I know Don Brown. He is a good 'ol country boy, and an entertaining writer, but he is not a pilot. His aviation world is circumscribed by the AIM and Air Traffic Control Handbook, with no latitude (no pun intended) allowed. His Avweb column about filing IFR is almost perfect, but there are...

Yesterday I tried to plan a flight from Big Bear City (California) to Santa Monica, in a Bonanza. The routing I worked out was L35..DAWNA.V8.PDZ.V186 TIFNI.ELMOO.DARTS..KSMO. DAWNA is on a portion of the airway that shows a MEA of 10500 on the chart. Since I was westbound, I figured to climb to...

One airport I frequently use in the northeast has adopted an improvement plan which includes, along with a slight runway extension, the installation of a Transponder Landing System. The airport is currently served by a VOR approach and a GPS approach, but terrain considerations would almost...

Maybe another way to describe what I'm looking for, is a Consumer Report's type of grid that shows features of each of the GPS's and ranks them as "good, better, and best" Anyone know of comparative review of several GPS's in one place? Thanks for answering here.

I'm planning on transitioning from a PA-28-181 to Diamond models (DA20C1 and then to DA40). I'd like to use the DA40 for longer trips and DA20 for putzing around the airport practicing IFR approaches, possibly in IMC. There isn't a question as to DA40's IFR capability, but I'm running into a bit...

Ok, Im not talking about the commercial carriers. But why would a general aviation plane have dual transponders? Why waste the panel space? So they go tits up that often in flight where its necessary? Scott

What are the holding procedures in Canada? On the approach plates, they say something like "Climb to 1900 on track of 297 deg. LEFT turn to 2T NDB." However, they don't show any holding pattern. Do they expect you to enter a hold at the beckon? What radial do you use?

I recently filed IFR and received a clearance from Ground. As part of the clearance, I was told, "... after departure turn left heading 300 ..." I taxied to the active, did my run-up, called Tower and said I was ready for departure. I was soon cleared for takeoff. At about 1000 AGL, I began the...

Is anyone using or know for a fact that you can use the Ch Products Flight Sim Yoke-USB with Elite sim? I am specifically asking if you have the throttle/prop/mixture functionality of that yoke while using Elite. I would like to fly the Mooney and Bonanza but I don't want to buy a separate...

If you are a pilot who uses both a headset and eyeglasses, what IFR trainng device works and fits best for you? The generic foggles, like Sporty's sells? The Jeppesen JeppShades Flip-Up hood? A particular model of hood?

Please excuse the cross post, but the topic might be of interest to several groups. I'm wondering whether providing light aircraft transportation services (people and/or cargo) and consulting to small businesses is likely to be a successful approach to setting up a very small aviation business. In...

Is there any problem with controllers or examiners if I cross a stepdown fix several hundred feet above the depicted altitude? I believe that, legally, I can be at any altitude above the crossing minimum, but would this be a bust of the PTS +/-100 tolerance, or cause a problem for ATC? For...

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There are a couple of techniques I've never been particularly good at while flying, proper rudder work, and smooth turn onto a VOR radial without over or undershooting the needle. What's a good way to smoothly know when to start a standard rate turn onto the heading to intercept a VOR/GPS...

It's great that the charts are now "free" online at http://www.naco.faa.gov/ but it seems to take a lot of my personal time to figure out which charts I need. I used to just carry the paper charts with the knowledge that if I had to divert, I had all the charts for all nearby airports. How do you...

This week I did several IFR flights, some in IMC and most in VMC. On a couple of those flights, ATC offered me direct to the next VOR after the one I was navigating to, well before I could actually pick up the signal. One time departing Rochester, they told me to go direct Elmira when I was less...

On Nov 6, 2:47*pm, Peter wrote: Alan Browne wrote My main frustration with the iPhone is also the very starved GPS interface. *I'd love to see more of what's going on with the receiver and sats status. *Moreso in the iPhone...

What is the proper way to switch transponder codes? The way I have been taught is to put the transponder in stand by, switch to the new code. Then turn it to mode C I had an instructor tell me to just change it to the new code without turning it to stand by first. Like to hear from controllers as...

Your tax dollars at work HARTSFIELD ORDEAL Our sympathies go out to anyone caught in the incredible mess at Hartsfield International Airport on Saturday. I'm told that literally thousands missed flights because there weren't enough TSA screeners on duty to get the job done. Here is just one of...

Was out doing approaches this morning to knock off the rust. Called into JAN approach and requested ILS approaches into HKS under visual rules. Was 5 miles outside Brenz final approach fix and received the clearance; Cleared for the ILS 16 approach or circle to land 34 Hawkins. Exactly what is...