I am looking for a flight training school , which provides IFR training in actaul IMC condition on a series of cross country flight . I am a IFR rated private pilot with about 8 -10 hours of real IMC flying and I would like to build my confidence by flying with a trained and experienced...

Does anyone with an ATC "in" know how one might get a map/description of the minimum vectoring altitudes in Arizona? --Dan

I cannot find a charted final approach fix on the GPS 23 approach to KUCP (New Castle, PA): http://download.aopa.org/iap/20040219/NE4/ucp_ndb_or_gps_rwy_23.pdf The Garmin 530 and UPSAT GX50 both consider Bryne intersection to be the FAF, but there is no Maltese cross. Any ideas? Can an approach...

For those of you using handheld GPS's when you fly IFR: Do you use the throttle to increase/decrease power to match the ground speed to the approach speed table so the time is correct to the MAP? Or, Do you use the distance to the airport to determine/verify the MAP, even though the time may not...

time for me to renew my Jepp service. I usually get the California Express for $144 per year. Generally the work that I have to do is not that bad. My friend is going to be starting his IFR training soon and I was thinking maybe the two of us can get the Jeppview service that includes California...

I'm flying to Pittsburgh this weekend, and as usual I'm going to KAGC (Allegheny County). But for a change, instead of taking the club's Lance I'm going to be taking the Dakota - and unlike the Lance, the Dakota has a Garmin 530W in it. Now normally, I'd pull out the route I have on my PDA in...

I actually received this comment today from an FSS (US Flight service) specialist when I called for an IFR flight briefing for a flight from Boston back to Syracuse, NY, early this afternoon. The Bridgeport FSS specialist was not joking either. He went on to say that too often pilots express...

fY'All, I've changed servers and it's taken two weeks to get back. In the interim I have had a first experience in an off-airport emergency landing. More when the authorities get finished. Gene

I thought for all of the GPS threads. Next year, 2006, the government mandate for GPS inclusion in cell phones starts. That means that eventually every cheap cell phone is going to have a GPS. GPS receivers are plentyfull now, but are getting set to proliferate into a commondity part. The time is...

I'm parked at Barnes Muni (BAF) and I want to be home in ROC. But there is a AIRMET ZULU for ice in the clouds and precipitation above the freezing level, and there are low clouds layered up to the flight levels, and the MEA is above the freezing level. So it looks like we're going to be driving...

Assuming VMC conditions, is it legal for a current IR pilot to file an IFR flight plan, and fly the flight *solo* wearing a hood, to meet currency requirements? Of course the hood would be off for take-off and upon completing an approach with a landing. Not that it's the safest or smartest way to...

Here a couple of alarming stories about the pilots who went down at HPN last weekend: First: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050426/NEWS02 /504260335/1018&template=printart Pertinent quote:

When doing an ILS approach, with the glideslope, is it a requirement to be able to identify the outer marker or a substitute? FAR 91.175(k) lists the outer marker as one of the "basic ground components" and gives the acceptable substitutes, but doesn't explicitly say that it's required. The AIM...

The Garmin 430 documentation says that you can use the GPS for course guidance on an ILS/LOC up until the final approach fix. Where exactly does the approval for this come from? My inclination would have been that in absence of an overlay, you could not use GPS anywhere after the IAF. Also,...

I'm presuming flying IFR in light snow in a Skylane RG with no deice equipment other that the pitot heat is OK if the temp is low enough to preclude sticking, perhaps -10c or less. This comes up as I contemplate flying to Minneapolis early next week. Just is case there could be other opinions...

What do you use for extra and backup lighting in the cockpit for IFR flights at night? Some airplanes have pretty decent lighting built in. Others can have decent cockpit lighting and poor panel lighting. Others have shadows in poor locations, or areas of the panel/cockpit you'd really like to...

Can anyone point me to web or print resources with discussion of how to best utilize two pilots in small airplanes? Who does what, etc. I have found lots of airline-level material but really nothing that relates to flying light singles. Or maybe someone who regularly flies with a pilot spouse? ...

The Approach in question is SDF RWY 2 at KISW. I was coming in from the south, nearly lined up with the inbound course of 021 degrees. I was in touch with ATC. The LOM/IAF is called NEPCO. The ATC asked if I wanted "direct NEPCO." I said yes. Within about 10 miles of the airport,...

Are there any alternatives to the Jeppesen binders? Even their plastic ones are kinda pricey. Thanks... -John *You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North American*

I'm studying for my written and having an awful time with the questions dealing with primary/secondary instruments for pitch/bank/power during various phases of flight. The distinctions appear to be senseless hair splitting, and I'm getting them mostly wrong in the practice tests. Some of this is...