A Cessna 172 crashed yesterday short of the approach end of RWY 16 killing the pilot and instructor aboard. No cause for the accident has yet been established, but the weather was at or near minimums for the ILS-16 approach at the time of the crash and and tracking the...

What methods do you deploy? How many folks use a kneeboard? What kind of timer (analog or digital stopwatch) do you use, and where do you put it? Where do you keep the charts, approach plates, and scratch paper? How many people write down every clearance, heading, altitude and frequency change?...

The FAA has just released a revised version of the instrument rating practical test standards to become effective October 1, 2004: http://av-info.faa.gov/data/practicalteststandard/faa-s-8081-4d.pdf Included in the footnotes of this new PTS is a substantial change in the

I am training in the maryland area. I was cleared for an ILS approach to runway 27 at HGR the other day. Here is a plate: http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0406/05114I27.PDF I was about 17 miles out at 5000 feet when I got cleared for the approach. My question is, when can I descend to 4000 feet? Anyone?

When logging safety pilot time, what do you put under the "duration of flight" column? For example, say I'm flying with a friend who is wearing a hood. We decided I'll be responsible for the flight before hand. I can log PIC for the time the other person had the hood on, and under the "total...

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So, ah, where was FAA Air Traffic control during this debacle??? Real warm fuzzy knowing a 150 can just wander in the most restricted airspace on Earth with no bells and whistles before it was 3 miles away from the White House. It should have been noticed 60 miles out not 3. Got to be an Air...

I just got some information back from the FAA on why an ADF is now required after several decades of being able to fly the approach w/o the ADF.... "Mr. Gary: The FAA Flight Procedures Office has issued a NOTAM amendment 22C. This amendment states that the ILS Runway 02 approach at SAC Airport...

Kershner's "The Advanced Pilot's Flight Manual" has the following definition for Va. Va - The maneuvering speed. This is the maxiumu speed at a particular weight at which the controls may be fully deflected without overstressing the airplane. Now, Va is commonly taught as turbulent air...

Let's say you take off on a long cross country with no forecast of icing. By the time you arrive at your destination, a 2,000-foot layer exist below you with temps of 30 F. You are getting low on fuel. Is it legal to descend through the thin layer even if you are in an airplane without known icing?

I've only done one approach in the last 6 months. I've let my currency lapse, so as I read the regs I now have to do an IPC, right? What does an IPC consist of? Just 6 approaches and a hold, or is there more to it? Can it be fewer than 6 approaches? -- Paul Tomblin ...

I'm an Instrument Airplane student, and am having a disagreement with my instructor on one topic - that of Aircraft Approach Categories. According to 14 CFR Part 97.3 (b), it provides the speed ranges for the different aircraft categories (A-E). In all the documentation I've read, this "speed" is...

WTF kind of crosswind does it take to cause this? http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ddb_1204404185

Flyers, I am thinking of a flight into Ingalls airport in Hot Springs, VA this Fall. It's elevation is 3,792' and has a 5000+ foot runway. It is surrounded by several washboard-like mountains. Look at the picture on airnav: http://tinyurl.com/yn6hrm Also click on this link to see a really...

When I read something like this: http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/air/2003/A03A0022/A03A0022.asp ....I worry a lot. We have a pilot with 110 successfully Atlantic crossings and 5000 hours, taking a plane...IFR... 2000 miles across the North Atlantic into the Canadian sub-Arctic in the dead of...

What are the recommended procedures in obtaining an IFR clearance enroute? Flying from NJ to FL, I prefer to fly VFR, but undoubtedly I will encounter IMC along the way. If I filed IFR in advance, it takes 1/2 hour or more to clear it through ATC. I obviously cannot wait 1/2 hour if I encounter...

This isn't an IFR related question, but I don't see an r.a group devoted to instruction. I just received the May/June issue of Aviator's Guide and they make an interesting claim on page 38. In the third paragraph they say that it is illegal for a non-instructor pilot to fly in the right seat with...

Peter wrote: The UK Department for Transport has published a consultation document; their aim is as stated above. What's the stated logic behind this? George Patterson Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

Under what conditions, if any, would you explicitly tell ATC that you are rolling, that is, actually rolling on the runway for take-off? I hear this used occasionally, but I don't know if there are any formal circumstances that merit it, or if it is just at pilot discretion, or what. It is...

If an approach says DME required but I dont have DME, can I still execute a VFR practise approach? On GPS (RNAV) approaches, can I deviate from the published procedures with permission from the Tower or controlling agency if I am doing a VFR practise approach? I.E. Altitude deviation for a...