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I got a much thicker than usual packet from Jeppesen yesterday, and the bulk of the changes were the removal of dozens of NDB IAPs. I had heard that the FAA was looking to decomission a lot of "redundant" NDB appoaches, but was surprised to see that they were really gone so soon. I guess there's...

I was just reading Don Brown's latest (6/22) on avweb: http://www.avweb.com/news/columns/189944-1.html This column is about NORDO IFR procedures. I like Don's columns and find their nitpickiness to be consistent with safe flying, if a little bit annoying. But in this column, two things stuck out...

Have you ever "made up" an approach to a nonexistent airport for the purposes of training or currency? I mean, to pick a space in the boonies, and then use nearby navaids to fashion a homemade approach to an imaginary runway. Some instructors will do this. Now, I was wondering, is there any way...

ventmode I am an inexperienced instrument pilot and I just don't understand why we file routes on our flight plans at all! I never get what I filed, anyway, and it's not uncommon that the route I actually get shares not a single waypoint with what I filed. It is an interesting game to try to...

Here's a kinda stupid question for SF Bay Area pilots. Today is a nice day for some practice approaches in actual. We've got ceilings in the 1800-2000 level, stratus, no precip or wind, generally benign. Okay, so I thought I'd head over from PAO and log some approaches at the usual suspects:...

any reason for there to be NO vor/loc data appearing in the data field below the vloc window when a vor or ils is active frequency?

I use Jeppensen's FlightPro to maintain my instrument scan because I just don't get enough real IMC time. The one thing I don't like about it is when you break out, there is no ground information at all. The ground is simply an all green field. The airport is nothing more than a black stripe...

I know everyone hear remember Capt. Haynes. Capt. Haynes was the pilot of United flight 232 when the center engine suffered an uncontained failure and the DC-10 lost all of its hydraulic systems. Capt. Haynes landed the ship at Sioux City using differential power. His handling of the...

I have an old marker beacon that works normally (lights and tone), except that the inner and outer lights also twinkle on and off whenever there is a transmission--either on the intercom or external, originated by me or anyone else. In other words, any communication activity causes the MBR lights...

What is the point of the phrase "at the airport of intended departure" in FAR 91.171(b)(1)? Interpreted literally, it would mean that while the VOR check done with a VOT is good for 30 days, it is only valid for departures from the airport where it was done. That makes no sense. Any...

I have a VFR only 172 and I am considering IFR training. I am looking for the most practical way to make my plane IFR certified and useful. At first glance, it appears to me that the Garmin 430 provides a LOT of useful information for relatively not much money. I have 2 questions though....

Today I awoke to find a cloud sitting on the ground bringing the vis down to 1/16th of a mile. All the airlines here in KROC were forced to hold from takeoff until it lifted a little. I know that the part 91 is 0/0 unless otherwise noted, what about part 131 or the airlines? Do they...

Hi all. My currency just ran out last month and I was wondering within the next six months Im allowed to have a safty pilot with me or do I need a instructor to perform the six approches holds and tracking? I looked through the FARS and it really says nothing about who can be with you during the...

If anyone cares to see a few hundred Oshkosh photo's, I put them on my site.. Great pix, Dennis! Did you get any aerial shots of the North 40 that you didn't post? I'd sure like one of our campsite! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA

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"

I've finally located the manuals at http://www.pilotmall.com/page/1/PROD/26/17390 Mary and I own (and LOVE) the AvMap EKP-IIIC, the predecessor to the EKP-IV. We played with the IV extensively at OSH this year, and I fell in love with it. It's smaller, thinner -- yet still has a BIGGER,...

I flew with my boss for steak at Harris Ranch last night in his A36. On the way, we got to talking about GPS systems. He's got a Garmin 396, and was telling me that it (and the 496) would talk to the GNS430W the same way as the GDL69A, complete with showing the weather on both screens...

I need to find out if there is an official maximum amount of precession for a Directional Gyro. My aircraft precesses 10 degrees in 10 minutes during mostly straight and level flight with only a few shallow banks. One avionics tech told me that it depends on the gyro manufacturer as to what is...

Has anyone alse tried to use GPS in this area? Mine showed current location pretty accurate (within 1/4 mile) but indicated track wallowed +/- 20 degrees from actual. What sort of degradation tests are being run that wil affect GPS this way? No outages encountered, just misleading track...