Here's some items to liven up the group... 1. Suppose your departure clearance includes "cross X vor at or above 5000, Y vor at or above 10,000, maintain 15,0000 feet." Once airborne you're given "maintain FL200". Do the altitude restrictions at X and Y vor's still apply? 2. Now suppose...

Take a look at Salmon Idaho KSMN, Ahehu 1 RNAV Dept (Obstacle). I realize few aircraft are equipped to fly this, however; 1. Notice the "at 200 kt" requirement for some waypoints. Is this TAS, GS, or IAS? And a reference please if you know of one. 2. Why is the stipulation "at" instead of...

Anyone know where to view ruling by the FAA's chief counsel? In particular, I'm looking for the one that that states "departure procedures" referred to in Far 91.129(g) are only those traffic pattern departure routes that the FAA sometimes establishes for a particular airport. As opposed to say...

Was I dreaming? Or did I once hear that RNP 1 and 2 stars/sids had been published in the USA? I see type A and B, but these are RNAV, and so must have no RNP requirement whatsoever, and can be flown by any /G aircraft. Anyone provide some info? Stan

Anyone have a reference for a requirement to identify an ils or vor prior to it's use in the USA? Secondly, is there any reference to the type of identification required? For example, would checking that the primary flight display is displaying the correct identifier suffice? Or is there...

Does anyone know of an airplane manufacturer that specifies engine or wing anti ice systems need to be activated a set amount of time (minutes) prior to entering icing conditions? The ones I've seen only say "prior to entering...", but no requirement given to have it on for a set time prior in...

I'm not from the US, but just wondering if you depart ifr from an airport and tower tells you to contact departure, I know that you check in with callsign, altitude through, and cleared altitude. But I was wondering if the AIM recommends anywhere also to include the departure runway and the...

A typical AI display is "inside out", ie the view is from inside the plane looking out. Some (Russian) aircraft use the reverse display, ie a fixed horizon and a moving airplane graphic. Does anyone know of work done to measure the human factors benefits / penalties of these two approaches? BTW...

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I'm a bit confused about the aviation Terminal Forecasts (FT) report. Has this report be replaced by the TAF report? On the www.noaa.gov web site I see the TAF report avialability but I don't see the FT report anywhere. Thanks...

Can some tell me what the '7000' represents? YPLM 130750Z 24009KT 7000 VCSH FEW030TCU SCT050 BKN080 22/21 Q1016

No big surprise here. The politically Correct destruction of once was a proud professional organization is evident. Rather than Air Safety, Gay Pride celebrations and promoting unqualified minorities into management is the new priority of the "Politically Correct misaligned unsafe FAA" I trust my...

It seems that based on the way the altimeter works, the pressure is directly proportional to the difference between the pressure set in the Kollsman Window, and the outside air pressure. So the greater this difference, the greater the altimeter's altitude reading. When flying from a warmer area to...

This has bugged me...I'm trying to print a few IAPs for an upcoming trip but I can't figure out how to get them to print the standard size...everything I'm doing ends up blown up to a full size 8.5x11 page. I've got the files from AOPA and the FAA website and both do the same thing. Anybody have...

I know it's been asked in this group before, but is there any place where you can download the current IAP's by state as a pdf file? thanks Randy