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First "real" hold (long) by
Dan Luke
Yesterday, for the first time since I got the instrument rating 5 years
ago, I had to hold for real.
It was a reposition flight from Mobile Downtown to Pensacola to pick up
an Angel Flight. When I checked the weather at home at 6am, fog was
reported everywhere on the central Gulf Coast - the...
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Lindbergh Jr's Atlantic flight by
Frank Foss
I saw this again on Discovery Wings today, and I think I picked up on
the following:
The controller (tower?) says: "QNH one-zero-zero-eight"
This is the local altimeter setting in hPa (hecto Pascal)
Lindbergh replies: "three-zero-zero-eight"
Which would be the "normal" / US setting, in inches of...
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Glass Panel Scan? by
G Farris
I have never (yet) flown in a GA airplane with a flat panel PFD/MFD.
I'll bet many in this forum have not either - but we all will very soon,
because the proliferation of such systems has far outpaced even the most
optimistic anticipations of only a short time ago. It has also outpaced...
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BAF LOC 23 by
Paul Tomblin
I'm trying to figure out the BAF ILS 23 localizer approach. The normal
LOC 23 approach has a MDA of 900, and the LOC 23/DME approach has a MDA of
700 feet. After the FAF, there is a step down fix at 2.7 DME with a
_1160_ before it. So does this mean that if you don't have DME, you can
descend to...
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October 14th 04 02:08 PM
by Chuck
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Pilot deviations and a new FAA reality by
Chip Jones
OK pilots, try this one on for size. As you likely know, there is a wide
and growing rift between the career FAA bureaucrats (aka FAA Management) who
run the monstrosity called the federal Air Traffic Organization, and the
career FAA air traffic controllers who make that monstrosity work in the...
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Windmilling Prop & Vacuum Pump by
Matt Young
Ok, a curious question just popped in my mind. Say that one was flying
IFR in a piston single, maybe a 172 or 182. While enroute, either in
actual or above a cloud layer, the engine fails. Will the windmilling
prop keep the vacuum pump going enough to make the AI and DG usuable
during descent...
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October 14th 04 08:08 PM
by Roger
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angle points in victor airways by
John Hamilton
If I am navigating along a Victor Airway, and want to program it into
my GPS, how can I tell if there is an angle (i.e. change in direction)
at an intersection? I know that some intersections are there just
because of changes in MOA, MOCA, etc, but definitely some are there
because the airways...
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Filing with a STAR by
Paul Tomblin
I'm going to be flying from ROC to BAF weekend after next. Just plugging
the end points into Aeroplanner gives me a nice simple route V2 ALB V146,
but I see that BAF has a STAR, SWEDE ONE. It's a bit longer than the
simple route, and since I've never flown that direction I don't know if I
should...
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Answer on CEF ILS RWY 23 questions by
Paul Tomblin
The USAF terps guy Timothy Lovell sent John Haggerty (FAA terps guy) a
response to his query about the question I asked here, about the odd
step-down on the LOC vs LOC/DME versions of this approach. For those not
playing along at home, the LOC has a MDA of 900 feet, and the LOC/DME has
an MDA of...
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Tips on Getting Your Instrument Rating Sooner and at Lower Cost by
Fred
Have you ever carefully studied what the regulations actually REQUIRE
regarding the
various experience requirements for an instrument rating?
The XC requirement in particular, is one that oftentimes unnecessarily adds
to the cost
of an instrument rating and delays getting it.
According to the...
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October 19th 04 07:31 AM
by Scott
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First approach in actual by
Wizard of Draws
Today was the first time I've ever been established on approach, in actual.
A bit unnerving if I say so myself. Partly because it's been a month since
I've been able to fly.
We (another instrument pilot and I) started down into La Grange (KLGC) after
we were cleared for the approach and had to...
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October 19th 04 06:42 PM
by Michael
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Apology by
Curtis
Please accept my humble apology for the post "Looking For a Tool"
yesterday. It wasn't meant to offend you and it will not happen again.
If you see any more messages advertising our site I assure you it will
not be coming from me or our staff so please inform me immediately so
I can put a stop to...
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October 20th 04 03:26 PM
by Curtis
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Cloud Tops/bases forecast? by
David
I'm looking for a tool that forecasts cloud bases and tops for a route
of flight. I use http://adds.aviationweather.gov to approximate this
by viewing the freezing levels, icing potential, pireps, etc., but it
seems with all our modern satellite and radar products as well as
weather service data...
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Part 135 Question - Weather Reporting requirement by
G Farris
Who can tell me what the wording means in 135.225 (a) (1) and (2).
So you don't have to look it up - these are weather reporting minima to
initiate an instrument approach procedure. (1) (the) airport has a weather
reporting facility operated by the US NWS, a source approved by the NWS or a
source...
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My aviation weblog; any others? by
David Megginson
Instead of clogging up the newsgroups, I've started a personal aviation
weblog, "Land and Hold Short". You can visit it here in a browser
http://www.megginson.com/blogs/lahso/
The best option, though, is to use the RSS to get a live feed in your...
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October 22nd 04 04:27 AM
by Roger
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Autopilots... failure modes by
john smith
I am interested in learning from everyone...
a. What autopilot your aircraft is equipped with?
b. What aircraft your autopilot is installed in?
c. What does your autopilot use for heading/altitude/attitude reference?
d. What does your autopilot use for loc/gs reference?
e. If your...
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AVIATIONTOOLBOX: automatic route selection by
Kyler Laird
I've been asked to help write some code to assist in flight planning
by choosing routes. I have just enough Computer Science and IFR
background to make me dangerous. I said that I'd donate my effort
if it results in Free code the community can use. So we're making
this a community...
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Which GPS Support LNAV/VNAV? by
C Kingsbury
As I understand the new RNAV approaches support three types of approach:
Lateral-only navigation (Basically the traditional GPS approach?)
LNAV/VNAV
LPV
Now, IIRC, only the LPV approaches *require* WAAS, while the LNAV/VNAV
approaches support use of barometrically-derived *or* WAAS VNAV guidance....
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BAF or CEF? I chose BAF. by
Paul Tomblin
Ok, I bored you all to death with wondering if I should go to BAF or CEF,
with questions about the route down here, and questions about the approach
plate for one of the approaches at CEF. I'd like to thank you all for
your indulgence and let you know that I'm safely on the ground at BAF
after a...
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