On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 19:18:39 -0800, "Jim Burns" wrote: A friend of mine, a many thousand hour ATP, CFII, freight runner that flies a Beech 99 sent me the story below.... he makes some great points about transitioning from the gauges to visual and not seeing what you...

Hi Group. I had a trip Friday in a 1977 C-337G(pressurized). On the taxi out I noticed the suction gauge was pegged high. The AI erected ok, but the DG required many updates on the way to the run-up area. Pulling on to the runway, we corrected the DG again, by 30 degrees. We flew VFR to Boise, and...

Hello everyone, I'm about a week away from taking my instrument checkride, but I'm lacking in one area I thought would be a breeze. After spending months practicing holds, approaches & arcs I was double-checking the PTS and realised that we had not practised unusual attitudes. My CFII told me they...

With the Garmin 430W (and presumably the 530 as well) when one flies certain approaches the Garmin has you fly to fixes that appear nowhere on the published approach plate. For example, if you fly the ILS24 approach at ABE from STW (Stillwater) IAF, the Garmin will have you fly from STW to D16.5...

I know this question has probably been answered thousand times before on this forum. I am based at s50 in washington with no instrument approach or departure procedure. It is class G to 1200 and then class e plus some class b around. How can I depart IFR from this airport? Do i need to depart VFR...

This didn't cause any problems other than some additional radio traffic but it caught me off guard. Let me know what you think... I flew PWK (just north of O'Hare) to D95 (Lapeer just east of Flint, Michigan). Went VFR across the lake but then encountered reduced vis and lowering ceilings so I...

OK, just to distract you guys from "IFR with a VFR GPS" --- Flying into Grand Marais MN last week (KCKC) I was out maybe 30 miles at 7000 and got "Cleared for the approach, maintain 4000 until established. Contact advisory ... " The reason for the early clearance was, I think, that I was at the...

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Y'All, I've been digging through FAA-H-8261-1 Instrument Procedures Handbook and cannot find the answer clearly stated. I would like to know in what respects the following types of waypoints are differentiated by creation, useage, and otherwise. A source text would be helpful as well. Charted...

With the increasing popularity and availability of rental and training aircraft equipped with "glass" panels, are we heading toward limited or type like instrument ratings? For example, will an pilot trained from the onset in an aircraft equipped with a Garmin G-1000 panel from private through...

Knowing what Part 21 Type Certificate you have matters because that is how the other Parts of CFR 14 are tied together. Say one doesn't know they have an experimental type certificate, then how can they know that Part 23 and 43 are not applicable? Additional regulatory requirements are made for...

Checkride in about three weeks & I am trying to figure out cruise clearance. Simple enough, cleared between the MEA and the altitude limit, but I also read somewhere that it is also used to clear you for descent into a non-ifr airport. Right? How does this work & is it something you request or...

Yesterday was a great day for knocking out approaches. Had stopped in flight school to socialize before flying and CFI was bored to tears since he had to cancel VFR students, so he came along for the ride. Launched into 1000 foot ceilings and ceilings at Hawkins Jackson KHKS was 1200 foot. KJAN...

Hi, Sorry for posting it here, but living in Europe its really not that easy to find a suitable aircraft for rent in the USA. I'm looking for a twin or a fast single to rent beginning of June in the New York City area to fly it down to Florida and back in the course of one and half weeks. I will...

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The most efficient method of increasing horsepower in a reciprocating engine is by use of a turbo supercharger, or turbo charger, as it is usually called. ( from the http://ma3naido.blogspot.com/2007/10/aircraft-systems-turbo-superchargers.html blogs) A drawback of gear-driven superchargers is that...

Anybody had any experience with the Turbo Alternator? It is a wind-driven fan, about 7 pounds, which drops down from your wind in the event of an electrical failure. It puts out about 15-20 amps--enough to drive all your instruments.

I have a fairly new IFR rating and am wondering how much help to expect from ATC on Tstorm avoidance. Will they suggest re-routing or do you have to request it based on visual, FSS, or stormscope location?

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Suffice it to say, the subject line says it all. Had to get the oil changed in my plane today, and I got a "bonus" of 300 foot ceilings and a full day off of work, so I'd figure I'd knock out a few approaches in actual conditions and getting the engine nice and hot before the oil change. Looking...