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Leaving the community by
David Brooks
One thing - one of so very many things - I learned in my five years of
flying is that partisan politics does not fit into the cockpit. Most of my
flight instructors have, I know, been to the right of me politically. I had
a most enjoyable flight with CJ - although he has since earned my...
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Confusion about when it's my navigation, and when it's ATC by
Mxsmanic
I fly from KLAX to KLAS, using the FMC to handle most of the flight.
With the routing I put in, the FMC decides on some default altitudes
and includes required altitudes for the arrival and departure
procedures I select. Part of what it does is to create a descent
schedule from the nominal cruise...
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Pilot's Political Orientation by
Chicken Bone
Flightinfo.com asked for pilots political orientation.
Results:
Democrat 22.97%
Republican 57.24%
Ind. 19.79%
http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21699
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June 21st 04 06:10 PM
by Doug
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IFR use of handheld GPS by
[email protected]
I've seen other discussions get off topic and go on about handheld GPS
use under IFR. And people get all worked up about it. I know there is
a lot of history on this newsgroup, but I haven't followed most of it
(so don't lynch me, please).
It seems that a lot of pilots believe a handheld GPS...
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IFR with a VFR GPS by
Wizard of Draws
OK, I broke down and sprung for the Lowrance Airmap 2000c instead of the
1000. Wow.
Normally I rent a plane that has a panel-mounted IFR certified Garmin 430,
but that may change due to circumstances beyond my control in a few months.
Obviously I can't file /G IFR without a proper IFR GPS, but...
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November 19th 05 11:36 PM
by Roger
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Change in AIM wording concerning procedure turn by
Kris Kortokrax
While posting changes in my Jepp book last night, I came across the
following change to the AIM.
Kris
Old text
5-4-9. Procedure Turn
a. A procedure turn is the maneuver prescribed when it is necessary to
perform a course reversal to establish the aircraft inbound on an
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No SID in clearance, fly it anyway? by
Roy Smith
Had a strange thing happen to me today. I filed IFR HPN - HFD (White
Plains NY to Hartford CT). The route part of my clearance came back
"radar vectors Carmel, V1, Hartford, Direct".
Usually out of HPN I would expect to get the Westchester-1 departure,
but it wasn't in my clearance, and I when...
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November 28th 05 10:06 PM
by Ginny
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single pilot ifr trip tonight by
Guy Elden Jr.
Just got back from a good proficiency practice flight. This was the first
time I'd flown single pilot IFR at night with conditions that could
potentially deteriorate to actual instrument. (cloudy, rain developing as
the flight progressed, visibility dropping somewhat)
The basic rundown... got the...
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November 24th 03 10:18 PM
by Thierry
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If user fees go into effect I'm done by
Larry Dighera
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(?)...
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February 20th 07 02:02 AM
by Tony
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"Refusing to Handle You" by
Mike Granby
So, an interesting thing happened today. I am at a fly-in at Hagerstown
and about to head back to my home-base at York (THV). I can see from
the PC they had there that there is a line of heavy rain and possibly
thunderstorms blocking my route back. There is no way around it to the
north, but there...
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IFR Cancellation Question by
A Lieberma
Severe clear today, so other then the safety net of ATC services, weather
wasn't an issue.
Coming back from HBG (Hattiesburg MS) to MBO (Madison MS) encountered the
following exchange with ATC. I was already told to expect the visual
approach in my inital contact with approach controller. ...
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Some bad controllers by
Jeff
Just a quick note to any of you guys flying IFR into the phoenix area.
I just got back from a trip to phoenix from vegas, I had filed a
composit flgiht plan, VFR untill I was by phoenix then I would request
my IFR if it was needed since FSS reported overcast at 2700 and few at
600.
freezing level...
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Control Tower Controversy brewing in the FAA by
PlanetJ
The Honorable Norman Mineta
Transportation Secretary
U.S. Department of Transportation
400 7th Street, S.W
Washington, DC 20590
Dear Mr. Secretary:
We write to express our grave concern about the recent conduct of the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in lobbying Congress for the
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Night flying in the mountians in a cessna 150, by
NW_PILOT
Hello, I had a fun trip Friday 02-18-05 during the day I went from KVUO to
KDLS to 63S "Colville Municipal Airport" 3.6 hours that drop off "cliff" at
the end of 19 is very interesting. Well went to see a relative I hadn't seen
for a long time was a fun day and ended back at my airplane about 7pm...
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AOPA and ATC Privatization by
Chip Jones
My AOPA membership comes up for yearly renewal at the end of September.
Today, I got a membership renewal request via email from the organization.
Here is my response:
Dear AOPA,
The question arises. Why should an FAA enroute air traffic controller who
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Riddle me this, pilots by
Chip Jones
The other day, I had an air traffic situation I wanted to bounce off of the
group. Those of you who don't know me, I'm a Center controller down here in
Atlanta. Here's the deal.
I was working a Center departure sector mixing Atlanta terminal departures
of every ilk and kin with enroute...
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Phrase "landing runway" vs. "cleared to land" by
Robert M. Gary
Today I was shooting approaches at MHR. Wx was 001OVC 1/8SM. When I
got handed off to tower they would say "Mooney 1234, not in site,
landing own risk, landing runway 22L". That doesn't sound like a
landing clearance to me. What does "landing runway 22L" mean in the
tower ATC phrase book? Why would...
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How long before /G required for IFR? by
Colin W Kingsbury
Just read in aopa weekly mail today that the FAA is considering shutting
down the BDL (Bradley, Hartford CT) and PVD (Providence RI) VORs.
These are not exactly podunk navaids. Both are located at Class C fields
with substantial airline traffic (not just RJs either) and they support a
decent...
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