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Hey fellow Colorado aviators, The Colorado Pilots Association has joined up with On Laughter Silvered Wings to have a special screening of Red Tails with four Tuskegee Airmen! We're going to go! You've gotta sign up by 1/14 though, so don't delay. Here's the scoop: And the link...

I would never attempt to strap 2 of my kids into one seatbelt for 2 reasons: 1) I don't like listening to them scream at each other (which I think would begin right about the time I rotated off the runway) 2) As a family we have accepted the additional risk that comes with flying a small plane...

Page 7-29 of the Instrument Flying Handbook describes the acceptable substitution of GPS for DME and ADF. http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/instrument_flying_handbook/ Basically, they do not allow the substitution for anything inside a FAF, so that any delta is negligible.

I do it frequently at the 4th busiest GA airport (the controllers say it is 4th busiest, but they may be biased). KAPA only has approaches for 35R/L and 28, so if the other runways are active, the you'll be flying approaches against traffic. KBJC is the same way on account of having enormous...

Thanks for the info. I think the AFMS said I had version 3.0. It seems hard to believe I'd be that out of date since it was installed last January.

I believe the problem in GJ is that everything is inside the fence. All of the based businesses ended up inside, so customers can't get to them. Every other airport I've been to you can get to businesses on the outside of the fence.

I never bothered to look at the date at the bottom, mostly because a julian date is not really reconizable as a date. And the dates along the sides seemed sufficient for my needs. It looks like a lot more work to verify that an exipred DB can be used than it is to just update the stupid DB. It...

The IAPs I looked at have a date range of 28 days, which happens to exactly match the DB update cycle for the GPS. There appears to be no way to tell if the IAP in your hand does not match the IAP in the GPS. The GPS tells you at startup if the DB has expired based on the same 28 days listed on...

I have not seen lat/lon listed on either enroute or IAP charts for waypoints.

OK, I checked the 430 manual. You can file and fly /G for enroute nav if you have verified the enroute waypoints. No, description of how to verify waypoints though. You cannot fly approaches with an expired DB (for the 430). See page 198 in the manual. I would assume that the manual for the...

So, how does one use a current chart (paper or electronic) to verify an approach in the GPS DB? How would you be able to tell if a waypoint moved? How would you be able to tell if a holding entry is there or not in the GPS? I'm gonna go see if the 430 manual describes the process.

Nate, if you want I can give you my CFII's contact info. He has a full time job and does the instructing on the side. No barking, just pre-brief, do it, screw up and de-brief. It worked really well for me. (I'm thinking we probably have similar learning styles) Also he had no issues flying in...

Wow, I'm a "macho" pilot. VFR flight plans provide a useful layer of risk reduction. They're not perfect and neither is FF. I've been on FF over Raton Pass at 10500 and was out of Radar and Radio coverage for more than 10 miles, and thats a low and fairly open pass. In Colorado west of...

I don't file VFR flight plans for short flights over populated areas. But, I fly over the big rocks a fair amount, and I definitely file a flight plan for that. Flight following just doesn't work in the Rockies, and there are times when you can't get in touch with center or an FSS. I want...

All PA-32s have 2 doors. Really big doors. Huge even. My '66 Cherokee 6 has 6 seats and a 1625lb useful load. So, yes it can carry 6 full sized people and full fuel (approx 6 hours). They can do overhead breaks too! You should get one.

Uh...100 hours?

I prefer ATITAPBA, as in any traffic in the area please be advised. Example: Any traffic in the area please be advised 87W 10.1 miles southeast of Centennial 7500. Any traffic in the area please be advised 87W 10.0 miles southeast of Centennial 7500. Any traffic in the area please be advised...

I wouldn't put too much weight on the accuracy that you iPhone is reporting. The GPS broadcast interface specification defines something called User Range Accuracy (URA) that each satellite bradcasts. A reciever then implements an algorithm to convert the URA and the geometry of the satellites...

My buddy had that little door glassed over when he had his M20J repainted last year. He said he got higher MP and fuel burn and no noticable increase in speed, so why bother putting in unfiltered air.