Last weekend I flew my first Angel Flight from MRY down to SMO. There was the remnants of a cold front that passed through the day before between the Bay Area and LA so there was plenty of clouds hanging around, mostly build-ups over the mountains with tops 90 to 110 and some lower layers BKN30. So...

Today I flew into KBFI (Boeing field) which is class D and has extentions that underlie the Class B that require close attention to altitudes and headings so as to stay clear. Today the winds were favoring 31L (and 31R) and I came in from the west on the Vashon approach--the most common approach...

One of our local pilots misunderstood a common Notam, as shown below. He thought the "ADD: From Shelby to RW 17: 3.52 degrees" meant add 3.52 degrees to the final approach course. How reasonable do you think his interpretation? (BTW, the notam just adds a descent gradient to a NP approach.) FDC...

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Probably one for AOPA..... Hopefully those that get avionic upgrades that include their nav take this posting to heart.... What happened to me could have turned quite ugly, and fortunately things worked out OK since I am here to post this. Did some ILS approaches over HKS. Perfect day for...

I'm confused about what determines the local altimeter setting. My understanding is that there is a barometer in the tower that measures the weight of a column air extending up into the atmosphere. What factors affect its weight? Is it purely temperature variations caused by uneven heating by the...

Thought there used to be an "avionics" subgroup, but I guess not. Cross posting this in .products & .experimental. If you want a good real world test of how hardened your equipment is to RFI, fly over to Delano, California and fly the pattern for 32L. That puts you about 2 miles from the Voice...

I have the chance to fly from Madison, Wi (MSN) to Providence, Ri (PVD) in July and was wondering about the most favoured route. I will be flying IFR The most direct seems to be straight across Lake Michigan, north of Detroit through Lower Ontario in Canada, Buffalo, Albany and then down to PVD. ...

I seem to remember seeing a nasal cannula that clipped to a microphone boom? The usual loop around the ears models interfere with the anr headsets and are a pain to put on. Thanks.

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This, by no means is as exciting or interesting as some of the other threads I have followed, but serves as a constant reminder to me, how quickly things can change! Wanting to get my plane down to Cameron Park before Feb 1. for an annual, I determined that yesterday was probably my best...

The enroute chart for the border states include a significant portion of Canada. Is this sufficient for IFR into Canada? The VFR sectional contains a warning that the airspace classification may be different in Canada and that the pilot should consult the Canadian Flight Supplement. But the...

Got a little memory jog in the April 2006 Designee Update...other than "Basic Instrument Flight Maneuvers," there is nothing in the 2004 (latest) PTS about timed turns OR compass turns. Nothing. Nada. So instrument pilot wannabes need not be concerned about demonstrating either one to the examiner....

My flight school, got a new Frasca simulator which has every airport in the world in it's database. I want to be able to make my students fly all sorts of weird/unusual/difficult approaches, but the only approaches that I am familiar with are the ones around here. There was this one my instructor...

Flying back from Atlanta to Jackson, my Echo Flight finally received its downloaded Nexrad data. It showed me flying right in the middle of a big blotch of red. I look outside the window. I'm in light 40 F light drizzle with ceilings of about 6000 above a broken 2000 layer. I turn on...

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Went to my local pilot shop this week to pick up some new IFR charts, and noticed a sign near the cash register that stated that Jepp charts were now only available on a subscription basis through Jepp. I've only ever used NOS charts, but had heard how good Jepp charts were and was interested in...

Planning a flight from CDW to CQX, I found in Jepp one route: BREZY V39 CMK V3 HFD V167 PVD V151 GAILS. DUAT offers another: FALLZ V3 JEWIT V167 PEAKE Am I likely to get the DUAL routing if I request it? I'm surprised that it would yield something different from Jepp. Admittedly, it's not much...

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