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Kilstorm wrote:So from everything I know, by 2020 all planes in the USA airspace system must have ADS-B out installed.

Not all planes, just those flying in the airspace that requires it—basically all airspace that currently requires a mode C transponder.

Flying into KPHX one night while VFR (yes, VFR!) I was told to intercept the localizer. It happens.

There is a runway 25 at KSBP, but it never crosses taxiway A. Very strange. It's possible (likely, even!) that runway 25 used to extend all the way to alpha, but if that's true, it's been decades since it was changed. P3D is using some very outdated information!

The correct procedure as you were cleared would have been to overfly the airport at the circling minimums listed on the chart, turn right to enter the right downwind, then make a normal pattern to land on 33. More info on circling can be found in AIM 5-4-20 and 5-4-21. Actually I think you'd want t...

I remember, perhaps within the past year, that SMO was actually down for an extended period of time. The Class B transitions defined by it were either closed or required GPS equipment in order to use them. I believe the Mini Route and Special Flight Rules Area were affected. If there is a way to ac...

This is so cool. How did you get this? Are you using it in an upcoming video series?

Interestingly, for the past few months (yes, MONTHS) the SMO VOR was out of service IRL. During that time, the mini route was shut down, but the SFRA was still available. They're both based on radials off SMO, so I'm not sure why one was allowed while the other was off-limits. And the mini-route is ...

Peter Grey wrote:The main reason one would use the SFRA vs the miniroute is that you don't need to talk to ATC to use the SFRA.

Funny, that's the main reason I avoid it...

If you fly the LAX 170 radial to LIMBO, it would be a full 180° turn to go north from there on V64. It's rather unlikely that you would ever be assigned a route that has you fly one direction then turn around and fly back the way you came! (Ok, yes, except for a holding pattern...) That would have b...

Ryan B wrote: I'm guessing he meant KPHX only

This guy gets it.