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by Swinden
Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:21 pm
Forum: Screenshots & Videos
Topic: KMYF - KCMA Tec Route SANP31
Replies: 0
Views: 12547

KMYF - KCMA Tec Route SANP31

While I understand that these are real world pics from a flight, these are from my long X-Country for my IFR rating that I did today. To prep for the flight, I flew it with PilotEdge the day before...my real world flight pretty much mirrored my online flight interaction with ACT with PilotEdge even ...
by Swinden
Wed Jun 10, 2020 2:18 pm
Forum: Pilots
Topic: Incident Report SkyWest 215
Replies: 1
Views: 2220

Re: Incident Report SkyWest 215

Hey Nathan - I noticed that you were flying in IMC over the Rockies. I'm wondering if instead of having an electrical issue, you actually had a blocked (ice) pitot tube which would affect your airspeed and altitude indicators. It would seem that some of the older Jetstreams do have have a Pitot tube...
by Swinden
Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:23 am
Forum: Pilots
Topic: Aerial Firefighting virtual resources
Replies: 1
Views: 1614

Re: Aerial Firefighting virtual resources

And for those that are interested in some "training" flicks - https://youtu.be/9fjF2KQ75TY
by Swinden
Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:36 am
Forum: Pilots
Topic: Aerial Firefighting virtual resources
Replies: 1
Views: 1614

Aerial Firefighting virtual resources

For my aerial firefighting brothers & sisters - the fire season is upon us here in the west and there is good news for those of that like to fly the tankers, helos, and lead planes. Add fire to the sim with realtime fires or simulated with multiplayer capabilities https://firefighterx.weebly.com...
by Swinden
Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:55 am
Forum: Pilots
Topic: I-11 Hold at PDZ Problem - help
Replies: 4
Views: 2522

Re: I-11 Hold at PDZ Problem - help

Hi Keith, Thanks for the response, but the actual answer to my question is that I was flying the hold in the reverse with a 030 inbound leg instead of 210 inbound - thus I was on the other side of VOR and failed. I realized this when you pointed out that I needed to fly a parallel entry - and I was ...
by Swinden
Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:30 pm
Forum: Pilots
Topic: I-11 Hold at PDZ Problem - help
Replies: 4
Views: 2522

I-11 Hold at PDZ Problem - help

If somebody can help me here figure this out as I keep on failing (three attempts) the I-11 ODP at PDZ HOLD.....my flight experience is a PPL student, so I have not had the IFR portion of flight training. From KAJO, I enter the PDZ hold to gain altitude and fly the 030 radial for one minute making a...
by Swinden
Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:59 pm
Forum: Pilots
Topic: Radio Etiquette
Replies: 0
Views: 5307

Radio Etiquette

Hello Fellow Pilots. As more and more of us of are doing "chair" flying while we are forced to sit at home, let's practice some radio etiquette...remember you are NOT the only pilot on the radio, we all share many frequencies with the same controller, and you may not hear the other guy. So...