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,...

Big news... http://www.garmin.com/pressroom/corporate/072403b.html ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via...

I've been using On Top 8 as my IFR training sim, and it's not bad, but I have two problems with it: 1) It is terribly oversensitive in pitch (with my CH yoke at least) and there seems to be no way around this. 2) My main machine is a dual G5 PowerMac and I'd be much happier with a Mac sim. ...

Consider the following FARs, § 91.126 Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class G airspace. b) Direction of turns. When approaching to land at an airport without an operating control tower in Class G airspace- (1) Each pilot of an airplane must make all turns of that airplane...

Searching the newsgroup archives, I have been unable to find the technical distinction between LPV, LNAV/VNAV and LNAV+V approaches. I do not mean the legal and procedural differences. I mean what are the technical differences of the GPS that makes one more accurate than the other. In other...

The other day I shot the VOR approach into SMO for the first time in low actual. I've often looked at that approach as one of the most difficult I've seen published so it was interesting to actually try it. The weather was 008OVC with something like 3sm HZ. I touched down about 3/4 down the runway...

I'm looking to gain information about preferred routes, interesting/cheap refueling stops or siteseeing opportunities, or any other pertinent information (weather/notams/etc.) for my round-trip flight at the end of this month (July 2003) from the Los Angeles area to Chico (northern California). ...

Hi. How do the new glass cockpits (Garmin or Avidyne) indicate rate of turn, and also whether the plane is slipping or skidding? I know we can do the simple rule of thumb sum for standard rate turns, giving the approx. bank angle for the speed we're using, but we're all trained to check the...

I just recently decided to buy our first Garmin GPS (296). I had not in the past because they were so far behind on providing terrain. They fixed that with the 296. However, the one outstanding item missing on the 296 are airways. On my Skymap IIIc I can easily fly an airway by putting the white...

Cecil E. Chapman wrote in message ... I really can't say since I've never used those program in that capacity. Do these other programs provide similiar features to the one I mentioned? I really don't know for...

In the following approach (VOR/DME or GPS-A), http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0411/06276VDGA.PDF am I required to hold at RAINEE? Does it depend which IAF I use? Thanks !

So here's a question I had never thought of until getting my instrument rating and owning an IFR-equipped aircraft: how long should records of VOR checks be retained? Do they need to be retained at all? Can the FAA come to me and ask, "Remember that IFR flight to SLO you made 2 years ago? Show...

There's not a lot in the user's manual about how to set up a non- published hold using the Garmin 430W. Lets say you are on a flightplan with SBJ VOR as one of your waypoints and ATC needs you to hold on the SBJ 160 radial right hand turns one minute legs. Is there anything to simplify this...

I got into a discussion with an non-pilot MD comparing a professional degree versus flying. My background, BS and MS from the top 2 bioengineering programs in the US. (note, I put *much* more weight to experience over letters after a name including my own). Flying-wise, I have a PPL and about 33...

Took & passed my checkride (first try) yesterday. Here's the extended narrative. Paragraphs enclosed in are explanatory for the non-aviators who will recieve this. My ride was scheduled for 1PM at MWC. I'd been asked in advance to plan a cross-country IFR flight of at least 200nm; I chose...

I had a my two-year transponder/static system check while visiting my mother in San Antonio. When I departed, I noticed the airspeed didn't come up like it should. I attributed this to shifting winds and assumed I had a slight tailwind. Then in cruise, I did my normal operating performance check....

With all the talk about the GNS80 and the Garmin 430 having VNAV and LAAS capability, I would like to know something. Are there any actual approaches in use that one can fly, today, that use these features? Do you get vertical guidance from GPS derived altitude or is it vertical guidance from...

Liberals HATE America wrote: Alas, Orville and Wilbur Wright are today pigeon-holed as "dead white males" whom we are supposed to ignore, if not deplore. The author is sadly misinformed. I couldn't care less about "white" or "male". However, "dead" is a Bad Thing. I certainly expend a...

Thumbing through a 1962 FLYING magazine, I came across an advertisement for the all-new Motorola M-400 NAV/COM. Among other quaint features, such as the 100KHz spacing, later upgradeable to 50KHz, and the COM transmit frequency that automatically switches to 122.1 any time you select a NAV...

Hi, Does the ILS Critical Area sign apply to the localizer or the glideslope antenna? Or is this is a dumb question? CCR (Concord California) 19R has a localizer approach. No glideslope. It has an ILS Critical Area sign. I read recently that ILS equipped fields require the ILS critical area sign...