Hey... have been flying instrument practice in the Bay Area for the past couple of months and have been flying NDB approaches without any trouble, but yesterday I was setup for the OAK NDB 27R and could not get the station. Needle didn't point and could not get the identifier. Tuning the ADF to...

Hi folks. I've got a bit of a puzzle here. First off, I'm a student pilot, so maybe I haven't gotten to this yet. Take a look at the ILS 18 plate for Springdale, AR (ASG): http://myairplane.com/databases/approach/SouthCentral/ASG_ir18.pdf First, note that the approach is "ILS RWY 18" --- Next,...

Well Newps, The bids have come out for displaced Flight Service controllers to enter the terminal ATC environment. Looks like KBIL is one of the places they will be selecting into. I don't see a single ARTCC on the list, just ATC level 6,7 and 8 terminal facilities. Good luck... Chip, ZTL

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I know this may pertain to a private pilot question so I apoligize. The Discovery Wings Channel had a show on following a female student through her training for her private ticket. I had moved and was not able to follow the show anymore, does anyone know if she got her ticket? Thanks. Oh, and...

Yesterday, we had filed /G (with a CNX-80). Our clearance was KPOU IGN V157 HAARP -D- KHPN. Nothing out of the ordinary there. HPN was using the ILS-16 (http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0612/00651I16.PDF) We were on V157 somewhere north of VALRE when we got "fly heading 200 to intercept, um, no,...

On the Bendex/King gear on which I learned, it was easy to skip to another way point on the flight plan. And this was very convenient, as it comes up fairly often when IFR, at least for me. For example, I'll very often be told "direct SBJ" when leaving CDW, only get "direct ..." to the...

My Garmin 296 indicates 330 MSL at KHKS, which is correct. My Echo Flight GPS indicates 140 MSL. Both are locked on to WAAS. How can I have such a large discrepancy? Both units seem to be functioning properly other than this.

Can anyone point out why the following approaches have minor differences (specifically the minimums and the MAP): RUT LOC/DME 19 RUT LOC 19 (with DME)

The other day I was under the hood with a safety pilot, but I was not IFR current. I requested a "practice approach in VFR conditions" and was cleared for an actual approach. I advised ATC that I just wanted a practice approach and they said, "We have to put you in the system for ." So I...

I got a demo flight in a Diamond DA-40 equipped with the Garmin G-1000 glass cockpit this morning. We departed IFR from Tacoma Narrows and flew west for some maneuvers. This plane was the second one out of the factory with the G-1000. I had a difficult time maintaining my altitude; the altitude...

I recently got a tablet PC, HP TC1100, and a little bluetooth GPS receiver to go with it. Rode in the back seat of an Arrow this afternoon and played for a couple of hours with the APIC software. Lots of warts on APIC, one of which was missing airports. I'm in the Minneapolis area and just west...

From what I've read Detroit area airports get pretty mixed reviews, some pretty negative for g/a and general level of service & facilities. Can anyone recommend the Detroit area airports to fly in to, and warn of the ones to avoid? (With instrument approaches/ILS preferred.)---for single-engine...

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Is there any desktop application that runs as a GUI under Windows that would give me a database of the newer WAAS GPS approaches (e.g., LNAV + V, LPV, etc)? I do NOT need currency on this. A one time snapshot that I could update maybe once a year would be fine. I definitely do not want...

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I appreciate eveyone's input. I sense that there is no clearcut answer. The stepdown minimums are obviously there for a reason. On the other hand, one would be allowed to fly a descent path of one owns choosing when a visual approach clearance is issued. The controller is often not aware if one is...

Can I descent below minimums on an intermediate stepdown segment of an IFR approach if I have the runway enviroment in sight? On a very steep approach such as the backcourse loc-A to Santa Maria,CA, I would like to start descending below 1700 feet prior to reaching PATER, in order to facilitate a...

What would you do in this situation? You're on the GPS-22 into Ellenville, NY (http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0508/09390G22.PDF), planning to land straight-in. Note the high MDA (1800 AGL). There's no weather reporting at your destination, but several nearby airports are saying anywhere from 2-1/2 to...

Let's say you take off on a long cross country with no forecast of icing. By the time you arrive at your destination, a 2,000-foot layer exist below you with temps of 30 F. You are getting low on fuel. Is it legal to descend through the thin layer even if you are in an airplane without known icing?