Anybody in the group have any CFI-I checkride stories/hints/advice that they'd like to share? I'm working towards my CFII now. -- Jim Burns III Remove "nospam" to reply

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)...

Any suggestions for a good internet-available, good service, well-priced chart subscription service? I've used vrotate.com for individual chart purchases. Good price and service, but the site is - well - less than I might hope for. No support for subscriptions (that is evidently done via...

I'm learning the CNX-80 my club just installed. One of today's tasks was to load and fly a DP to make sure I knew how that worked. Unfortunately, at my home airport (White Plains), when you go to load the Westchester One, you discover there are no DP's available in the database. OK, we headed...

Once upon a time I used the pneumonic TIM'S ABCS to set up for an approach. I have forgotten what everything stands for (I believe it begins Tune, Identify, Markers...). Does anyone remember the rest? And do you know what book it's from? Thanks! Evan

All, I was once told that instrument procedures (i.e. approaches) are published in text form, and then rendered into NOS charts (and a similar process for Jeppesen). 1) Is this true? 2) If so, is this "raw" data available to the public somewhere? I'm looking for something similar to the ATA-100...

Howdy all, Got into a discussion of the strangest and/or most difficult instrument approach procedures with some friends recently. One guy used the GUC ILS RWY6 as an example (rules: you do NOT have GPS, are /A direct HBU from the NE, and CANNOT be vectored to the LOC due to radar coverage,...

Ran into my CFII the other day in the FBO parking lot. I see him once in a while around the airport, but I've flown with him only a couple of times since I got the rating six years ago. After telling me one of his corny jokes, he asked me how long it had been since I had an IPC. I told him I'd...

This is not just for controllers. Will it help if I file in the remarks "VFR GPS" I file 172/U Will I get more direct to commands. I still fly VOR to VOR but sometimes I am out of range, but still get proceed direct. Hank

Flying back from Atlanta to Jackson, my Echo Flight finally received its downloaded Nexrad data. It showed me flying right in the middle of a big blotch of red. I look outside the window. I'm in light 40 F light drizzle with ceilings of about 6000 above a broken 2000 layer. I turn on...

I've been told that it is possible to load successive approaches in the flight plan page but have been un able to either figure out how to do it or find any info in the manual about it. For instance if I wanted to create a flight plan to take off at one airport, fly to a second airport then...

Where online can I find a list of countries meeting the WGS-84 GPS standards? Preferably from an "authoritative" source, such as FAA, AOPA, ALPA, NASA, etc, and not from Cousin Vinnies online website thanks BILL

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...

I need to find out if there is an official maximum amount of precession for a Directional Gyro. My aircraft precesses 10 degrees in 10 minutes during mostly straight and level flight with only a few shallow banks. One avionics tech told me that it depends on the gyro manufacturer as to what is...

Is the Palm i705 supported by CBAV? I see buy.com has it for $139.99 with a $100 mail in rebate if you activate Palm.Net. http://www.buy.com/retail/computers/product.asp?sku=10318090&loc=228 -- Paul Tomblin , not speaking for anybody C isn't that hard: void (*(*f)())()...

Ha! I bet you thought that this was going to be some porn spam. Well...perhaps not after the "Cold" bit grin. I'd a very nice "getting feet wet" flight today. I was in the clouds for roughly half the brief (two hour) (CDW-SWF-CDW) flight, I was in wet clouds watching the thermostat drop, and...

Are there any good online references on how to brief an approach? If so, can you point me in the right direction? Thanks... -John *You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North American*

OK, one thing I've never really understood is the point of Tower Enroute Control. Maybe it doesn't apply much here in the Midwest where there's space between TRACONs. Can anyone explain this to me, using small words and speaking slowly? Specifically, when is this used, what is the benefit,...

I've just noticed in the latest CAP (Canadian approach plates) that the MDA for the LOC(BC) 25 approach at Ottawa/CYOW has been lowered from 800 ft (427 AGL) to 660 ft (287 AGL). I can see how it makes operational sense -- it is the approach runway usually named in the ATIS (despite the fact that...

I have no reason to make this post except that none of my coworkers understand my disappointment. I had to scrub my instrument checkride today because the aircraft I train in went in for a 50-hr inspection (my club's code-word for "oil change") and ended up with the door sent out to be welded....