Hi all, I've begun my IFR taining and at the same time, racking up the cross country hours required for the ticket. I'm wondering what things I could do in these strictly VFR XC's that would help me learn/gain insight or facility with the IFR world. So far I have: 1) My CFII suggested I plan...

If an approach plate comes out, then it's NOTAM'ed for some changes, I make the changes to it. But then the next few cycles, those changes aren't implemented yet and are still NOTAM'ed. Instead of making the changes to each cycle again, can you tell by the Amendment # if it's been updated?

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What is the protected area under an NDB approach course? Since the course guidance is cruder than an ILS, I'd expect it would be wider, but how much wider? I ask also in the context of when I should consider myself "established" on course (for purposes of descent). Jose -- He who laughs,...

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Hurricane Ike's outerband clouds passing through. Can we say windshear? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB7lKvYfSwk Needless to say, kept my two feet planted firmly on the planet Earth this weekend!

The VOR-A at New Haven (http://www.myairplane.com/databases/approach/pdfs/00671VG2.PDF) has an MDA of 720, which is about 300 feet higher than the towers in the area. The VOR-2 (http://www.myairplane.com/databases/approach/pdfs/00671VG2.PDF) gets you down to 380, and has to deal with the same...

....something other than IFR oral related material. Since the weather was crappy yesterday and scrapped the checkride, and today and tomorrow were forecast to be more of the same, I drove to Andrews-Murphy, NC (KRHP) to get the oral portion taken care of. We talked for about 2 hours with most of...

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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...

Why is the turn coordinator so popular? I find the presentation similar to the artificial horizon is poor. The good old turn needle never leads to any confusion. If the silly little airplane was replaced by a needle and dog houses, I think I'd like it better. The 4 minute needle gives superior...

I have a dream. All IIA satellites retired. All IIF satellites in orbit. L2C signal set fully healthy with 19 operational satellites (12 IIF + 7 IIRM). L5 signal set healthy even though only 12 IIF satellites are broadcasting it. But their ranging signals are as perfect as predicted, not enough for...

I hope the FAA has a very fat wallet LEXINGTON, Ky. - The lone air traffic controller on duty the morning Comair Flight 5191 crashed cleared the jet for takeoff, then turned his back to do some "administrative duties" as the aircraft veered down the wrong runway, a federal investigator said...

Out here in the Rocky Mountain states, those of us who are instrument rated rarely get a chance to practice our skills in real IMC since "real IMC" usually implies either thunderstorms (summer) or severe icing condiditions and blowing snow (winter). However, today I was given a real treat by the...

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YIPPEE! I'm now a private pilot! I took and passed, the private pilot checkride on Tuesday. What a relief! It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought I'd be, and went very well. Now I need an aviation GPS and 'Guest Headset', and I'm hoping that readers of this list will have recommendations about...

I am heading for Sun 'n Fun from Ohio in April and will file IFR over 3 flight legs. This will be my first flight heading South under instrument rules.. My heading will change from West of South to East of South several times during each leg of this flight. The question is do I file for even or...

I hate cross-posting, but just this once I will give in to the temptation. The rec.aviation newsgroups have become useless. There is very little "meat" in the postings...sushidot is about the only poster interested in learning anything. If anyone is looking for me, I hang out in the AOPA Forum,...