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- Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:51 pm
- Forum: Pilots
- Topic: RUC Soundings
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6157
Re: RUC Soundings
Running RUC skew-t outputs for my origin, destination, and a couple of enroute points is a standard part of my r/w VFR flight planning routine (I usually do a thorough self briefing online before I call up wx-brief). I find it to be an indispensable tool. Given where I fly (Pacific Northwest) I rely...
- Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:06 pm
- Forum: Pilot Training Program
- Topic: Beyond the I-11? Here's one outta HHR
- Replies: 22
- Views: 18748
Re: Beyond the I-11? Here's one outta HHR
I flew the route tonight, when all the fields in the area were either IFR or MVFR. It was a bunch of fun. I didn't even mess with the GPS...just did it the old fashioned way, hand-flying with two VORs. SoCal gave me several shortcuts, but I did get to fly the interesting part between SLI and ELB as ...
- Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:17 pm
- Forum: Pilots
- Topic: Missing PE
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7120
Re: Missing PE
Best of luck, Colin. For what it's worth, I found the following to be pretty useful in preparing for the oral portion of my checkride. Each examiner and candidate is different, so take it with a big grain of salt. Maybe it's a slightly different angle than the other tools you're using to prepare. ht...
- Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:04 pm
- Forum: Fly with me
- Topic: [Jan 10 12p PST] Long Beach ops for "Man caves"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3059
Re: [Jan 10 12p PST] Long Beach ops for "Man caves"
I was on for about 45 minutes, from about 12:10 until 12:55. Several others flying around KLGB too. How did the demo go, Keith?
- Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:05 am
- Forum: Pilots
- Topic: LAX Bravo Transitions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4916
Re: LAX Bravo Transitions
It's been a couple of years since my V3, so forgive me if any of this is at odds with the requirements of the exercise. But... If I was flying KSNA to KVNY using the Coastal Route, I'd just climb as soon as SoCal lifted any altitude restriction I'd been given on the ground at KSNA, staying a mile or...
- Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:40 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Ipad ForeFlight/SkyCharts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10419
Re: Ipad ForeFlight/SkyCharts
I use ForeFlight on every flight, both RW and PE. I have a wi-fi only iPad 2...so no internal GPS. I bought the $99 Dual external GPS and love it for RW flying. I have no experience trying to get the iPad to recognize X-Plane data output as GPS coordinates. I just use ForeFlight for charts and info ...
- Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:18 pm
- Forum: Pilots
- Topic: Carenado Bonanza
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5444
Carenado Bonanza
Does anyone have experience with the recently (Sept.) released Bonanza F33A from Carenado (for X-Plane)?
http://www.carenado.com/CarSite/Portal/index.php
http://www.carenado.com/CarSite/Portal/index.php
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:11 pm
- Forum: Pilots
- Topic: Approach to KONT
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4747
Re: Approach to KONT
You're right, the limits of Class D are 5 sm typically, though as Keith says the boundary is as depicted on the chart. Remember that all you need to enter Class D is two-way radio contact with the controlling facility...meaning, the tower controller reads back your call sign. To be safe (per the thr...
- Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:37 pm
- Forum: Flight Simulators and PE clients
- Topic: VFR Flight Plans
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17333
Re: VFR Flight Plans
Thanks Keith, this feature will be a nice addition to the clients and PEAware. Much appreciated!
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:54 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Question about flight following
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5595
Re: Question about flight following
In the real world, I believe it varies quite a lot depending on what the local controllers arrange with the neighboring TRACON or ARTCC. At KOLM where I fly (a class D field, within the Seattle TRACON), for awhile we could ask ground control for a squawk when calling up for taxi...they'd take a minu...