Ok, here's something I noticed running up to State College yesterday. about 20 miles south of State College there's a class E transition area with no airport in the middle of it (there's Stottle Mem 02P, I think that's a hospital helipad on the edge of it, but I don't think that's the reason for...

On 6 Sep 2003 17:55:47 -0700, (Doug) wrote: Client is an instrument rated pilot with his own tailwheel, instrument equipped airplane. Client is current on tailwheel, but lacks currency in IFR. Instructor is CFII and current, but lacks a tailwheel...

On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:33:04 +0000, Peter wrote: Now, the question is about freezing rain. Speaking to instructors/examiners, the FAA oral/written position seems to be that since there must be warmer air above, one should CLIMB. That is not always the case. I would...

I just noticed this today: AIM 5-2-2. Taxi Clearance Pilots on IFR flight plans should communicate with the control tower on the appropriate ground control or clearance delivery frequency, prior to starting engines, to receive engine start time, taxi and/or...

Are ADF's required outside of the United States? I had a demo flight in a new Mooney Ovation2GX the other day. Quite a nice airplane, by the way. Afterwards, looking at the price list, I noted an ADF add-on for the Garmin G1000 panel as $15,500 (it's a Becker ADF, for those who are interested;...

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:50:26 +0000, Peter wrote: This is the reg which prevents flying instrument approaches unless it is a published one. In the UK, this is not illegal (on G-reg aircraft). But then we don't get the radar services here, etc. In the USA, there are...

This was from another group. At KBOI, until the current release, the approach charts showed, for the ILS10R and LOC BC 28L approaches magnetic courses of 100° and 278° respectively. The JEPP charts were changed with the current release; but the NACO charts probably still show...

Is there an online source for Canadian IAP charts like there is for the NACO one's? (i.e. -- free or nearly so) Thanks. Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)

What is the reason for the Obstacle (Jepp) or Note (NACO) for Rwy 34 about crossing the threshold at or above 10' AGL. Is it for certain heavily loaded military a/c? Under what sort of circumstances would it come into play? Or is there something else I'm missing here?

This approach is marked radar required, and there is no charted feeder route to the IAF. So one approaches via a random route under radar. ATC will not issue an approach clearance until within 15 miles of the NDB. In the past I was told this was due to their need to ensure the a/c was within the...

KAUG AUGUSTA STATE 04/001 - WAAS LPV WAAS LNAV/VNAV OTS WIE UNTIL UFN This Notam has been posted, well, since April. No one seems to be sure of what it means. Translating the abbreviations into English is easy enough. The Notam basically states that the LPV and LNAV/VNAV approaches are out of...

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I am thinking seriously about getting the GNS480 and need opinions to (try and) change my mind. The GNS 430 is nice but the 480 has more features that I like. Anybody using one and making approaches? With autopilot? with GPSS? Does GPS altitude REALLY work?

I have a couple of instrument students that are having some trouble with the radio communicaitons during their instrument training. It occurred to me that recording ATC & their transmissions for post-flight debriefing and review would be a value learning tool. An easy way to do this is to plug a...

Years back, a local flight school had a Trinidad TB-20. The owner of the flight school told me this story. A rental pilot called him up during a flight and stated that his wings were collapsing. The advice was to get the airplane on the ground as quickly as possible. The cause was blockage of the...

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I have full RNAV Approach plates DP's and STARS for California, Anyone knows how can i practice them? Cant input RNAV FIX'es on LevelD 767 on FS2004 Anyone knows how can i get hold of RNAV Waypoints and Procedures DB ?

A few days ago I had a last minute change of destination and didn't check the database (KLN 89B) of the rental A/C for the approaches at Waterloo (CYKF) prior to departure. To my surprise, the db only had 1 approach (VOR) for the airport against the 4 published approaches (VOR, NDB, LOC(BC)...

Steve wrote: Apologizing for doing something you already knew beforehand was wrong? Hmmm... Try rec.aviation.marketplace. And your item is up for auction, not for sale.

wrote: Emergency Descents with ATC COMS - Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxkiT8gWIQo Had never done an emergency descent with banking as a tool. It was suggested to me to try this with a 90 degree bank. Very interesting experience as it really works and...