Hello: I just wonder if there is a place where you can check which is the last date changed were made to a Jepp approach chart of Low-Altitude Enroute Chart. Our club has 49 / 50 enroute charts, that are supposed to be current (last changed Jul 04), but I found out a frequency was wrong. How do I...

I've searched the threads on Google, but given the emerging technologies involved, I'd be interested in any thoughts or recent experience that anyone can provide regarding the in-flight satellite weather in particular. We have a Cherokee with StrikeFinder (which works to avoid the big stuff) and a...

Folks: So after a year of dithering, I finally got my Instrument Ticket by taking an accelerated instrument training course with Bill Zaleski, out of Schenectady, NY. I've written up my experiences at: http://www.cozybuilders.org/2005_Instrument_Training/ Bill taught me in MY experimental...

Getting mixed up about runways and airports can happen easily, as Roy's post shows, and it happened to me Friday. I was picking up an Angel Flight patient at Jacksonville Craig (CRG). The weather was VMC, I already new from a NOTAM that 14/32 was closed, and the ATIS was advertising visuals to...

I am reviewing the requirements for a commercial pilots license. There are two that are perplexing me. I ask it on the IFR forum simply because it is the one I am most familiar with and folks here seem ver FAR knowledgable (sorry if this is not the best place for it). Part 61.129 (Aeronautical...

Question for the controllers he The KMIC VOR-A is a pretty vanilla approach. The FAF is the Gopher VOR (GEP) about 5 miles north of the field. The missed procedure is to go back to GEP and hold north, left turns -- depicted as a dotted race track on the plate. (The FAA link seems to be broken...

Awhile back I posted a program that would allow direct access to my hard drive. I now found a website that is hosting all my videos that someone may find interesting. If you go to http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=mbo you will see the listing of videos I uploaded. A summary of videos...

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...

time for me to renew my Jepp service. I usually get the California Express for $144 per year. Generally the work that I have to do is not that bad. My friend is going to be starting his IFR training soon and I was thinking maybe the two of us can get the Jeppview service that includes California...

I just noticed an interesting problem with the Instrument Rating PTS. It says: Aircraft and Equipment Required for the Practical Test GPS equipment must contain the current database. The problem is that not all GPS units require that the database be current. The CNX-80 AFM Supplement...

I would like to use a flight I took two years ago to show I've satisfied the "Long Cross Country" requirement for my Commercial ticket. On that flight, I flew from SMO to O22 (259NM), then to (124NM) in one day, then turned around several days later and flew back - CIC to SZP (353 NM) to SMO...

(clipped off a blog 4/16/05) Ponder this thought? You have in ATL a new tax funded 5th runway with giant new FAA ATCT just to see the fifth runway plus huge layers of additional FAA Air Traffic staffing and kingdoms for "additional" airspace needs. (and to promote and hide incompetent women and...

In an earlier subject, Jeppview vs. paper Jepp Plates, I was waiting for my touch screen to arrive so I can use it to display JeppView/FliteDeck moving map. Anyways, it arrived on last Tuesday, and I went to airport to hook it up, and took it for a ride. And it works! It is very sun light...

Letter found in FAA ATCT breakroom Funny Protected Class or the Subtle spread of Perversion? In the famous fable the “Emperor has no clothes”, all in the “Village” were completely conditioned for control of their thoughts and trained to

Can they close an airport to all VFR traffic? This is what they're doing at Friedman Memorial Airport at Hailey, Idaho . Link to the article: http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?issue_date=04-20-2005&ID=2005102705

Some approaches have a note, "Procedure NA at night except by prior arrangement for runway lights". Let's say I make this prior arrangement (presumably by talking to the airport manager and having him leave the lights on for me), how do I deal with ATC? When I ask for the approach, is the...

I could use a clarification if you have a moment: On the rear of the Chicago VFR Terminal Area Chart, several "VFR Flyways" are depicted. AIM 3-5-5 a. 1. states: "An ATC clearance is NOT required to fly these routes." Assume a VFR flight from KIGQ (Lansing) to KUGN (Waukegan).

For several weeks now I have been flying to the Dunkirk airport (KDKK, NY State, US) for business. Most weeks, the weather was VFR for my departure. However, the last two weeks the weather was IFR and adherence to this airport's obstacle departure procedure was required. The procedure is very...

I'm a new IFR pilot, having gotten my ticket end of January. One thing I've quickly picked up on is that ATC pretty much expects everybody to be able to navigate direct. If you tell them you've got a VFR GPS (in your remarks), they'll happily give you direct clearances and instructions while...

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