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How long before /G required for IFR? by
Colin W Kingsbury
Just read in aopa weekly mail today that the FAA is considering shutting
down the BDL (Bradley, Hartford CT) and PVD (Providence RI) VORs.
These are not exactly podunk navaids. Both are located at Class C fields
with substantial airline traffic (not just RJs either) and they support a
decent...
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Weekend IFR ground school with Aviation Seminars by
Brad Z
Good write up. Although I've always studied for my written tests the old
fashion way, I've always been curious of how the weekend "cram" sessions
work out for folks. By the way, was that 8:00 PM that you took the test, or
the 8:00am the next morning? Either way, it sounds like some really...
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IMC without an autopilot by
Jon Kraus
Just curious as to opinions about flying in IMC without an autopilot?
Does an autopilot make flying in the clouds safer or is it just a crutch
for the lazy?
For myself being new to IFR flying I feel safer knowing that if needed I
could turn the autopilot on. Maybe it is a false sense of...
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Why is ADF or Radar Required on MFD ILS RWY 32 Approach Plate? by
S. Ramirez
Does anyone know why the Mansfield OH MFD ILS RWY 32 approach plate has ADF
or Radar Required written on it?
There is speculation on another forum that ADF is required to establish the
FAF for the localizer approach, but I argued that it is not required for the
ILS approach, since intercept of the...
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Looking for old version of FAA Intercept procedures by
TheNumber11
Hi
Please, does anyone know where I could get a 1999-2001 copy of the FAA procedures regarding Section 6. Interception Procedures?
Example Link:
http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ATpubs/AIM/aim0506.html
B.Rgds,
Scott
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vfr on top by
Myname
What are the advantages of vfr-on-top in the real world? I understand the
ifr to vfr-on-top then cancel, but what about other uses?
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ATC Altimeter Settings by
O. Sami Saydjari
When entering an ATC region, we often get an altimeter setting, usually
at some fix. So for example, when entering the Chicago center ATC
region, they say something like, "Midway altimeter is xx.xx." I have
some questions.
1. So, do they pick some fix for the region and give everyone...
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Contact approach question by
Paul Tomblin
On the most recent Pilots Audio Update, the narrator was talking about a
time when fog covered half the airport, but he could see the runway he was
going to land on, but because the control tower was on the foggy half of
the airport, they wouldn't approve a visual approach. He was being
vectored...
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STAR to nearby airport by
Viperdoc
Recently while returning from a trip I was heading to my home base, which is
a class D airport. I was handed off to the local tracon, which has a class C
airport, and was issued a clearance to follow a star that led to a navaid
near my destination. However, the star was for the class C airport, not...
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Garmin 530 WAAS? by
Al G
Did Garmin finally get 'er done?
"all 75,000 Garmin GNS 400/500 series products currently in the field can
upgrade to WAAS"
From www.Garmin.com:
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GPS and old-fashioned thinking? by
G Farris
With all these questions about how to integrate GPS into our everyday
operations, I'm tempted to believe we have allowed the advent of this
wonderful new technology to send our thinking back to the dark ages!
We want GPS to simply replace everything else - then all that "legacy"
stuff just...
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December 22nd 05 05:39 PM
by Jose
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New Clearance Delivery toll-free number by
danlj
As many of us have experienced, the response of FSS briefers to phone
calls has been sometimes ... um... desultory, and when we're at a
remote airport with no radio link to Center, waits on the phone of
15-30 minutes for clearance have been common.
Lockheed-Martin FSS has now segregated a group of...
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October 20th 07 06:49 PM
by danlj
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CFI logging instrument time by
Barry
A CFI with airplane single-engine rating but not instrument-airplane (not a
CFII) gives flight instruction to a private pilot. Part of the flight is in
the clouds, with the private pilot flying. Can the CFI log instrument time
under FAR 61.51(g)(2):
"An authorized instructor may log instrument...
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"W" is JFK's son and Bush revenge killed Kennedy in 1963 by
Ross C. Bubba Nicholson
JFK gave Barbara Pierce a lesson in life in the summer of 1944 (making
her a "Cape Cod heiress"), and to her eventual husband, JFK gave a
personal motive for revenge. Perhaps if George and Barb had announced
their earlier engagement or even if George had given Barb a diamond
instead of a cheap...
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August 28th 04 10:36 PM
by Tom S.
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Which of these approaches is loggable? by
Paul Tomblin
1. Vectored for the VOR 27 at Oshkosh in pouring rain, broke out and saw
the runway after I got established but before I started my descent,
cancelled IFR to help the guy behind me, did a visual descent and landed
on the green dot.
2. Vectored for the ILS 24(?) at Muskegeon, descended on the glide...
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Silly controller by
Robert M. Gary
The other day I was doing a VFR practice approach into Tracy, CA when
the controller told me "reporting canceling IFR this freq, or on ground
via land line...". I told him "uh, ok canceling IFR, I didn't believe I
was IFR" (because I hadn't asked for or received an IFR clearance).
The controller...
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GPS approach question by
Matt Whiting
I was flying this weekend to maintain my instrument currency and came
across a GPS approach unlike any I'd seen thus far. Then again, I'm
pretty new to GPS approaches so I'm still finding new stuff fairly often.
I was flying approaches into Wellsvill, NY (ELZ) and was setting up for
the GPS RWY...
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Newbie holding questions by
JohnK
I am getting ready to start IFR training next week, and there are a
couple of questions regarding holding that I have been pondering.
(Searched through here already, but couldn't find the answers...at
least spelled out for me ;)
When being assigned a hold, will ATC usually assign an altitude...
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AFTN System Access??? Need to Send/Receive a Few AFTN messages by
NW_Pilot
Anyone know about the Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network (AFTN)
and places that will send / receive a AFTN message for obtaining over flight
clearance and providing notifications etc.
I am in Portland, OR and would like some place local to do all this I am
trying to save a little...
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Holding by
___P:Sir
The 1 min timing (or 1½ min above 14.000 feet) - is that in Your opinion
inbound or outbound leg? Doc 8168 says "outbound no wind" - but that might
be a matter of definition, because all pro`s I asked, says Inbound...?
regards..
P.sir
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