Yesterday I flew a cessna 172 in the hard IFR. When I penetrated apparently a heavy cumulonimbus rain cloud area, the VSI and altimeter started to oscillate and bounce +/- 250 FPM (ALT oscilated 200~300 ft up and back). The rate of bounces was about 3 to 4 Hz (3 to 4 times per second). It lasted...

I noticed the thread about "Crossing a stepdown fix high" got quite a bit of debate. One of the topics in much of the discussion centered on stabilized approaches verses dive and drive. I was initially a skeptic on using CANPA, but I have come to believe that it is a better way of flying...

I've heard that some pilots have the authority to descend to CAT II minimums (RA100) on CAT I intstrument approaches. If this is true, then how is the CAT I approach altered? Is the DH simply lowered? Seems like this would result in steeper approach angles to make it work out right. Alternately...

Coming into CLE the other day the controller ask if I had RNAV and I said no, that I was /G ,that is, IFR GPS. He said that it was the same and gave me direct..... Is it the same, should I have answered yes to his question? Of course I can navigate direct but do I have "RNAV"? Chuck

Thumbing through a 1962 FLYING magazine, I came across an advertisement for the all-new Motorola M-400 NAV/COM. Among other quaint features, such as the 100KHz spacing, later upgradeable to 50KHz, and the COM transmit frequency that automatically switches to 122.1 any time you select a NAV...

It looks like the new CNX-80 is the way of the future. Has anyone used one?

I want to go fly some approaches (and a hold) on Sunday. I know from experience that it's likely that the ceilings will be too high to do any meaningful approaches in IMC, but high enough that I might be in IMC during the vectors to the approach or at the hold. I figured I could take along a...

When I first learned the memory aid for required documents, it was "ARROW". When I inquired why sometimes I saw "AROW", I remember being told that the second "R" was dropped because while flying within the USA you don't need the "Radio License". I glanced through the FAR/AIM and couldn't quickly...

When doing an ILS approach, with the glideslope, is it a requirement to be able to identify the outer marker or a substitute? FAR 91.175(k) lists the outer marker as one of the "basic ground components" and gives the acceptable substitutes, but doesn't explicitly say that it's required. The AIM...

I too had my first experience in IMC yesterday. I got my ticket last summer too and have kept current but haven't had a chance to go solo. I was going to go from Indianapolis Executive (TYQ) to Capitol City in Lansing Michigan (LAN). The weather was 1000 OVR until 50 miles north of TYQ and then it...

Hi All, I'm a longtime lurker here, but now I have a question I hope the group can help me with. I am working toward my instrument rating (21 hours so far), and want to use MSFS to practice (cheaply). I do fine with holding a heading, but I find it very difficult to maintain an altitude. The...

"Peter" wrote in message ... I apologise in advance as this is a topic done to death in the past, but I have heard various bits of info on this recently, some quoting FAA or NTSB rulings etc, and others disputing that...

Hi Today I was flying north and my ADF was tuned to an NDB. The needle pointed at 330 degrees (or 11 O'clock) until I reached the NDB, and then it swung until it pointed behind. I dialed up the next NDB and it pointed at 330 again until passage. And I dialed up another NDB - same indication - all...

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A Cessna 172 crashed yesterday short of the approach end of RWY 16 killing the pilot and instructor aboard. No cause for the accident has yet been established, but the weather was at or near minimums for the ILS-16 approach at the time of the crash and and tracking the...

Has anyone used TRM Avionics in Chillicothe OH? I am planning a major upgrade to my panel and they came in with a very competitive bid. References from past customers would be helpful. -- Richard Kaplan, CFII www.flyimc.com

In an article at http://avionicswest.com/archive/shootout.htm#2003 about Garmin 530 vs CNX-80, many of the pilots said that they would want a combination of a Garmin 530 AND an MX20. I do not understand. Isn't the Garmin 530 also an MFD capable of displaying multiple inputs, like weather and...

When instructed to fly a heading then "Direct XYZ when able", does a controller expect a call when you are in fact able and will be turning on course? Usually it is a trivial turn since the heading they give is a good guess for direct course. I've had conflicting experience. One time after being...

I have a question for the group. Im working on my IFR ticket, and will be finished in about another 2-3 months, depending on how much I fly (Im renting. so at $165/hr with instructor,, the $$$$ flow is very high right now) . I was told by one of the "old guys" at the airport that if I wanted to...

www.gpsworld.com informs that PRN135 is now back to full healthy, available for aviation and other safety of life applications. But there's no word to that end on http://www.nstb.tc.faa.gov/ as well as...