A few questions about fast (by spamcan standards) approaches in busy terminal environments: 1) Is there any point in practicing any "best forward speed" approaches besides the ILS? 2) How fast is fast enough? Obviously 120kts is better than 90kts (maybe 1.5m less time after you turn onto the...

I normally fly out of Rochester NY, which is towered and class C. And 99% of the time my clearance route is "Vectors as filed". But yesterday I had to stop off at Batavia to pick up something, and then continue on to Goderich Ontario. Since it's just easier to be on an IFR flight plan...

Peter wrote: I am just going through some King video FAA IR training material and it briefly covers this topic. On a normal intercom one has selectors for "DME" and "NAV" and one would ident the VOR and the DME separately. However she mentions a that one can tell if one or the other is...

Hi, I recently learned that VOR can be "calibrated" or adjusted to take into account any error discovered at the 30-day check. For example, if you need to set OBS at 44 to get centered CDI on the 42 radial from VOR on airport checkpoint, and 219 to center CDI on the 222 radial, then you record the...

In the "good old" VOR days, it must have been pretty difficult to fly down the centerline of an airway (or of any direct track). So an eastbound VFR/IFR aircraft descending from 7500/7000 to his destination, was more than likely to avoid traffic... on the reciprocal track passing him by at 6500 or...

Fellow Aviators, I was flying on Tuesday from N14 in NJ to Baltimore-Washington Airport. I was going IFR because of the Washington ADIZ. When I called McGuire Approach for my clearance I was given the route and all information except my release, void and advise times. They said to call back...

The plate is here- http://www.airnav.com/depart?http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0608/05889VDGC.PDF While trying to fly the approach in the sim I flew to the MAP with relative ease but had trouble getting low enough to make the runway without getting too hot. Looking at the plate it seems a drop of...

I am hesitating between buying the iPhone 4 and the iPad (or else?) to use as a VFR GPS. One of the attractive feature of the iPad is the larger screen but it is also one of the drawback... Apparently the iPhone has an internal Gyroscope which the iPad does not have (might be added on the iPad...

My Altimeter is accurate when on the ground or at lower alt. When I climb up to 7k and above and check it against GPS and approach controls read out it is about 300+ feet off. Is it the altimeter I'm having problems with? Steve

I just want to learn the "knobology". I don't care about flying the airplane. Any free or cheap G1000 sim software out there?

Let's say you take off on a long cross country with no forecast of icing. By the time you arrive at your destination, a 2,000-foot layer exist below you with temps of 30 F. You are getting low on fuel. Is it legal to descend through the thin layer even if you are in an airplane without known icing?

off topic i know go to www.google.com type in Weapons of mass destruction and hit the "i'm feeling lucky" button read the error message.

or should they just know it already? I was departing Sugarland (KSGR) yesterday, after having gotten my clearance from ground control. Tower assigned me runway heading (this was about 45 minutes later as there was MUCH traffic waiting in line for takeoffs) and handed me off to departure. I had...

I just had my first opportunity to log some approaches in a simulator and that brought up questions about how to log the time. The Frasca 141 was set up to mimic a Cessna 172. My questions a 1) Does this time get logged as Airplane SEL along with also being logged as a Synthetic Trainer? 2) Do...

Got an odd clearance the other day, on climbout from Santa Monica (IFR but in perfect VMC): "climb and maintain 6000 when direct Ventura". I took this to mean that someone would later clear me direct VTU, whereupon I would climb. However I never got such a clearance, and later an evidently nervous...

Hello All, There has been much discussion here about the obvious benefits of redundant systems, engines, vacuum, electrical etc., when flying in IMC. We've also read NTSB reports of crashes of very well equipped planes where the pilot did not make use of redundant instruments. As for myself and...

Ok, it's coming up to that season, and was vividly demonstrated when I got hit by hail driving through Watertown last night. I drive a lot between Rochester NY and Ottawa Ontario, and Rochester NY and Whitby Ontario, and frequently those drives are in good VFR conditions except for that band...

Departing Lancaster the other day, I received an odd clearance. I was cleared from the airport to the Lancaster VOR, then East Texas VOR... It was that first leg (Lancaster Airport to Lancaster VOR) that confused me. The VOR is on the field. I have little choice but to go past it as a trundle...

I have just finished two concurent aircraft learning programs 1)Getting my instrument currency back. doing some paractice, taking a IPC. All done in a round dial 172. 2)Getting checked out in a G1000 182. I've finished the King G1000 VFR and IFR course and spent about 6 hours in the G1000, ...

Hi folks. I've got a bit of a puzzle here. First off, I'm a student pilot, so maybe I haven't gotten to this yet. Take a look at the ILS 18 plate for Springdale, AR (ASG): http://myairplane.com/databases/approach/SouthCentral/ASG_ir18.pdf First, note that the approach is "ILS RWY 18" --- Next,...