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File as you normally would. If you are ZLA only then you will have to wait to connect until you are within the ZLA boundary. If you have both subscriptions, then you can be connected the whole flight. The check in is the same regardless, you call once you are in the ARTCC boundary and pick up your I...

The company I fly for is certainly a "commercial" operation, but we operate Part 91 and 90% of our flying is VFR.

The Cat-8 is SBA to BUR and is Class C to Class C. The example transcript is Santa Barbra approach handing you off to point magu. You're not going to know that ahead of time and that frequency may be different if the sectorization changed. I wouldn't stress out about it if you are getting flight fol...

I'm not a double I, but I've not heard of needing a DME unit if it noted on a plate. In fact, I did an approach that has a DME arc on my IFR checkride recently (last year) with only a 430 in the plane and the DPE had no objections. I also think having VOR/DME in the approach name doesn't matter eith...

The controller probably didn't realize you where still on ground, that happens from time to time because the controllers are watching so much territory. The only times you change frequencies on your own are switching to Tower from ground when you are holding short of the departure runway, and when y...

Also, which sim?

Approach will try and work a class D transition behind the scenes if it looks necessary. A lot of TRACONS will have Letters of Athorization (LOAs) with underlying Towers that allow them to transition aircraft through the top 1000' of the Deltas with no coordination required. From the pilot side, thi...

You are correct. The X-plane 430/530 does not allow the user to change any of the data fields that you can change on the real units.

The CAT and I ratings do not require GPS to complete. The some of the Skyhigh ratings do have some RNAV required testing criteria. Any IFR certified GPS would work.

Sans GPS, all you need is a Sectional Chart and a mark 1 eyeball. Find a feature on the ground, find it on the sectional and measure how far away from the airport it is with a plotter or the scale on the sectional it self. There is no need to be super accurate but you will find that there is so much...