I would like to use a flight I took two years ago to show I've satisfied the "Long Cross Country" requirement for my Commercial ticket. On that flight, I flew from SMO to O22 (259NM), then to (124NM) in one day, then turned around several days later and flew back - CIC to SZP (353 NM) to SMO...

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I flew up to Abilene (ktpl-kabi-ktpl) to pick up my daughter Sunday... I took off at about 4 into 200 and 1 1/2. I had gotten there early and planned to do a couple of approaches before I left, but I decided to go ahead and top off (had about 3.5 hours in the tanks), and there were a couple of...

As far as I can see, step-down fixes on GPS approaches are always defined by a distance to the threshold. Are there exceptions? Do GPS approaches exist with waypoints (forming part of the approach sequence) between the FAF and the runway threshold waypoint? Or is it guaranteed that after passing...

Anyone know of an instrument ground school scheduled to begin soon in the NYC metro area or in CT?

Are you instrument rated? .. Are you tired of paying for instrument procedures you don't use? .. Would you like to develop your own custom library of procedures? .. Would you like to update your library automatically and unattended? .. Would you like hands free Duat access for weather and filing...

I think I just got my money's worth of the Beech Proficient Pilot Program. (BPPP) Last week, 3 of us where trying to get to Kissimmee from TN but Florida was closed off due to a line of severe thundershowers across the state. Waited in Waycross (great FBO, btw) then set off at 9pm into the night...

I have a recently installed Garmin GPS430. But I also have a Lowrance (handheld) 1000 GPS to use. The Lowrance is MUCH better at situational awareness than the panelmount. Please understand--I have no complaints about the 430; it is a great unit. However, the Lowrance 1000 is a very, very nice...

This appeared in the latest issue of AOPA Pilot: http://www.bluemountainavionics.com/elitemain.php Its an all electronic ADI with EFIS display. They say they are currently engaged in certification. What do you guys think about the prospects for use as a primary AI for a standard airplane like my...

I flew the KFWN VOR or GPS-A (http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0506/05412VGA.PDF) this morning with a CNX-80. Annoyingly, ANKLE (the stepdown fix) is not in the database. You get SAX-MAGLV. It seems like SAX-ANKLE-MAGLV would make a lot more sense. Is the some reason it's left out of the database?

vincent p. norris writes: I passed my private in 2000. Haven't had any problems with pilotage since (dead reckoning is another matter. I figure if I need to use dead reckoning, I need to file IFR). Meaning no offense, Ari, I'm puzzled by that response. A number of...

Getting mixed up about runways and airports can happen easily, as Roy's post shows, and it happened to me Friday. I was picking up an Angel Flight patient at Jacksonville Craig (CRG). The weather was VMC, I already new from a NOTAM that 14/32 was closed, and the ATIS was advertising visuals to...

I just noticed an interesting problem with the Instrument Rating PTS. It says: Aircraft and Equipment Required for the Practical Test GPS equipment must contain the current database. The problem is that not all GPS units require that the database be current. The CNX-80 AFM Supplement...

Folks, I'M about to start flying again, and so am giving the 3600a a serious look! I currently have one of the original 3600, which is nearly invisible when outdoors. I notice that the 3600a now has a transflective TFT, and so I'm hoping that somebody has tried it and can comment on how visible...

Am finishing up Machado's exellent Instrument Flying Handbook now. Really enjoyed that - lots of good stuff on approaches (especially) that you don't get in the training materials. So, what else is must reading for the newly-minted IFR pilot?? Thanks for all the replies on the staying-current...

Hello All, What does the following NOTAM mean: GPS 02/001 GPS PRN 26 OTS WEF 0502082100-0502090900 I know it says "GPS Pseudo Random Noise 26 Out of Service" but what are its implications? Does it mean that RAIM is not available during the outage? Thanks,

Another GNS480 related question. I've emailed Jeppesen and looked on their website, but the website is inscrutable and they haven't responded to my email yet. What's the mechanism for getting database updates on the GNS480? Is it their Skybound II process? Does it work OK? What's the database...

Please I would like to propose: Off topic posters please include OT at the front of your message. Some of us want to talk about IFR here, since, after all, that is the subject of the group. And I would like to filter out the off topic posts. Please. If you respect this group.

OK, here's a new take on an old debate: I fly a 172 with 2 good NAV/COMs, an M1 Loran and a flaky ADF in the Northeast US. Since everything up here is airways and most of the fields I go to have an ILS or LOC approach, this is enough to get away with on most of the flights I take. This is the...

Anybody know what I can expect as a clearance for a flight from OXC to PHL? How about the return?