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Of course redundancy is always desired. But consider the backups that existed for VOR or ILS/localizer failures prior to the advent of GPS. A prominent backup was contacting ATC for vectors to an alternate. That is still a good choice for GPS failure. I started making a table with each row...

Good point on the DPE. It was my plan to verify my installation plans with the DPE I was thinking of using for the exam.

I too had understood the need for more than GPS nav. But during my researches I discovered the FAA has recently rescinded two earlier legal interpretation letters in this 2022 memorandum and then made changes to Order 8900.1 that gave clearer definitions of "different kinds of approaches": As...

I'm planning to upgrade my 1956 C-172 to be IFR legal enough to learn and exam for an IFR rating. For navigation requirements my research indicates I could do it with a single WAAS GPS solution like a Garmin GPS 175 or GNC 355 tied to a HSI display. A local CFII suggested I should also install a...

Interesting thing to me is that the gyroplane that appears on the left-hand side of Figure 15-1 in the FAA handbook is the same make and model that is shown flying and landing in the 1934 movie "It Happened One Night" starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. I recently watched that film only...

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Bankruptcy was expected to happen by many should the Justice Department block Spirit's merger with JetBlue. Justice claimed the merger would reduce competition. After Justice succeeded in blocking the merger they claimed it was “a victory for U.S. travelers who deserve lower prices and better...

Interesting paper on the size and scope of Youtube videos: Dialing for Videos: A Random Sample of YouTube And a site with tools and summary data on youtube: https://tubestats.org/ Got the above links from this video:

After I parse out the attacks on the personal character of the "complainers" I'm uncertain what you are saying about the Moss interpretation. It doesn't affect supervised owner assisted annuals or it does? The complaint seems to be that the interpretation removes the discretion the supervisor...

There is a uAvionix AV-30 in the 1956 C-172 I bought in February which I lease to a flying club I started. The AV-30 can be switched between AI or DG modes. The DG mode really needs an external magnetometer to be useful since the drift is quite high. The software needs updating, too. So I...

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Thanks to ADS-B there is no privacy (for most aircraft) on where you are at any moment, so you can now ask just about anyone to monitor your flight. In the past if you filed a flight plan for a three hour flight and then crashed right after takeoff it would be several hours before a search would...

Just a tad too far for me even if I didn't have to route around some tall rocks.

I can see why.

Seven month followup: Since buying the plane in February it is now due for its second 25 hour oil change. For various reasons the plane wasn't flown much till about June. First oil change was July 10. The rate up to the first change was averaging ~60 hr/year. It took just two months to fly...

Such powers are written into the U.S. constitution: "To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;" From time to time they get exercised.

Not sure what you already have for "learning by using" but G1000 simulators of unknown fidelity for existing PC flight simulators can be found online. A few of first hits using 'g1000 simulator fsx sr20' search terms: https://simgeneering.com/downloads/...

Further research lead me to the attached document from Whelen Aerospace which does a good job answering the question. It indicates something like a Whelen Orion 650 combo position/anti-collision light could be installed on the left wing, which would allow the rudder light to be removed. I have...

I'll be replacing the right (green) position light on my plane with a uAvionix skySensor, which acts as a green position light and optionally be wired in as a strobe light (in addition to acting as an ADS-B In receiver.) The tail already has a uAvionix tailBeaconX installed (see photo.) It acts...

I don't think experience with recovering from a conventional spin will provide any insight into recovery from a flat spin. All the aerodynamic controls become useless because there is little to no air flow over them. I recall reading of a flat spin recovery where a couple of pilots in a light...