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I'm struggling to understand the significance of text in AIM 1-1-18c.9.(a), where it says "When using WAAS at an alternate airport, flight planning must be based on flying RNAV (GPS) LNAV or circling minima line...". We're already going to be using non-precision alternate minimums (800-2) for...

This is an excellent video by Joe Casey (DPE) on Spatial Disorientation. Some of the illustrations and techniques in this video are eye opening. Ways to show the effects of SD and ways to avoid SD begin about halfway through the video (see they guys spinning with the bats - LOL). Enjoy!

I’m in the middle of my IFR training and have been looking for a watch for holds and timed legs. I have a real problem forgetting the timer or excluding it from my scan when I’m doing a hold entry while descending and talking to ATC, and can’t mount anything in the plane. Bought an Apple watch...

I'm working towards my instrument rating now and finally got some real-world IFR experience! Up until this past weekend, all of my instrument time was simulated with foggles. My instructor was making a 500nm+ trip to Florida on Sunday afternoon and asked if I wanted to join, spend the night at...

If you’re wondering if it’s still possible to train and get your instrument rating without a GPS equipped aircraft, this post is for you. I just passed my checkride this past week and I did it in an aircraft that has never had GPS installed. I imagine I’m not the only student pilot and/or owner...

We flew over a coastal cloud layer yesterday into KSMO which was reporting clear skies and unlimited visibility. The approach end to Rwy 21 was clear but the other end of the field was covered in clouds and when we took off a few minutes later we had to turn abruptly at 300' AGL to stay 500'...

(cross posted on Baja Bush Pilots) Hi PoA - I work remote and love being south of the border. After acquiring my PPL (~50 hours deep), I'd like to continue flying/learning/staying proficient in Mexico and becoming fluent in Spanish. I'm wondering what you folks would suggest as far as good...

Having trouble coming up with a definite answer to this one. I'm hoping the collective experience here may have an accurate answer: My Cherokee 140 has a KLN94 GPS installed, but as VFR-only. It is not wired to an annunciator, nor a CDI. The required annunciator is available at a reasonable...

Go easy, I have no idea what I'm talking about when it comes to "technically advanced aircraft" as they relate to 91.205 and exprimental category aircraft. considering a "builder assist" EAB situation in the next year or so. They told me they could build an IFR panel on a tandem taildragger in...

I'm looking for a good memory aide, or chart/graph to share with IFR students on the effect of wind shear on an approach. This is something I struggled with and I would like to be able to find something to share with my students that's easy to understand and or review. Tips, tricks, graphs...

On a practice test for my IFR written, there was a question about how to identify a missed approach point on an RNAV (GPS) approach. The MAP on the chart provided was a fly-over GPS way point at the approach end of the runway (no VOR in the procedure at all). One of the answer options was "When...

I'm getting ready for my instrument written a digging through some of the loose ends in my studying. Today, it's RAIM and WAAS. Now, I understand that if I can confirm that if I have WAAS coverage throughout my entire route, I don't need to do any RAIM prediction as part of my flight planning...

During a practice IFR test, I got the following question: While flying a GPS approach, you see the GPS display an LNAV/VNAV annunciation. What action should you take? The correct answer, apparently, is that the LNAV/VNAV annunciation indicates that both lateral and vertical guidance have failed...

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On today’s flight… Hold in Lieu of Procedure Turn, Jet-A, Single Lever ECU, and the Overhead Break. Levi and I fly to Paso Robles to meet Russ for lunch and a ride in his super-efficient TurboDiesel DA40. On the return to Santa Barbara we cross the 4000’ Santa Ynez ridge and request an...

Lesson : 1-3 | Nov 1, 2020 | .5 Simulated | 1.5 total Background: I started my IFR journey 2 years back and this is the 3rd of 4rth time starting it lol. My independent CFII disappeared on me, so I finally went back to the local flight school where I did my private from and enrolled there. I...

Busy pattern at French Valley to deliver the 1 year old Ruger for his surgery. Ruger is an awesome Springer Spaniel who was run over by a car and abandoned with a broken pelvis. While our DA40 awaits a new propeller from Germany, I continue to be provided with right-seat opportunities from...

In Part 3 of this short series we revisit an IFR handoff for a fun visual approach into Canefield on the beautiful, mountainous island of Dominica -- as it actually occurred IRL, and recreated on a home simulator. This video captures every button push and knob twist for flying the Visual 19 at...

I am new to the forum and am studying for my IFR and reviewing low altitude charts. This is my first ever question on a forum. Here goes: Why don't the majority of the VOR boxes on my New York IFR Low Altitude chart include service volume class desgnators? (T,L, or H). I see a few designated as...

This was a fun flight... starting with the always-interesting San Carlos departure, a Big Sur offshore routing, and a slowed-down ILS approach into Santa Barbara. What would be your engine-out strategy when offshore a rugged coast? Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot