I am planning to get my commercial pilot certification but I am not sure where to go to do it. I am interested in training with Snohomish Flying Service but I am not sure how reputable their flight school is. Could anyone offer me any advice about training at Harvey Field or any experiences with...

Hi All, Open question to folks, what strategies do you use to stay current or better yet, proficient? Check ride is right around the corner. I got signed off for the ride today. So the currency question is in the back of my mind now. Most of my flying is x-ctry (2/month) with some local scenic...

So my IR checkride is approaching, and the thing I'm the most sketchy on I think is the weather charts. I'm fine with TAF, METAR, and other textual, but I guess it's because I can't find all the exact same graphics on DUATS/DUAT that they use on the FAA exam (prognostic charts, etc). Even...

Flyers, I just want some of your thoughts on this. My plane partner and I went out last night to do some practice instrument approaches. He wore the hood and I was the right-seat safety pilot. ATC was not too busy and it was a nice VFR night. First, after we asked for a practice ILS 24 into...

I rent and fly 172s out of Gainesville, GA (KGVL). I used to fly out of 47A and had a number of safety pilots available there (too far to be convenient for them now), but this FBO is fairly new and doesn't have a list put together yet of pilots that can safety for me. Anyone know of a good place...

So far, every time I come out of ROG and request flight following to it doesn't matter where, I get a discrete squawk that allows departure to hand me off to Memphis Center, or Dallas, or Kansas City. Coming out of LIT however I've never been given anything except a local code and then about 15...

I realise it's only been released for a few days, but as I'm in the market for a non-MS sim, and as I have an older version that works just fine but needs updating so it can do real GPS, etc., does anyone have anything to say one way or another about ASA's new On Top 9? Thanks, Hamish

From: "Ralph Griffith" Subject: Appalachian Artist Date: Saturday, February 17, 2007 12:41 PM Coming along slowly. If you're interested check it out. Looks like the prints will only be 8x10's, and probably not worth fooling with, but, hey, they're out there. Artist Home...

Hi All, I'm a longtime lurker here, but now I have a question I hope the group can help me with. I am working toward my instrument rating (21 hours so far), and want to use MSFS to practice (cheaply). I do fine with holding a heading, but I find it very difficult to maintain an altitude. The...

On 9 Feb 2007 08:46:30 -0800, wrote in : All I have to say about user fees is that if they are implemented The ATC user fee issue is a corporate boondoggle like Boeing's recent infamous proposal to lease a hundred B-757(?)...

need a little help with the wiring of a Narco MK12d Nav/Com to a king kn-73 glideslope rcvr. the king lists it's channeling as pin N =0.1mhz pin L= 0.3 mhz pin y= 0.5 mhz pin S= 0.7 pin P= 0.9 pin V=108mhz

The REAL reason for record delays are... 1. ****ed off controllers going by the book (Time in trail) because FAA Management treats their controllers and employees like dog **** 2. Incompetent social engineered marble mouth talking black females "In chagge" who are clueless and incompetent 3....

Instrument Approach Library and Flight Planning Software Aviator Trip Pack: 1. Develop your own custom library instrument approach procedures free. 2. Rapidly develop flight plans by point-n-click and rubber band routing. 3. Create Trip Packs of only the procedures required for a flight. 4. ...

I'm looking for opinions / stories / experiences about the various GPS/Wx software packages that are available for Tablet PCs. I have a Motion LS800 and a WxWorx receiver. But, I'm not sure I'm happy with my current choice of software.

What methods do you deploy? How many folks use a kneeboard? What kind of timer (analog or digital stopwatch) do you use, and where do you put it? Where do you keep the charts, approach plates, and scratch paper? How many people write down every clearance, heading, altitude and frequency change?...

I understand it as the IRA (Instrument Rating Airplane) and FII (Flight Instructor Instrument) tests come from the same question bank. Does the FII test expire like the IRA does? I didn't see it in part 61 unless I'm missing something. To me, it seems like none of the tests expire for CFI?

I took an AA flight from SAN to ORD Tuesday that looped up through Utah and Wyoming, maybe to catch strong upper winds. But I got to wondering how airline flight plans get planned. Does the pilot do this, or the airline? I presume that ATC overrides theirs as they do mine from time to...

I noticed that on some approaches there are fixes labeled IF (Intermediate Fix), such as FONTS INT in http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0702/00664IL14.PDF where there is a cross radial, but other approaches such as EJAAY in http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0702/05850I15.PDF isn't labeled as an IF. I looked it up...

Anybody know of a shop in the New England region that has experience installing these indicators? Our usual local shop hasn't and evidently there's a bit of learning curve. Thanks. Dave Reinhart www.finalflight.info

Most of the software out there will compute a flight based on the user's route, time of departure and altitude. This is a fairly straight forward task which could be done without a computer, as has been the case for decades. What I am looking for is the reverse. Given a destination, aircraft type...