The old thread is so long I am starting a new one with the approximately flight track of AAL 489 plotted on the Dallas Sectional. http://tinyurl.com/ywc9vj The newscaster stated that he was approximately 10 miles north of the town of Bonham when he declared his emergency. This would be on the...

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Rode back with my friend in his turbine Bonanza after the installation of a 530W/430W. We had a good chance to play with both boxes during the trip. As before, they are very intuitive and relatively easy to operate. The screen write rate is a lot faster than previously, and the plane position...

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...

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

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...

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 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?

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'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.

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. ...

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....

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

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(?)...

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...

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...

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

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 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...

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...