not necessary. Thanks! -Nick To reply by email --...

How can you adjust an altimeter if the pressure isn't correct in the window for the altitude? I started talking to my examiner about it on the checkride and he said that a lot of people adjust it themselves (not an avionics shop, etc), and he said you take the front off (I think) and theres a...

Sorry for being a little off topic, but I think you will see why this group is a good one for this post. On Feb 18, 2007, I visited a pilot who lives in the Oakland, CA hills about 5 nm north of KOAK. He related a story of having seen multicolored flashing lights in the air at night in the...

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I hate to admit it, but I'm not sure which boxes to check on the 8710 for my upcoming CFII checkride. *My* CFI is away for a couple days & I just wanted to get the IACRA app filled out ahead of time. For the initial ride, I checked Airplane Single Engine, Flight Instructor & "Initial". Would this...

Hi. If I want to become an AGI and then a CFII, do I really have to take these 5 exams: 1) Fundamentals of Instructing 2) Ground Instructor Instrument 3) Ground Instructor Advanced 4) Flight Instructor Instrument Airplane 5) Flight Instructor Airplane I understand that your AGI ticket covers...

During a recent discussion about calculating glide ratio, I began to wonder what the effects of pressure altitude were on the glide ratio of an aircraft. Since air is 50% as dense at FL180 as at sea level, would the glide ratio increase (glide further) as altitude decreases? AND if there is a...

Have any WAAS LPV approaches been established for runways that do not already have an ILS in place? I'm presuming the limiting factor is LPV deployment is clearing the approach airspace, lighting, runway length rather than drawing the approach plate... Does the FAA publish its priorities or a...

I've heard some discussion that there is a national number to call for a void time on filed IFR flight plans. True? And if so, what's the number?

Did anyone come to a conclusion yet on the question of whether or not the PCI adapter will still work to update the cards for the 430/530 waas units ? Is it also confirmed that it uses a new card ? Jeppesens web site is terrible ! try a search on the key word waas and it comes up with zero...

In the regulations it says that you can land at an airport without an IAP if you descend from the MEA and land under VFR, but if there is a MOCA, can you use that instead?

In my Cessna 421C, the pilot-side airspeed indicator reads 6 nts below the co-pilot-side airspeed indicator. When I pointed this out to a mechanic, he said that it was "within toleraance." He said it was possible that one was 3 nts high and the other 3 nts low and so both could be within...

Today, I was flying with some friends for lunch at LRN, Lone Rock. The winds were out of the west, and I had planned on doing the GPS 27 approach, which was in my Jepp book and also printed out from the FAA chart. However, when I tried to call it up on my 530 (with a current data card)...

I stumbled on this chart while preparing for an upcoming flight to Knoxville: http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0604/00218HIL5L.PDF I see some unfamiliar graphics on this chart, namely the dotted lines in both the profile and plan views, and the candy-striping at the top and bottom of the page. I...

Hi all. I might attempt a flight from Ann Arbor KARB, to Chicago Midway KMDW in a few days. I have a question about the Midway Cicero two departure. There is an "obstacle" and a "vectors" version of this DP. Lets say I get that DP as part of my clearance, with a departure on runway 4R. The...

My club just got a very nicely equipped Bonanza with a King KFC-200 A/P system installed (along with a CNX-80 GPS). I think I've got most of it figured out, but yesterday something happend which I didn't understand. The active leg in the GPS was a course of about 230, with a stiff wind from the...

Decision time: I have a choice of a 2.5 hr leg and a 1.5 hr leg, refuelling in Saginaw MI, or a 3.0 hr leg and a 1.0 hr leg, refuelling in Muskegeon MI. Advantages of Muskegeon: - might be easier to hit my arrival window after only a 1 hour flight than a 1.5 hour flight - arrive with more...

Flyers, Just a quick note to all those people thinking of buying MS Flight Simulator X to save your money!!! It is a DOG! Anything short of technically advanced aliens accidentally leaving a super-duper ultra secret main-frame galactic defense optical computer with advanced hardware and...

An interesting thread on AirDisaster.com (including video) discusses the false glideslope indications that nearly did in an Air New Zealand flight some years ago. This is particularly interesting given that the FAA no longer seems to require an outer marker or equivalent on ILS approaches,...

I know this is an old topic, but looking back into the archives of this group, I couldn't find a definitive or current answer. And, this came up for me yesterday when I booked a simulator for IFR currency. I called Advanced Aviation Simulators at APA to try out their service. Based on my...