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There is a Book Club ? - care to post the link to that ?

Get a decent home PC, with xplane 11 and pilotedge.net for ATC. Its way cheaper than the airplane and you can set the wx at minimum every flight and shoot any kind of approach to any airport at any time..

Is the only correct answer.

Keep it for cross check. Sell it while it's working applies to anything. Exactly. Also on an ifr approach the DME keeps counting down to the station. GPS gives you distance to the next waypoint in your loaded flight plan..

Yes, you are required to carry your logbook on flights arent you ? - if the unthinkable happens, it is likely that will be lost in severe accident. The NTSB report section covering pilot experience ("we dont have information as to the last Flight Review or IPC because the log book was lost.." I...

Well done benyflyguy!,Congratulations. It is a great achievement!

ATC are less likely to express it as a crossing radial but more as a distance along a radial.

It seems that not many do this, what is interesting is that the FAA write in 61-98D (my bold and underline) "Flight Review and IPC. When a pilot satisfactorily completes a flight review or IPC, the applicant should provide, and the evaluating flight instructor should submit, a completed FAA...

I have recently discovered that, while not mandatory, the FAA are suggesting that pilots record dates of flight review or IPC into IACRA and it is preferred. This should be done by the examiner/instructor. I am curious to know if people are generally doing that nowadays in addition to updating...

No. I invest enough in my sim hardware to achieve the purpose. I am also not confident that VR would help with the "buttonology" for things like GNSx30W sat nav. (I use a desktopaviator unit for that, coma mentions that and more expensive options above)

This is something IFR pilots regularly see. Skew Ts are just a sounding at a particular location which isnt really much help unless you are flying right there and staying there.. Your question is a good question that discerning ifr pilots want to know more about, but then if trained...

Use King schools for learning and Gleim for practicing exams. Use xplane and take out a pilotedge.net for practing ifr flying. job done.

So I could look down on people.

indeed. I have built a xplane 11 system I use for myself to help with my instrument currency and running through flights ahead of the real world flight, although it cannot be logged. There are many who do the same. The experience is directly transferrable in practice I find. I use pilotedge.net...

I think the King Schools reply is reasonable. Fly to your destination if it is below minimums go to your alternate (you filed it for a good reason..) and in the event of an emergency do whatever you need to do.

agreed Here is how Jepp charts it

Flying after you get your ppl isnt crazy. Congratulations! The practical aspects such as concentration, well being of the pilot over the trips (both ways), where to stop for fuel - hotels and logistics around a long journey (work?), contingency, WEATHER and airspace planning, alternates...

It is important to brief all aspects of the approach prior to top of descent. The rate of descent in fpm is given on the approach plate for various ground speeds. Not really one to find out after the faf. For the prior to top of descent leaving the enroute phase of flight checks I was taught...