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Cringely on airborne internet access by
Dave Butler
War Flying: Bob wants to put WiFi in the Sky, By Robert X. Cringely
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040715.html
He proposes a 1,000-node aerial mesh network for wireless internet access for
general aviation airplanes (and others, including ground-based users, actually).
I hope someone...
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Chicago VFR throughway by
Stuart King
Chicagoans...please advise ...
What about flying from North to South along the shore.
Then cross between Midway and O'Hare at 1500MSL.
Then continue south, after flipping the bird to Mayor Dick Daley.
Is this the way, or is there something like the Hudson river VFR corridor ?
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Pease 2 Departure at KPSM by
Ron Rosenfeld
What is the reason for the Obstacle (Jepp) or Note (NACO) for Rwy 34 about
crossing the threshold at or above 10' AGL.
Is it for certain heavily loaded military a/c?
Under what sort of circumstances would it come into play?
Or is there something else I'm missing here?
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Notes on NACO Obstacle Departure Procedures by
John Clonts
What's with these notes about all the obstacles? If I can fly the
take-off minimums and/or fly the ODP (if specified, not in the example
below), does such keep me clear of the noted obstacles? (I think the
answer is yes, but then-- what's the point?) Or do I have to do all
this pythagorea in my...
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Instrument training materials by
Paul Folbrecht
Well, my 152 is properly equipped & IFR certified now and I've decided
to commence my IFR traning shortly. I'd like to get opinions on study
materials. I really like the Jeppeson texts I used for my PPL but my
mind is open. (But, I have to say that the Kings happen to drive me nuts!)
TIA.
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How to file for practice appch at a military base? by
Yossarian
I'm planning my 250 nm XC for my instrument rating and would like to do a
PAR approach at Pt. Mugu naval airfield (NTD) in CA on my way back from San
Luis Obispo. How would I file that? I will be coming down V25, should I
expect the IAF to be VTU? Is there any way to indicate in the flight...
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Checkride bust (long) by
Wizard of Draws
July 11, 2004 7:30 1.8 hours
Instrument flight test (oral passed 6/25/04, no flight test per WX)
Today was the 4th rescheduled test date, with yesterday afternoon being
weathered out yet again by thunderstorms and low ceilings over the N.C.
mountains. We felt that today would be a better day if we...
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RAIM errors and the Apollo GPS by
Lee Elson
We've been getting RAIM errors in Southern and Central California with
our GX60 in the past couple of months. The unit recovers in a minute
or so and there doesn't seem to be a pattern (e.g. in a turn, special
altitudes) to the failures. Yes, I know about the earlier discussions
of RAIM error and...
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Flying IFR with Garmins by
Robert M. Gary
I just recently decided to buy our first Garmin GPS (296). I had not
in the past because they were so far behind on providing terrain. They
fixed that with the 296. However, the one outstanding item missing on
the 296 are airways. On my Skymap IIIc I can easily fly an airway by
putting the white...
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Substitute Routes - what exactly are they? by
Andrew Sarangan
These are shown on the LL enroute chart by little brown circles connected
by a line. The legend says "substitute route, see NOTAMs". There are
several originating from the DQO VOR near the Washington DC area, but there
could be others as well. I have never noticed these before. Any ideas what
they...
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IFR Practice Lesson Learned by
Matt Young
Today I learned a lesson about practicing IFR flight. I was practicing
with another member of our flying club who is a private pilot, but not
instrument rated, coming back from Rogers, AR to Fort Smith after a
pancake breakfast fly-in. Fort Smith was landing 7. My safety pilot
wanted to fly just...
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Checkride by
G KRYSPIN
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
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Logbook instrument time by
John Bingham
If you file and fly an IFR GPS direct flight plan and you are in and out of
IMC or on top and you are not using outside references to keep it straight
and level, what part of the flight can be logged as instrument time? Would
it just be the time you are in the soup with no outside references?
John...
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Changing course to do sightseeing - practical (with clearance) when IFR? by
Mitchell Gossman
Flying one of the kids on an IFR flight plan with decent VMC, she
asked to circle some landmarks in Minneapolis/St. Paul Class B. I
found myself saying "cancel IFR, request clearance to remain in class
B with traffic advisories for some sightseeing". No problem, I
remained on same squawk with the...
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What I did on my summer vacation by
Jim Burns
Since my son was born 10 years ago, and my daughter 7 years ago, it seems
like my annual vacations have consisted primarily of playing "People
Transporter" and "Bill Payer" with absolutely no time for myself. Don't get
me wrong, I love my family and I love doing it for the kids but after 10
years...
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Safety Pilot by
Matt Young
Does a safety pilot have to have a current medical and be current as far
as landings go, or just be rated in the category/class being flown?
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Marker beacon flashes by
James L. Freeman
I have an old marker beacon that works normally (lights and tone),
except that the inner and outer lights also twinkle on and off
whenever there is a transmission--either on the intercom or external,
originated by me or anyone else. In other words, any communication
activity causes the MBR lights...
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2004 Canadian "risk-of-collision" statistics by
Icebound
What's going on with this year's risk-of-collision stats?
(http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/stats/air/2004_may/a05-2004e.pdf)
Although most stats remain lower or on a par with past-year averages, the
"risk-of-collision" statistics are up 20 percent or more.
.... and especially that jump in...
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Wideband Antennas by
CHANGE USERNAME TO westes
Will a wideband aviation antenna, that receives across 50 MHz up to over
1000 Mhz, be useful for VHF and UHF TV reception as well as aviation
frequency reception?
Can such an antenna be used by multiple devices listening to different
frequencies at the same time?
--
Will
westes AT...
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