....it's hard to see through, and good ol' Gulf Coast home boys like me should not mess around with it. Christmas Eve I was flying my daughter and grandson to Houston to visit my mom for the holiday. We'd spent the previous day in a little town NE of Houston. It was only about a 45 nm flight...

Posted this one somewhere else, but wanted to share with the gang on the newsgroups. Dave Well, after one year, two instructors, 9 hours actual, and nearly 70 hours of training I passed the instrument checkride. It was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but if you read my other post you know that...

On my way to visit relatives for X-mas. Flying from Northwest Indiana to Savannah, GA in a Cherokee 180. Itching to put my recently earned IFR ticket to work. Climbed out of my home field on Christmas Eve after the risk of freezing fog had thawed. Up through a light cloud level at 2500 for...

If you are looking for a way to fly that is less expensive, more fun, and will make you a better pilot, check out the Eight Ball Flying Club, located at Van Nuys airport. We currently have two well maintained aircraft - a 172 ($60/hr, wet, TACH time), and a 182 ($80/hr, wet TACH time), and a great...

The system will download Terminal Procedures from National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO) and develop your own database of Instrument Approaches, Airport Diagrams, SIDs and STARs, and Takeoff, Alternate and Radar Minimums. Every 28 days the system will automatically update your database with...

I used to subscribe to IFR until I realized that they offered a much better rate to new subscribers than to existing ones. After realizing this, my four year old decided to subscribe :-). Today he recieved a solicitation from another aviation magazine. Obviously they sold his (and my) name...

I'm part owner of a IFR 172E. Nice equipment, but no vacuum redundancy. I know I can add a dual-rotor vacuum pump or a manifold-driven alternate vacuum source, but I'd rather have an electric backup (in case of engine failure). Electric pumps add weight and good backup electric AI's are...

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...

Flyers, I have just put three of my DVD's on eBay if anyone is interested. They a 1) Sporty's Flying the Garmin GPSMap 396 DVD http://tinyurl.com/74mpr 2) AOPA's Air Safety Foundation's Pinch-Hitter DVD http://tinyurl.com/8ypor 3) AOPA's Air Safety Foundation's Single Pilot IFR...

Cathay boss: "Young pilots don't think about pensions or medical care, just want 777" For the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, all major U.S. airlines are hiring pilots or recalling those laid off during the industry's five-year downturn. But the airlines are discovering that many of...

Just a quick note to any of you guys flying IFR into the phoenix area. I just got back from a trip to phoenix from vegas, I had filed a composit flgiht plan, VFR untill I was by phoenix then I would request my IFR if it was needed since FSS reported overcast at 2700 and few at 600. freezing level...

List of jpgs. Some real funny, some sobering. The best are 'Women live longer' series. -- http://www.micom.net/oops/ Thx, {|;-) Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.

I just heard about this from AOPA's site: http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2007/070524gps.html I haven't read the AC yet, but it looks like a lot of GPS's that are out there aren't usable in lieu of ADF/DME or for RNAV use. Also, as I'm still somewhat new to IFR GPS'es, what is the...

From time to time I want to show You some of my new pictures. This time I have some new shots of WWII Hellcat over Camarillo and som nice shots of LAPD Astar helicopters over Los Angeles. http://air2air.net Enjoy it Cordially -- Mariusz Adamski http://air2air.net

OK, am I missing something or is there something missing on this missed approach procedure at Petaluma? What do you do when you get to the VOR? Hover? http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0603/06838G29.PDF -Dan

Something went waco with my client or server. Sorry about the multiple postings.

I'm curious about two types of transmissions from aircrafts: 1. squawk transponder Mode-C Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) or whatever 2. ACARS I know ACARS is around 131 Mkz usually, but what frequency is the SSR stuff? What would they sound like on a scanner? Does ACARS sound indeed like a...

Space Shuttle Chaos Continues Whoever goes up next on this bucket of bolts has a huge pair. Talking about a pucker factor! If someone farts it will be so high the dogs will whine.It's time we retire this thing and develop new technology for blasting people into orbit. The Russians are kicking our...

I don't know how many are aware of the current push to implement Broadband Power Line (BPL) high speed internet connections, but is has some interesting ramifications. Perhaps Jim has looked into this. BPL as I understand it caused a good deal of interference from a bit above the AM broadcast...

Anyone had a chance to view this? Is it a good course? http://www.sportys.com/courses/dinstrument.cfm# Thanks, Dean