I tried something with my Garmin 430 yesterday that worked out well so I thought I would pass it along. I was doing a series of practice approaches to the area airports that are 10 miles or so apart. The problem was setting up for the next approach while climbing out from the last. With only a...

I took my checkride yesterday, and when I attached my Sporty's flip-down foggles to my glasses, the examiner nearly had heart failure - "you can't use those!!!!!!!" She said they allow too much peripheral vision to permit transition to in-cloud flight. We completed the checkride with a cardboard...

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?

If I file an IFR flight plan 2 hours in advance from departure from a towered airport and then leave really early or really late: 1. Is the FP normally available to my local tower about half an hour after filing? 2. How long does it remain in the "system" if I get delayed?

Anybody know what type of instrument approaches were used to fly the airlift into Berlin in the 40s?

Hi, I have an unused HP Pavilion with the fallowing specs: # Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.1GHz, 2000MT/s System Bus) # Memory: 2048MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x1GB) (expandable to 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) (64-bit OS)/ 4 GB (4 x 1 GB) (32-bit OS)) # Hard Drive:320GB 7200RPM SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec)...

Thanks to all on this group who have answered various questions over the last five months. I passed my instrument checkride today! My last checkride (other than BFR's) was in 1983. I was very nervous screwed up the first manouver and after that all went well. I now have a license to learn.

I'm in the midst of doing two things.... 1)Becoming instrument recurrent. (Steam guage airplanes) 2)Getting checked out in a G1000 182. I'm planning to do the IPC in the Steam guage airplane with some additional instrument work in the G1000. My real question is how would you do the partial...

Does anyone know how long skywriting lasts before it gets blurry and fades away? Thank you.

Hi there, Because of less time i am interested doing an accelerated Instruments Rating, adding to my PP-ASEL. Does anybody of you have experience in it ? Is there a chance to get the rating in about 2 weeks ? (Written Test Instruments Passed) Peter

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/srg_gad_gasil4of2003.pdf Highlights the case where a KAP140 equipped plane went a bit wobbly which was caused by a cell phone carried by a passenger. Personally I thought it was all rubbish till now, I guess time to take a different view. Makes you think when you are...

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:31:20 +0000, wrote: I have a KLN94 and have been offered one of the old Sandisk compact flash writers (USB) that Bendix King used to sell. I know that if one downloads the data into a laptop and uses the cable to transfer it to the KLN94, that data...

Yet another GPS substitution question... It's a given that you can't use GPS to shoot an approach labled "ADF blah" unless it says "ADF or GPS blah", but how do the alternate rules really work? The regs say that I have to have an approach that I'm equipped for other than GPS at the alternate...

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:33:36 GMT, wrote: Does anyone have a copy of the NTSB report which was posted a while back concerning the guy who launched IFR in IMC in uncontrolled airspace into VMC above and was dinged for "careless and...

"Yossarian" wrote in message ... I was using a Frasca 141 sim today with an instructor when this question came up. Fullerton CA (KFUL) VOR-A approach. At WILMA on V64, flying the full approach. Do you need to...

Went to my local pilot shop this week to pick up some new IFR charts, and noticed a sign near the cash register that stated that Jepp charts were now only available on a subscription basis through Jepp. I've only ever used NOS charts, but had heard how good Jepp charts were and was interested in...

Anybody know of an IFR route that you've used to go from the Boston area(just south of Boston) to the Baltimore area(Dulles)? I always seem to get routed up to the north or they want to send my out over the water. When VFR I'm always given direct JFK, then turn when past JFK. The TEC route is V44...

Has anyone upgraded their older Strikefinder(plasma screen) to the newer(LED) model? My display is getting very weak and hard to read and I thought I heard Insight would upgrade your older plasma model to the newer model at a decent price. TIA, Pete

At what rpm do people see their vacuum pressure drop below an acceptable level(3.2?). I also have a standby vac with a low vac pressure red warning light. When I reduce power to 1200-1300 rpm the vac pressure drops off and the red light comes on. I thought in the past the pressure would hold until...

My approach plate briefing, especially while flying, could use some improvement. I received my instrument rating last March and have about 75 hours of actual IMC time since then, but I honestly feel my briefing of the chart is not as thorough as it must be for optimum situational awareness. I am...