Aviation Forum / General / IFR / April 2006

Regarding AUTOmated METARs, the AIM says there are two different kinds
of automated stations: "AO1 for automated weather reporting stations
without a precipitation discriminator, and AO2 for automated stations
with a precipitation discriminator. (A precipitation discriminator can

Today, I was flying with some friends for lunch at LRN, Lone Rock. The winds
were out of the west, and I had planned on doing the GPS 27 approach, which
was in my Jepp book and also printed out from the FAA chart.
However, when I tried to call it up on my 530 (with a current data ...

If a VIP TFR says "AIRCRAFT FLIGHT OPERATIONS ARE PROHIBITED WITHIN THE
FOLLOWING AREAS UNLESS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY ATC IN CONSULTATION WITH
THE DOMESTIC EVENTS NETWORK (DEN)", does an IFR clearance thru the TFR
qualifies as "authorized by ATC"?

Our club just got a 530 for one of our planes, and so before I fly it I'm
spending a lot of time with Garmin's simulator.  So one of the flights I
do a lot is here (KROC) to Ottawa (CYOW) and back.
When I fly from Ottawa, I always get the OTTAWA ONE departure, which means

I flew from Ohio to Florida early this week. The third leg was from
Valdosta (KVLD) GA to West Palm Beach (KPBI) FL.
My originally filed route was amended twice before I got 25 miles. JAX
Center gave me PHK (Pahokee VOR) as my final fix before KPBI.

So I'm flying IFR down V441 in Florida today, when I hear the
controller who's working me call traffic to a VFR airplane he's
providing with advisories. "Traffic, twelve o'clock, opposite
direction, very fast, same altitude, suggest you descend now." The 172

Clearly it's Lyco's intention to get people to take up their $2000
offer as soon as possible.
What is unclear is exactly WHY. Are these 5500 or so cranks actually
defective? They claim none have yet failed, and the youngest are early

I have an ICOM handheld for backup.
I have a panel-mounted ICOM connector, ICOM part no. ANTSB.
The ANTSB is a splitter, in series with the coax that connects the COM-1
radio to its antenna.  On the front of the ANTSB is a 3.5 mm female jack.  

USA Today says Crossfield missing in a 210 over Georgia in TS. Anybody
have details?

I'd like to start better using my 396 and am looking for suggestions.
I'm using the internet to keep the database up to date.  I'd like to load
STAR's, routes, etc. using a pc program.  Is there a program for doing this?
I have the auto option  with the Mapsource program - is that ...

I have a couple of instrument students that are having
some trouble with the radio communicaitons during
their instrument training.  It occurred to me that
recording ATC & their transmissions for post-flight

At our home field, KRBG, Roseburg, Oregon, we use left traffic for both ends
of our RWY 34-16. The approach procedures cite "Circling east of the rwy
34-16 centerline not authorized".  What do I do when I break out, and have
to "circle west of the centerline for RWY 16", while ...

Why does this NOT surprise me???
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Reference IFR enroute L-1, panel C (64 south of SEA), MALAY
intersection is defined by:
The intersection of V23 and V287, each having an MEA of no higher than
6000;

Will be flying SF bay area to KVGT next week. Will arrive from the west.
Haven't been into Las Vegas area in over 20 years but have heard it is busy.
Any suggestions to keep it simple. Would I do better to file IFR to North
Las Vegas or just come in VFR and deal with Las Vegas ...