OK, so there I was, training one of our scarce "newbie" controllers at ZTL yesterday. There was a lot of convective weather and we were busy busy busy trying to keep people from killing each other in the saddles and holes between the storms. Anyway, as usual when I am training someone and...

I have just one question for you Garmin GNS 430 owners: The 430, of course, can output both GPS and VOR data to a CDI indicator. However, what I'm wondering, is if you have two CDI's, can the 430 run both of them at the SAME TIME.. one CDI set to GPS output and the other CDI set to VOR...

By H. STERLING BURNETT Every time oil prices rise for an extended period, the news media issue dire warnings that a crisis is upon us --- it's not! Many factors are contributing to the currently high gas prices: limited refining capacity; political restrictions on development of new domestic...

I just returned on a flight from San Juan to Orlando and our flight level was 300, including a portion over the mainland. Since then I've been listening to my aircraft radio and routinely hear flights assigned FL320, 340, etc.. It was always 2000 feet separation with levels 290, 310, 330, 350,...

It is apparently not possible to communicate with you directly, so let me explain how I got the 1.4 miles of protected airspace on the non-maneuvering side of procedure turn airspace, and apologize for being wrong...the protected airspace is 4.0 miles wide, giving the pilot even less reason to work...

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...

is there an internet site equivalent to the NACO where one can down load approach plates and airfield details for Canada especially for lower Ontario? Chris

Y'all, I have been flying in an aircraft where ATC has occasionally mentioned that there is a 3-4 hundred discrepancy betwee our communicated altitudes and that of our blind encoder. We have acknowledged the difference. The altimeters were certified some 300 miles away only three months ago. ATC...

I'm planning a flight into Angel Fire, NM (KAXX). I will be coming in from the south via Las Vegas (LVS) at 10000 feet. If it's IMC I will land and Las Vegas and drive from there (the only IAP into kaxx is "out of my reach"). But if it's CAVU, I will fly still at 10k, up the valley and pass,...

I've flown a lot of planes, of different sizes, and I always lift off gently. When I fly as a passenger on an airliner though, there is a "thud" or even a "bang" as the main wheels leave the runway. Sometimes this bang is so loud is frightens passengers, and once it was strong enough (on a 777...

Check out http://www.dappa.nl/crash.htm This video is about a (then) highly classified project to land a C-130 at a soccer field, and get it back airborne from the same field with even more load than during landing. The landing test caused the Herc to virtually hover over the site, and the video...

I currently rent a 172P for all of my flying needs. The FBO that I rent at is getting a 172R. My question is what is everyones openion of the 172R as an instrument platform? I know it should fly about like the 172P. I am wondering about the systems and any added safety features. One thing that...

I'm considering flying from ROA to CLT for a business meeting at the airport itself next Tuesday -- arriving around noon and departing around 16:00. I've not flown G/A to CLT before -- anyone able to advise on the in/out delays (and fees) that I should expect? I'm having a tough time justifying...

Last Monday (16 Aug 2004) I was on an IFR flight from Oakland, CA to Ogden, UT. About thirty minutes from Ogden, I heard Salt Lake Center call a Lifeguard flight and clear him direct to (what sounded like) widow. The pilot asked for spelling and Center said Whiskey, India, Delta, Oscar, Echo....

Hi folx, Here we go again... now it's ostensibly one of "us" selling his soul to the boulevard press devil for a few greenbacks... "How Hard Is It to Fly a 757 or 767?" http://airsafe.com/journal/v1num16.htm It's an exciting reading... the guy is in "unique position to answer that question",...

Yesterday, I did something I don't get to do much any more -- just headed off on a trip with no particular purpose in mind other than it was a nice day and I wanted to go flying. I looked at a chart and found an airport I'd never been to before, Claremont NH, and off I went. I did enough...

There is just about a month before the new instrument rating PTS takes effect on October 1. This is a major re-write with standards for GPS and autopilot coupled approaches (now required if the aircraft is equipped), guidelines for partial panel approaches in aircraft with glass cockpits,...

I have never (yet) flown in a GA airplane with a flat panel PFD/MFD. I'll bet many in this forum have not either - but we all will very soon, because the proliferation of such systems has far outpaced even the most optimistic anticipations of only a short time ago. It has also outpaced...

Hi, y'all - The RNAV (GPS) RWY 18R into KHSV http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0411/05488R18R.PDF has a transition route from RQZ VORTAC to an IAF, HATAS. The transition route is bearing 322 degrees, 2.1 miles. There is a note "Procedure NA for arrivals at RQZ VORTAC on Airway Radials 261 CW 010"....

Hello All, Hoping some experts/old timers might help me on a basic Radio Range question. I understand the principle of merging the A's and the N's to get the on-beam signal. I have been told that, while originally this merge created a continuous, uninterrupted tone except for the station...