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I took off VFR from San Bernadino without checking the weather first. (Mistake 1). I intended to fly up the valley to the NW, but realized after getting airborne that the ceilings were too low for that. I decided to fly down to Corona (KAJO) instead, weaving my way between the Ontario and March ARB ...

Just to make sure I’m on the right page, this is the case for a class C airport, but what about a class D? My understanding is that approach control doesn’t clear you into a delta? I realize that wasn’t the original scenario, but now I’m curious.

As I thought about this more, I realized that I'm not entirely sure who the controlling agency is for a class C airport. Looking at a sectional, it says, "Contact ... approach within 20 nm". So, it may be that the controlling agency for a class C is approach control and for class D is the ...

I flew for years with flight following without understanding this rule. Fortunately for me, approach control always told me to "contact tower", so I never actually violated this. Getting flight following does _not_ clear you into that airspace. Looking at FAR 91.30: Each person operating a...

It's interesting that you were relaxed on your missed approach briefings. TBH, that's something your instructor should've caught early on I think that being lazy about briefing the missed approach had a lot to do with flying in the sim, where I set the weather. When I would fly with an instructor, ...

The checkride went really smoothly. The only “that could have been really bad” mistake that I made was that, when setting up for the the ILS approach, I dialed in the ILS, ID’d it, dialed in the VOR for the missed approach and ID’d that, then forgot to toggle back to the ILS frequency on Nav 1. Fort...

If any of the PilotEdge controllers see this, please pass it along to the other controllers. I just took and passed my instrument checkride today, and being able to practice with PilotEdge was a huge help. I'm sure that having to deal with instrument students who don't get things right all the time ...

I was flying IFR to KSMO today at 6,000 feet. I received an approach clearance of “cross DARTS at or above 4,300 feet, cleared for the RNAV 21 approach” (or something similar). My question is, when I am given that “cross at or above” instruction, am I expected to descend immediately, or at my discre...

Well, I think I found my answer in AIM 5-3-8: (a): "Whenever an aircraft is cleared to a fix other than the destination airport and delay is expected, it is the responsibility of ATC to issue complete holding instructions (unless the pattern is charted), an EFC time and best estimate of any add...

I'd like to +1 all of the good things that people have said about PilotEdge. It's really helped my radio communication in the real world. I was usually alright until I got an approach clearance and my brain would lock up about half way through it. With PilotEdge, I've been able to fly IFR flight aft...