I saw an approach mistake the other day that I've never seen before. We were flying the VOR-A @ 12N (http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0503/05026VA.PDF) and were a little off course (in good VFR conditions). My student looked up at about the right time, saw a runway, and went for it. Unfortunately, it...

I came across an interesting IFR Departure Procedure recently during some training and I wonder if anyone has flown it before and/or if anyone else has any comments. For those who are AOPA members, here is a link to the MRB (Martinsburg WV) Trixy Two...

Did a short trip yesterday from MWC to OSH with the gf, just to go, about 3PM. Was planning on cruising at 3 to avoid ice in the clouds, which were not far about that at all. Briefer tells me there's an inversion aloft, and the freezing level is at NINER. Cool, great! Filed for 4, planning on...

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/srg_gad_gasil4of2003.pdf Highlights the case where a KAP140 equipped plane went a bit wobbly which was caused by a cell phone carried by a passenger. Personally I thought it was all rubbish till now, I guess time to take a different view. Makes you think when you are...

from: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/19/miami.crash.ap/ "One of its airplanes was hijacked to Cuba in 1974. Since then, the company has had a policy of not carrying enough fuel to reach Havana." Now Havana is not that far from Miami. I have a hard time believing they would be within legal IFR (or...

The ODP out of MMK for runway 36 reads, "climbing left turn to 1800 via 325° bearing from MMK NDB before proceeding on course". It seems to me that the easiest way to fly that with a GPS would be to create a user waypoint which is a 325 bearing, 20 (or whatever) mile offset from MMK NDB and insert...

A few months back, I bought an iPad with the intent of using it in flight for maps, approach plates, and as a supplemental nav. to my GNS 430. I finally got the opportunity to play with it today while doing some hood work to see how well it performs in-flight, and I must say, I am very...

I'm in the midst of doing two things.... 1)Becoming instrument recurrent. (Steam guage airplanes) 2)Getting checked out in a G1000 182. I'm planning to do the IPC in the Steam guage airplane with some additional instrument work in the G1000. My real question is how would you do the partial...

I am looking for a flight school in the Phoenix area that can give me an IPC (or let me log approaches for currency) in a simulator. Sim time just seems so much more efficient than taking the real thing out in CAVU and putting a hood on... Does anyone know of such a place? Please post your...

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

I'm putting together a question bank for IPC's. Anybody got any they'd like to contribute?

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 http://www.liveatc.net/forums/index.php/topic,4618.0.html After reading and listening to the ATC clip posted about this incident, especially regarding picking up the weather on the pilot's iPhone, a question just came to mind. With the new iPhone...

I am hesitating between buying the iPhone 4 and the iPad (or else?) to use as a VFR GPS. One of the attractive feature of the iPad is the larger screen but it is also one of the drawback... Apparently the iPhone has an internal Gyroscope which the iPad does not have (might be added on the iPad...

Hi, In addition to our WingX products for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry, we put together a free iPhone web app. Feel free to use, share, etc. Let me know how we can improve it. We'll be adding some more weather images, but I think that it is pretty useful at this point. Point your iPhone to...

Ok, time for me to fill y'all in on today's adventure... my IR checkride! First, let me thank all of those (in rec.aviation.student at least!) who have posted their PPL checkride stories. I've read a few over the past week or so, and they helped calm me down quite a bit in preparation for today....

Hi! Sorry if this has been beaten to death already..... I am going to get an instrument rating soon, and are considering my options. Has anyone here any knowledge about taking an IR couorse in the US and converting it to a JAR license in Europe? What is involved?

Anyone IR without having actually flown in IMC? My checkride is around the corner and I've no actual IFR yet. I'm itching to experience it but the damned weather isn't co-operating (seemed the same way with the PPL!). Iain

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...

The way I read 61.57(d) (the requirement for an IPC), it's just an extra requirement that kicks in under certain circumstances. It's not a subpart of 61.57(c) (6 approaches etc in 6 months), and (c) does not have any exceptions related to (d). So if an IPC is essentially a checkride, it could be...

FAA Ops Specs for air carriers have a middle column for types of approved approaches called “APV� - Approaches with Vertical Guidance, LDA-GS is listed in this column and not under Precision Approach. I’d give that answer in an interview, even though Instrument ACS would allow it to be...