I was flying to PWK on an IFR plan in VFR weather. ATC vecotered me to final for the ILS 16, clear to land rwy 16. I double check the wind and its out of 270 at 20kts. I ask for the visual to rwy 24. Denied, unless i wish to cancel IFR and proceed VFR. I asked why, and they said something...

I was enroute from FLO direct to JZI. I was suffering in severe clear with no turbulence at all. About 20nm out, ATC gives me "N1234, proceed direct CHS Vortac and hold as published, EFC xyz". I reply "roger direct CHS and hold as published, EFC xyz, ....is there a reason for this ? " sometimes...

I normally fly out of Rochester NY, which is towered and class C. And 99% of the time my clearance route is "Vectors as filed". But yesterday I had to stop off at Batavia to pick up something, and then continue on to Goderich Ontario. Since it's just easier to be on an IFR flight plan...

Hi folks, I am planning to earn my IR by the end of the year during my Christmas three weeks stay in Houston, TX. Could you please inform me if you know of any accelerated training available in this area. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Dom

I was glancing at the IAP for the CYKF (Kitchener/Waterloo) ILS 25 tonight (like most Canadian plates, it's not available online), and I noticed that the DH is very high: ILS 1554 (500) 1 1/2 LOC 1560 (506) 1 1/2 CIRCLING 1560 (506) 1 1/2 1560 (506) 2 1700 (646) 2 Ouch! Does anyone know why...

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One of my students asked me a question the other day that I have been unable to answer. Many instrument approaches are labeled with a letter following the primary name and the letter indicates that the final approach course is not lined up (beyond 30 degrees) with any runway, and that a circling...

Until recently I was convinced that only a CFII could conduct an instrument proficiency check (as opposed to a plain CFI), but now I am confused: 14 CFR 61.195(c) says that an instructor must have an instrument rating on *both* his pilot and instructor certificates, i.e., be a CFII, in order...

Hello all, Anybody know of an available function in the KLN-89B that shows 'velocity made good?' That is, if you are not flying directly toward a waypoint, what is the closing velocity? Groundspeed, as reported, is relative to the velocity vector, so that isn't the correct figure. Why? you ask. ...

I'm having some trouble with question 4488. In the Insturment rating exam Text:(Refer to figures 85 and 86) Which combination of indications confirm that you are approaching WAGGE intersection slightly to the right of the LOC centerline on departure? A 1 and 3 -My answer B 1 and 4 C 2 and 3...

Where do ya'll like to go for practice approaches to get current ?

Out of curiousity, do any of you conduct partial panel training in actual instrument conditions? When I did my training, my instructor elected not to cover instruments in the soup. Do you do this? Why or why not? Brad Z.

I have a question regarding the ILS or LOC RWY 5L. I have never seen the QUICK FIX MINIMUMS. What does that mean? Thanks Ross

A couple of weekends ago I was at Half Moon Bay Airport (KHAF) a non-towered field near San Francisco, CA. It was a beautiful, sunny, Sunday afternoon, so that traffic pattern was full. I made calls in each leg of the pattern, except base and final, because I could not get a word in edgewise....

I'm planning on transitioning from a PA-28-181 to Diamond models (DA20C1 and then to DA40). I'd like to use the DA40 for longer trips and DA20 for putzing around the airport practicing IFR approaches, possibly in IMC. There isn't a question as to DA40's IFR capability, but I'm running into a bit...

I'm trying to understand how capable the new breed of integrated avionics suites are (Aviyne Eclipse, Garmin G1000), and read somewhere that although these systems are very capable, they don't have the "mission capabilities" of a Proline 21. I.e., the Eclipse and Garmin systems are ok for...

How do you update the GPS database? Does it have a portable uploader with a CD-ROM? How long does it take? I have to keep a fleet of King Air arcraft updated. They have an obsolete Interstate GPS system. The portable uploader is floppy-disk based. You have to feed in a set of floppies, and the...

Aviation Consumers in their review said that CNX-80 could be certified with its built-in CDI. Is it true? If it is true, does its built-in CDI provide G/S or VNAV indication? Robin

For those of you who have your instrument ticket, how many hours of actual IMC did you have when you got your ticket. At approx 40 hours of instrument time I have a 'whopping' .9 hours of ACTUAL IMC... I sincerely hope I'm going to get to see a lot more before I get my instrument ticket - which...

Here's a question for the group from a low time ifr pilot... The HASSA4 DP out of Ontario, CA specifies a minimum climb gradient that would take you over the POM vor at 4400ft and then out V197 to the PMD vor. The MCA for the POM vor nw bound on V197 is 8300ft and the MEA for that segment is...