They don't charge for that. I just got one recently. "Nomen Nescio" Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@ wrote in message ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- From: "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" Well, that's...

I just noticed an approach to Frederick, MD (FDK) entitled "ILS OR LOC RWY 23". I thought every ILS could be flown as a non-precision LOC approach so why not just call this one the "ILS RWY 23"?

Its been fun but I am leaving all usenet group's maby see you all at a fly-in or two over the years

I am doing some preliminary planning of the panel for my RV-9A and wondering if a 2nd nav is really a necessity with a GNS 430 in the panel. Seems to me that flying IFR GPS, with mostly GPS approaches in the near future, I should not have much need for a 2nd VOR receiver to identify intersections...

Peter wrote: I wonder if anyone else sees this problem. Doesn't seem like a problem to me. But, I normally leave that option turned off. If I enable the display of cities/towns, their names appear as they

Flying IFR in/around the Chicago Class B, it's not unusual to get vectored out over Lake Michigan. I've always been a little nervous about this but even more so after the recent PA28 downing off Milwaukee. Flotation gear is no solution for probably 6 months of the year because of water...

All - Just wanted to post my experiences from a tour that I took today of the Potomac TRACON in Warrenton, VA. First off, I got my instrument rating back in January, and today was the first time I flew a ton of hard IFR. It was a 2.3 hour trip from KABE to KHEF. I went IMC at 1000' MSL and...

I recently got a tablet PC, HP TC1100, and a little bluetooth GPS receiver to go with it. Rode in the back seat of an Arrow this afternoon and played for a couple of hours with the APIC software. Lots of warts on APIC, one of which was missing airports. I'm in the Minneapolis area and just west...

I have to ask why you feel it's reasonable to turn this guy in to the FSDO but not to copy license plate numbers of speeders and turn them in. I didn't make the post, but I do have some reasons. Way back when... when I was learning to fly and learning how the regs worked, it was made clear...

I took a friend up (VFR pilot) to give him a taste of what instrument flying was about. We did two ILS's over at JAN (Jackson MS) and then a VOR Alpha back to MBO (Madison MS). I briefed him that it may be a possibility we may not be able to return to MBO as ceilings on departure were 700 feet. ...

I was doing some practice IFR at home last night with my simulator, and set up for random failures. First thing that happened was complete electrical shut down - no radios, no VOR, no Xponder, and it suddenly occurred to me that I'd never thought through what I would do. I do carry backup comm...

In a previous article, said: advocating for the bill is AccuWeather in State College, Pa., whose employees have contributed at least $5,500 to Santorum since 1999, You know, I'm old enough now that I'm no longer surprised that every politician of every party can be bought. ...

Hey all - Planning on going down to Manassas on Saturday for a tour of the new Potomac TRACON. Has anyone flown from Eastern PA/Northern NJ/NY area down to KHEF? I'm trying to determine what to expect as far as an IFR clearance. I'm trying to do some planning so I can figure out how long its...

The AUG VOR/DME 8 profile shows a fix at AUG 1.9, just before the MAP at AUG 0.5. But there no separate altitude designations are shown for the segment just before or just after AUG 1.9. The profile shows a transition from a diagonally-downward flight path to a horizontal flight path at AUG 1.9....

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:

I just wanted to inform Seattle area pilots about a new school that started in Renton Municipal Airport. We are AcuWings, a family owned business. The reason we started the school is because we felt the void in Renton Airport for an alternative outfit. We currently have a Piper Tomahawk that is a...

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Thanks to all who replied to my in-flight weather questions. I think that I've narrowed my selection down to a PDA solution using the iPaq 4700, along with packages for XM weather an moving map from either Control Vision (AnywhereWx) or AirGator (NavAirWx). Detailed information on the web sites...

I have a Garmin 340 panel and the installer put a music input jack for it. So, I tried plugging my portable MP3 player output into the music jack. At maximum volume on the MP3 player, the music was almost completely inaudible. Does the signal need to be pre amplified in some way, or did the...

I flew with somebody recently who just got their instrument rating a few months ago, in a GPS-equipped airplane. His GPS and BAI skills were fine, but when I suggested we fly one leg without the GPS, just using VORs and a chart for en-route navigation, he said he had never done that in...