The following NOTAM was issued because of the thread on this news group. The NACO chart should incorporate the NOTAM in the next chart cycle (probably late October). In the meantime the NOTAM does modify the existing NACO chart. !FDC 7/2605 SMO FI/P SANTA MONICA MUNI, SANTA MONICA, CA. VOR...

Hi! Sorry if this has been beaten to death already..... I am going to get an instrument rating soon, and are considering my options. Has anyone here any knowledge about taking an IR couorse in the US and converting it to a JAR license in Europe? What is involved?

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Hi. Recently I bought the new Jeppesen FliteStar VFR but unfortunately it doesn't include Moving Map. It seems that they had Moving Map in FliteMap and they had FliteDeck separately from the JeppView package. They discontinued all that. I'm just VFR and plan to remain in this category, so, I don't...

Dan Luke wrote: I'm going nuts. I can understand why. My airplane's at BFM, fueled up and ready to go, with a fresh annual. I'm on crutches, grounded by a ruptured tendon and scheduled for surgery that will keep me grounded for at least eight weeks. ****.

Rule of thumb. So if you are burning 10 gallons an hour in a 180 hp engine, you are developing (10x12) = 120 hp. 120/180 = .67, so that is 67% power. It's not exact but gets you close.

If you were to grade the FAA today 9/14/2006 what would you give it? Do you think the FAA should be privatized and self funding rather than a empire building tax whore? I give the FAA an overall grade of D 1. Technology Innovation F 2. Air Safety oversight D

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I am looking for an examiner for my instrument checkride. Height preferably under 6 feet and under 200 pounds. Must not be afraid to ride in an experimental aircraft. Front range location. Anonymous for personal reasons

Using a Garmin G530W, how is vertical guidance provided on LNAV/VNAV and LNAV+V approaches? Is it the same as LPV approaches, i.e, the GPS drives the HSI/LOC glideslope? Or are there other means? I can't find it documented anywhere...

Passed the instrument checkride today on the first attempt! Been lurking here since 1997. Thanks for all the great advice! ILS 36 OXC LOC 36 OXC VOR 29 BDR

I have an old Square D Kollsman 3 pointer altimeter that I think it's about 50 or more years old and seems to be in working condition. The body is about 2 13/16 diameter. The label on the back says part no. 371K-05 The three altitude pointers give the usual altitude readout. The little Kollsman...

If you look at the radar plots at NOAA's site here http://radar.weather.gov/radar_lite.php?product=NCR&loop=no&rid=cxx there is no prediction for precip type, just the value of reflectivity is given. At Intellicast...

If you are going to Oshkosh, you may want to consider a stop at our little small town airport. 3LF http://www.litchfieldil.com/airport/ take a look at the photography, the young eagle links, the pilot info and then.......... stop over here for a night. Gas is guaranteed at $2.85 a gallon...

www.niborex.com E6B with W&B (free trial and free if you buy their portable copilot) Pocket FMS (www.pocketfms.com) brilliant free fight planning moving map GPS etc etc for PC and PDA. I use it exclusively - has W&B with graphs on both PDA and PC (and did I say it's free). If you pay US$60...

MEMORIAL GATHERING for Geoffrey Gilbert Peck Dear friends and colleagues of Geoffrey, Please join us to share our sadness and our stories of Geoffrey Gilbert Peck on Sunday, September 24th, 2006 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA from 1 P.M. to 6 P.M.

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When can GPS substitute for ADF? What about an ILS with note: "ADF REQUIRED"? (for missed approach) thanks, Greg

After struggling with my EchoFlight Orbcom datalink, I gave up. Forty minute nexrad data, when it worked at all, didn't help me much. Lo and behold, they now have a Wxworx interface, which I just installed today. Within two minutes I have all the weather data in the entire U.S. in high-res...

A couple of clarifications, please, for the IFR-challenged... 1. Is there a good reason for the holding point for the GPS approach to 30, to be back 11.8 miles back from the holding point for the LOC approach? They have established UBWAY right at the marker, so why do they not let the GPS...