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I place the missed approach fix manually in FF at the end of the route. To give me some idea where I should end up And of course brief the missed approach procedure in regards to headings and altitude

I would pull the DME from the plane before my IFR check ride. It would not be worth failing a check ride on something you would never realistically use in real IFR. Now if you are an older pilot and you have used the DME a lot, and you train on the use of DME on a regular basis and use it as...

That make sense

A yellow “post it” note. I keep it until the next 30 day VOR check is done. A wise CFI said, no paper trail (that is not legally required)

Mark, I was wondering if It would be better to file from a specific fix in ForeFlight instead of a VOR. Many more choices. Has anyone routinely done this?

It just seems that the planes with winglets are more prone to LOC like the Citation 525s with the Tamarack winglets that were all grounded recently.

I wonder if having winglets increase the risk of LOC?

Thanks, That make a lot of sense. I was flying out of West Houston (KIWS) under the class Bravo shelf on a long cross country trip, it was a very busy VFR day. Afterwards, I was thinking since it was VFR and it was so busy, I should have departed VFR (maybe with picking up Flight Following in...

I would think flying under a rain cloud would shock cool an engine more than just powered down flight.

At a pilot controlled airport, called clearance delivery on the ground for my IFR clearance, I was told to report when I was number one. Called right back, but had to wait 8-10 minuets to be released. Had created a VFR log jam. 4 planes were behind me in line while I waited for my release...

I also have one and I would buy it again if only for the convince of down loading all the CGR-30P data in a very easily accessible manner. It is also cool using all the extra charging ports to charge my mini iPad 5 and my stratus 2S adsb “in”. It is also very well built (airplane worthy), it...

If only all avionics companies would act like Uavionx did for those that missed the FAA Rebates. You have to like a company like this. FAA Rebates We know that some of you have reserved the FAA $500 ADS-B rebates with the intention of installing tailBeacon. We also know that due to the timing...

Thank You for posting the ForeFlight updates. I appreciate it Mike

Every pilot should have the T.O.P. Slide Computer An amazingly simple takeoff performance computer. Set temperature window, altitude, runway surface, runway slope, wind, and gross weight on... easy and much safer than trying to plod through the poh with all its extrapolation estimates. IMO...

On very long cross country trips, I listen to ATC "call out" traffic to other aircraft and then I listen to see if the other pilots actually sees the "called out" aircraft and respond to ATC that they have the other aircraft in sight. I make a running tally of aircraft called out by ATC and...

Two things to consider 1) Drones are proliferating at an astonishing rate, there are now more drones flying than GA aircraft and they will be flying higher and faster and all over the open sky, including farm fields (Ag drones), river, lakes etc. Basically all the places that Piper Cubs...

Another interesting NASA crash video I do like the rockets at the end.

My impressions are that the Cirrus are more spin resistant but once you get into a spin it is very difficult to get out of one. (The opposite is also true, the planes that are easier to spin are easier to get out of the spin) It is not good to spin an airplane at low altitudes (1000 feet or...

It is prudent to have backups. Even if you only fly with only paper charts/maps. There was a pilot on another message board who was telling a funny story of when his paper chart started leaving the aircraft through a small gap between the door and the fuselage "like an old fashion teletype...