Flyers, I just wanted to put up post that I am selling my Sporty's DVD collection of Richard Collin's Air Facts on Ebay. I am selling all 8 DVD's that includes the 30 titles. There are two DVD's that have very good IFR information: IFR Risk Management and Instrument Flying Tips. I bought them a...

If anyone's interested I am selling my Sporty's Deluxe Flex-Light with Red Lens on ebay. Lists in Sporty's Catalog for $24.95. Right now it is going for $5.00. I just never used it much. Kobra http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2488965286&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

Sporty's offers an "Instrument Refresher Simulator". It features a Cessna 172 and works with Windows. Have any of you had any experience with this or heard any reports about it? Bob S.

I just got back to the snow in upstate New York from Maui. We flew United Airlines both ways. It was fun listening in on channel 9. I was surprised to hear all the flights getting the same squawk code. Each flights was instructed to squawk 2000 over the Pacific Ocean. Are all flights between...

http://w3n-a.blogspot.com/2008/12/stalls.html A stall occurs when the smooth airflow over the airplane's wing is disrupted, and the lift degenerates rapidly. This is caused when the wing exceeds its critical angle of attack. This can occur at any airspeed, in any attitude, with any power...

Not IFR topic, but heck it is aviation related. Some good ole fashion VFR airwork departing Madison MS KMBO. Power on stall, power off stall, Negative G's and steep turn to the left and right to the music Dizzy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXOxKlk7Zng At the beginning of the video, plane...

To keep me from looking at every approach plate PDF in the country for some research I am doing, would you folks give me some examples of standalone (not RNAV(GPS)) approaches in your areas of operation? Thanks. Bob Gardner

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...

Our club is looking at upgrading a couple of airplanes to Garmin 430s, etc. It seems to me that standby vacuum would be a good thing to add, too. 1) Good idea? Do these systems really work? 2) Recommendations on type/brand/model? TIA

Hi all. I might attempt a flight from Ann Arbor KARB, to Chicago Midway KMDW in a few days. I have a question about the Midway Cicero two departure. There is an "obstacle" and a "vectors" version of this DP. Lets say I get that DP as part of my clearance, with a departure on runway 4R. The...

Recently while returning from a trip I was heading to my home base, which is a class D airport. I was handed off to the local tracon, which has a class C airport, and was issued a clearance to follow a star that led to a navaid near my destination. However, the star was for the class C airport, not...

Recently I was arriving from the southwest to my home base of UES (Waukesha, WI), and was given the Veena arrival. However, the Veena arrival is not listed as a STAR to Waukesha, but is under the section for Milwaukee, which is around 20 miles away (in the Jepp charts). Waukesha is not under the...

Hi All, I tried plugging through the google newsgroups, with no luck. I am currently a instrument *student*, doing my Multi-IFR stuff. I'm Canadian, and some of this stuff isn't really covered in any of our regulations or material from what I can see (unless im missing something), and its a more...

Does anyone know what happened to the FAA's proposal to increase the requirements for instrument currency to include departure procedures etc? Is the FAA still pursuing this? -Robert, CFII

Hi All, Open question to folks, what strategies do you use to stay current or better yet, proficient? Check ride is right around the corner. I got signed off for the ride today. So the currency question is in the back of my mind now. Most of my flying is x-ctry (2/month) with some local scenic...

Is anyone else growing as weary of the cutesy aviation term "steam guages" as I am? Or is it only me...?

A Steep Landing with serious consequences, as seen he http://www.jumpingpixels.com/landing.html

I have just recently acquired a Garmin 430/WAAS for my Mooney 201. In practicing approaches to familiarize myself with the unit, I went up with an instructor to get some advice/tips. I had flown a GPS overlay approach (NDB/GPS Runway 5 KLWM, Lawrence MA) previously in VFR conditions and tracked the...

Where has Steve gone?

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