Hi All, Open question to folks, what strategies do you use to stay current or better yet, proficient? Check ride is right around the corner. I got signed off for the ride today. So the currency question is in the back of my mind now. Most of my flying is x-ctry (2/month) with some local scenic...

Anyone currently flying with a KNS-80 please contact me directly. Thanx. Bob Gardner

None of the RNAV approaches at my local airport has LPV minimums. I want to try out our club's nifty new 530W. I've tried a couple of LNAV+VNAV approaches, and they aren't all that exciting because the mins aren't any better than the LNAV-only minimums. Is there a search engine that will find...

On Apr 19, 10:52*pm, "Steve" wrote: Apologizing for doing something you already knew beforehand was wrong? Hmmm... Try rec.aviation.marketplace. And your item is up for auction, not for sale. It is aviation related and I for one was very interested in his...

Weather radar. Which weather radar are you using for preflight? NOAA, AOPA, local news facility? Or any others? I am sure there are many of them. Hank

I stumbled on this chart while preparing for an upcoming flight to Knoxville: http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0604/00218HIL5L.PDF I see some unfamiliar graphics on this chart, namely the dotted lines in both the profile and plan views, and the candy-striping at the top and bottom of the page. I...

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I have a fairly new IFR rating and am wondering how much help to expect from ATC on Tstorm avoidance. Will they suggest re-routing or do you have to request it based on visual, FSS, or stormscope location?

Spins have NEVER been in the private pilot PTS. The PTS (Practical Test Standard) only has been in existence for around 20 years or so. The last time spins were required for a Private Certificate was back in the early 1950's or maybe the late 1940's. Note that there is nothing that prevents...

Rode back with my friend in his turbine Bonanza after the installation of a 530W/430W. We had a good chance to play with both boxes during the trip. As before, they are very intuitive and relatively easy to operate. The screen write rate is a lot faster than previously, and the plane position...

The Air Force manual "Air Navigation" is on line he http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/pubfiles/af/11/afpam11-216/afpam11-216.pdf This manual answers several FAQ that have come up that even some instructors have no definitive answer for. Examples of things contained in this pamphlet a How to...

Our club is looking at upgrading a couple of airplanes to Garmin 430s, etc. It seems to me that standby vacuum would be a good thing to add, too. 1) Good idea? Do these systems really work? 2) Recommendations on type/brand/model? TIA

Apparently, if you file IFR HPN - MMU, you get a clearance which starts "CMK CMK275R SAX039R SAX" (i.e. fly outbound on the CMK 275 until you intercept the SAX 039, then fly that inbound to SAX). In the good old days of 2 VOR receivers, this is trivial to fly; the radios don't know or care that...

Ha! I bet you thought that this was going to be some porn spam. Well...perhaps not after the "Cold" bit grin. I'd a very nice "getting feet wet" flight today. I was in the clouds for roughly half the brief (two hour) (CDW-SWF-CDW) flight, I was in wet clouds watching the thermostat drop, and...

Awhile back I posted a program that would allow direct access to my hard drive. I now found a website that is hosting all my videos that someone may find interesting. If you go to http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=mbo you will see the listing of videos I uploaded. A summary of videos...

I just noticed an approach to Frederick, MD (FDK) entitled "ILS OR LOC RWY 23". I thought every ILS could be flown as a non-precision LOC approach so why not just call this one the "ILS RWY 23"?

Tuesday's forecast for my neck of NJ was for a high of 63, light rain, and 1500 overcast. The perfect day to get some actual IMC. My instructor and I had planned on going to Hartford, CT to fly the LDA Rwy 2 approach. However, by the time I made it to the airport the layers were mostly scattered...

Hello Does anyone have any tips for a new Instrument Pilot (me) I did my first flight today (C77-UGN-C77) And about 45 minutes of it was in IMC. It was kinda cool. My first appoach was missed due to a late (6mi) turn by ATC but the next 2 were probably 6-8 out of 10. It was the ILS 23 ant...

It's been just about a year since I had gotten my IFR ticket, and have over 250 hours since, about 25 hours in actual. But, my personal minimums have been 1000 ft and 3 miles. Today (Knoxville, TN) we had perfect conditions to safely fly in the soup. (NO ICE) I got my instructor on board and we...

I am doing some preliminary planning of the panel for my RV-9A and wondering if a 2nd nav is really a necessity with a GNS 430 in the panel. Seems to me that flying IFR GPS, with mostly GPS approaches in the near future, I should not have much need for a 2nd VOR receiver to identify intersections...