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This is partly why I ask this question. We already have two differing viewpoints. Mscard, how would you blend mastering aircraft control in normal flight conditions with teaching ADM concurrently? For example - if I'm still struggling with the concept of controlling airspeed using Pitch...

Thanks! So, you set the threshold at the Solo. Very interesting. Anybody else have a differing opinion on where that threshold should be set - or does everyone basically agree that Solo time is about right? Thanks again! By "basic aircraft control," are you talking Pitch-Power-Trim...

So, ACS is the new Standard. That standard must be met by each applicant and no doubt, the student and instructor must train to that standard. Got it. But, what about the primary points they kept making even after that peed on each other in the process of making those highly relevant points...

Everything in life is connected. PTS was the standard for eons. ACS is now the new kid on the block. Lots of people wanted to know more than just the mechanical differences between the two, they wanted to know whether it makes better pilots. Since I'm about to submit myself to this process...

I know a lot has already been said about new ACS and old PTS. However, I'm just now coming to this matter and have only recently looked at both as "standards." My reason for making this post comes out of my first thread. I'm gathering information and concepts in an attempt to flesh out the...

Thanks for confirming some things. Very much appreciated. I'm just trying to get a look at the bigger conceptual picture with these wider ranging topical questions. I'm not trying to cover every tidy detail at this stage - though some of the subjects are interesting and I drill down because...

Are you saying that this is like the beginning of the old 486 PC days, or the old Pentium (P5) Processor days? Today, the world is buying PCs with quad core i7 processors and dedicated video cards with more compute power in its GPU than several entire P5 PCs had back when they first came out...

I've just read the Contact Approach is considered by some to be a "form of legalized Scud Running and potentially unsafe." From reading about it, visibility requirements at the airport seem to be lower than VFR. However, I've never understood the term "Clear of Clouds." Does that mean simply...

That's ok. I'm dating all three right now (Private, Instrument and Multi-Engine). ;) When I start training however, I will settle down and marry Private. Wait... that means I will also have to settle down and marry both Instrument and Multi-Engine, too. This could get complicated, LOL! :)...

Thanks for that! What you just described for the Private Pilot training seems (at least on the surface) very minimal at best. No doubt, it is a VFR only ticket. Not a lot of emphasis on Night Flying, which I will want to do about 40% - 50% of the time. My dominant flight plan will be between...

Let's see now, uh, Russia invaded at Pearl Harbor in 1941. Check. Japan and Russia were allies who conspired to take down the Axis powers from within. Check. I see whacha doing there. :D I like where your head is at, LOL! o_O Oooh, I think I know what you're going to say next, too...

Oh, I see! So, you can create your own Waypoints in the on-board GPS equipment. Sounds like this might aid in putting together a custom IFR flight plan, or just a custom flight in general. I'm sure anyone having designed an on-board GPS would include a feature that allows you to Save your...

After looking it up, it makes you appreciate VOR technology! It looks like there has been a lot of Navigation Aids over the decades. Some of it persisted and some didn't while technological innovation made advancements possible. However, my study also shows that in some cases, government...

Very old school and privately established as well. It was a nice look-up into the history of original Global Navigation Systems. Thanks.

Thank you! You will no doubt find this .PDF very interesting. I just stumbled over it: https://www.gps.gov/governance/advisory/meetings/2014-06/narins.pdf. This was drafted by in 2014, so it is already an ancient document in digital terms. An interesting dissimilar back-up to GPS. I also...

This is an interesting post you make, thank you! Question: What will you do, if either the GPS receiver on-board goes out or there is a critical redundancy failure in the satellite network, if all you have is GPS in the C-180? Nice bird by the way. Must be vintage in in mint condition, no...

I'm a little lost on that one. Wasn't that the Imperial Navy of Japan? And, weren't we essentially (for all practical purposes) "aligned" with the then USSR in taking down the Axis powers?

Thanks for the advice, Murphey! Makes sense on the En Route Navigation side to first get up to speed on paper/sectionals/timers/compass/etc. But, I was thinking about Navigation to an Approach of some Type. I'd like to salt and pepper my private pilot training with as much instrument pilot...

Regarding DME Arcs, found this short 5 min video: So, let me understand this. You're flying to an airport. That airport (for whatever reason) has no other type of Approach available to you, but it does have ground based DME. At a certain distance from that airport, ATC instructs you to fly...

Man, I wish would could sit down in a nice comfortable steakhouse lounge for a few hours. We'd have the best Filet Mignon and some good conversation about IFR/Approaches. You nailed it! You have articulated the real question I was trying to get at, but did not have sufficient knowledge to...