Just bought the complete system.....installed all of the software....got the system to report xm weather 4 hours of a 27 hour flight from PYM to FTG and back to PYM. How is everyone else's experience with this system?? Bill Snow

Is there any way to have the Garmin 430/530 put its current display accuracy on the primary display as an ongoing statistic, based on the number of satellites in view? How, in general, do the Garmin units notify you of situations where GPS accuracy has been compromised to a level that makes...

I am a Flitestar user and I recently wanted to upgrade to Flitemap IFR. To my shock, Jeppesen appears to no longer sell Flitemap. Why would they stop selling their only moving map product? -- Will Internet: westes at earthbroadcast.com

Where can I find approach and departure charts for rural airports in the Sierra Madre mountains that surround Puerto Vallarta, Mexico? I realize many of these mountain airports are little more than a dirt road next to a farm and do not have published instrument approaches, but I would still like...

"Kissing the Black Ass" news Before operational use of Air Traffic Selection And Training (AT-SAT) for hiring purposes, concerns were raised about differences in AT-SAT scores among protected groups (including but not limited to female and black group members.) Consequently, FAA management...

The new multi billion 9000 foot fancy piece of concrete called 10/28 at ATL New concrete that was supposed to help delays all over America Cat 2 and 3 OTS for weeks Why? ILS Interference from power lines

WhoGivesAFig? wrote: wrote: Mxsmanic wrote: writes: Such as? Such as the need for local transmitters at every airport. LAAS requires this, and since WAAS cannot match ILS precision, LAAS is...

Contrary to what most of the non-technical idiots in FAA management think, facilities are important for Air Safety Systems to check for a dangerous weather condition were faulty at the time of Sunday's devastating air crash at Phuket airport, Thai officials say. Some of the airport's wind...

I almost fell on the floor when I read this The FAA is actually hiring a WHITE MALE PILOT with a aviation background for a high up position within the FAA Good GOD what the hell is going on!?!?!?!?!? I can't believe this!!! A WHITE MALE who is qualified hired by the FAA????

This could be huge http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/09/17/2003889769.pdf

Hello, I'm a fairly low time instrument pilot, and I plan to fly my family from Omaha to Houston's Ellington Field in early September. I have never flown in the Houston area. What routing can I expect in a Piper Arrow for the trip, assuming good weather. I'll have an overnight stop in...

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Space Shuttle Chaos Continues Whoever goes up next on this bucket of bolts has a huge pair. Talking about a pucker factor! If someone farts it will be so high the dogs will whine.It's time we retire this thing and develop new technology for blasting people into orbit. The Russians are kicking our...

This dignitary was Invited to Washington by the WHITE HOUSE Another CLUSTER Fu*k by (TSA)Thousands Standing Around *BUFFALO, New York (AP) -- Gerry Adams, leader of the IRA-allied Sinn Fein party in Northern Ireland, was detained at a Washington airport after attending a St. Patrick's Day event at...

I upgraded from my ridiculously cheap and poorly performing Flightline headset to a DC H20-10 in preparation for my IFR training. I haven't flown with the DC's yet, but I will Saturday afternoon. My rationale here is two-fold in that if I am in need of communicating, it would be a good thing to...

FAA Flow Control Alert 30 April 2006-Due to EQUIPMENT/RWY 14L LOC OTS, there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for traffic arriving Chicago OHare International Airport, Chicago, IL (ORD). This is causing some arriving flights to be delayed an average of 2 hours and 23 minutes. To see if you...

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I had bid on a GNS430 and lost. A day after, an email stating the winner did not complete the transaction and I was being offered a "second chance offering". The email looked good, had "eBay" sort of format, but was a fraud; the buyer had completed the transaction. A week later, I won a bid on a...

I have an experimental airplane which now has a GX50 GPS and two comms, one nav. The second comm is having problems, so intend to replace it and the GX50 with either a CNX80 or a GNS430. Any comments on advantages of one over the other?? In particular, which unit has the best comm/ILS qualities,...

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