I was flying in Northern California the other day, VFR without a cloud in the sky, and asked Oakland Center for a practice ILS approach to Chico, a nearby towered airport. I said I would terminate the approach with a missed approach and then depart the area without flight following. The...

Any good online sources for the most likely routing you will get from ATC? All of the online flight planning sources I've found seem to only use the most direct via airways when selected vs the Preferred or TEC routing you almost always wind up getting.

Does anybody know where I can get preferred IFR routes when coming back from the USA, say from Teteboro to Oshawa? I have the rotue when going to Teteboro

Flight last Friday to KTUP. GPS 18 approach with procedure turn conducted in actual conditions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZLvqE0ypjI Video best viewed full screen. Video really shows the need for an IA rating if you want to go anywhere as you will see my departure weather and destination...

Considering a flight into CVG, which is Class B and would appreciate some insight from the group. 1. The IFR routing with STAR is very circuitous - better to file VFR? 2. Reservation required? Flight will be on Saturday. Any other tips - FBO, etc? Piper Arrow.

What is the point of the phrase "at the airport of intended departure" in FAR 91.171(b)(1)? Interpreted literally, it would mean that while the VOR check done with a VOT is good for 30 days, it is only valid for departures from the airport where it was done. That makes no sense. Any...

If anyone cares to see a few hundred Oshkosh photo's, I put them on my site.. Great pix, Dennis! Did you get any aerial shots of the North 40 that you didn't post? I'd sure like one of our campsite! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA

Just a question for y'all out there. In-between lessons I've been practicing approaches using my OnTop IFR program. It seems to work, very well, in terms of getting me to recall the procedures and frequencies by sheer repetition when it comes to my actual lesson day. My question though: Is such...

I was in Claremont NH (KCNH) today. The DP reads (per a recent FDC notam; it's different from what's published): DEPARTURE PROCEDU RWY 11: CLIMB VIA HEADING 109 TO 2500 THEN CLIMBING RIGHT TURN DIRECT CNH NDB, CLIMB IN HOLDING TO 3000 BEFORE PROCEEDING ON COURSE. RWY 29: CLIMB VIA HEADING 289...

Yesterday was a great day for knocking out approaches. Had stopped in flight school to socialize before flying and CFI was bored to tears since he had to cancel VFR students, so he came along for the ride. Launched into 1000 foot ceilings and ceilings at Hawkins Jackson KHKS was 1200 foot. KJAN...

In reviewing the Warrior II's performance numbers in preparation for my recent trip across California, I realized that Va would be much lower than I had always considered it (given that it's just me inside, with gas burning off towards reserve only). The Va that's written on my lapboard is...

When commercial aircraft fly across the big pond during IFR weather, how does FAA and foreign Air Traffic control keep an eye on them without radar? I understand most flights to and from Europe go up over Newfoundland and over south of Greenland and Iceland. Can a radar see out that far? Just...

My youngest daughter is graduating high school this May, and is looking to do a GWBush by joining the Air National Guard. The job she's most interested in is Air Traffic Controller. She's also contemplating doing AFROTC at the same time (don't think she can do ROTC while being in ANG). I _assume_...

In primary and supporting method of attitude instrument flying, which do you consider the primary instrument for bank in the partial panel situation (loss of both attitude indicator and heading indicator)? Turn coordinator or magnetic compass? thank you Greg greggordon.org/flying

I had a friend ask me today how I'd cancel a flight plane that I had never activated. I gave the usual answer...If I never activated it, I don't need to cancel it. If I haven't activated it past the closing time it gets dropped. Canceling one that has been activated and flown is *usually* not a...

I thought for all of the GPS threads. Next year, 2006, the government mandate for GPS inclusion in cell phones starts. That means that eventually every cheap cell phone is going to have a GPS. GPS receivers are plentyfull now, but are getting set to proliferate into a commondity part. The time is...

Anyone experiencing problems with this? Aside from the ADIZ and TFR crap. I filed an IFR from LVK to SAC yesterday via duats and the clearance never came available. The tower told me that only about half of the flight plans filed via DUATS come up. I found it strange. Back in 1999 when I was flying...

I am pleased to announce the beta launch of a new on-line instrument approach plate service at http://siap.awun.net/ This service collects all the plates you need for a trip into a single PDF file. Try it out and let me know if you think it's useful. (There's a feedback form at the end.) The...

By googling, I've found that the ELITE flight simulator was working on a simulator for the Bendix/King KLN 94 GPS, but I can't find any additional information on this. Does anyone know if they've got this finished? Is it included in the current 8.0 version being sold? Thanks,

OK, one thing I've never really understood is the point of Tower Enroute Control. Maybe it doesn't apply much here in the Midwest where there's space between TRACONs. Can anyone explain this to me, using small words and speaking slowly? Specifically, when is this used, what is the benefit,...