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...

We get foggy here at Tacoma Narrows this time of year (which is the reason I post more on these groups in the winter than in the summer). One thing we see a lot of is guys who fly the ILS too fast. I have no problem with flying the ILS at 90 or 100 knots if the ceiling is well above minimums, but...

Instrument Rating Checkride PASSED After many months of study and training, I flew my Instrument rating checkride on 10 December 2004, and passed! What a relief! I am now the proud recipient of a Temporary Airman's Certificate with an Instrument Airplane rating.

In this month's AOPA Flight Training magazine, I read an article which implied there was still some requirement to remain clear of the ILS critical area even when the tower was closed. I've been looking through the AIM, and can't find anything like this. It does say that when the tower is open, it...

Your tax dollars at work HARTSFIELD ORDEAL Our sympathies go out to anyone caught in the incredible mess at Hartsfield International Airport on Saturday. I'm told that literally thousands missed flights because there weren't enough TSA screeners on duty to get the job done. Here is just one of...

There must be people on the newsgroup that fly single pilot IFR on a regular basis. These people have a schedule to make and would rather not miss that schedule unless necessary. These people don't have the need to carry many passengers, but just themselves. My question is for these people...

Last week I finally got checked out in the club's Arrow. During the training, the instructor noticed that I was using the NACO charts and plates. He uses the Jeppeson stuff and excitedly indicated that it is far superior to the NACO charts. He gave me a few reasons, but when I looked at it...

On Nov 6, 2:47*pm, Peter wrote: Alan Browne wrote My main frustration with the iPhone is also the very starved GPS interface. *I'd love to see more of what's going on with the receiver and sats status. *Moreso in the iPhone...

If the missed approach on the IAP says something like: heading of 270 to 4000 Intercept the XXX VOR R-180 Direct to XXX VOR What should you do if you get to R-180 before you get to 4000? Keep climbing on 270 to 4000?

I have a question about some nuances of the Bendix/King KAP 140 autopilot. Since the ink is still wet on my IFR rating (actually I have not even gotten the new one in the mail yet!) I am working on a personal "post checkride" syllabus. Part of this self training is to fly different routes on an...

Being from Texas, and flying mostly in the Midwest and South, I have never asked for nor had any need for a contact approach. If I see the runway I tell the controller, and he gives me a visual. In fact, I can't remember ever hearing a contact approach requested around here. Then, I whenever I...

Recently I tried to depart from an non-tower airport that has no instrument approach procedure, and hence no instrument departure. I was told that I could not get a clearance on the ground, even with VIFNO etc., and that I would have to depart VFR and pick my clearance up while airborne. The...

Are there any alternatives to the Jeppesen binders? Even their plastic ones are kinda pricey. Thanks... -John *You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North American*

I have started another thread to get a consensus of opinion about what navigation equipment I will be allowed to use on my instrument check ride. Recently I installed in the Archer a complete new Garmin left stack including the GNS530. I kept one of the old KX170B's and its glideslope indicator...

(Bravo8500) wrote: In a recent FAA sponsored seminar that I attended, a retired Tower Controller mentioned in his presentation that IMC flight in Class G airspace without a clearance was actually legal as long as the aircraft and pilot were both instrument...

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...

It appeared to be a long time since last hearing from ATC on a recent flight, and sure enough, "27D can you still hear us?". I still could, and they transferred me to a local approach control. Anybody ever just call them up to see if they forgot about you? I did that once over Toledo.

http://www.gpsworld.com/defense/news/congressional-budget-office-issues-report-gps-defense-12261 Sad, sad possibility, the congressional budget office is proposing killing GPS IIIB/C, arguing the new features aren't essential for military purposes. Given the certain budget crunch coming, studies...

On Saturday my instructor and I flew to Stewart International in Newburg, NY for a few approaches. The plan was to fly out and do the VOR -27 partial panel a couple of times, followed by an ILS. After that we planned to fly to 4N1, Greenwood Lake, before returning to CDW. Partial panel holding had...

Question for the enroute controllers. You have a spamcan or two, not filed /G, cleared direct to some fix. You don't care whether they are navigating with pilotage, a VFR GPS, or a ham sandwich, so long as they are on radar and don't go too grotesquely out of the way. Now the radar goes kaplooey,...