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A Flight Instructor's Journal: March 2007
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A Flight Instructor's Journal. The challenges and rewards of setting up my own small business to do sim and GPS training. Thursday, March 08, 2007. The 4 NM Hold. Holding patterns based on distance rather than timed legs are becoming increasingly common, particularly for GPS approaches. Whether it is a turn around holding in lieu of a procedure turn or holding at the missed approach waypoint, 4 nm legs are becoming quite common. So consider a variation on the teardrop entry. In this method, after cro...
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A Flight Instructor's Journal: July 2011
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A Flight Instructor's Journal. The challenges and rewards of setting up my own small business to do sim and GPS training. Sunday, July 10, 2011. I’ve decided to start writing some notes on instrument procedures and approach plates. I was going to title it “Chart Clinic”, but that title has been used in other publications, so I settled on the title of “Chart Notes.”. I will make my disclaimer right now. I don’t claim to have any special knowledge or expertise. Maybe together we can figure them out. Straig...
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A Flight Instructor's Journal: July 2007
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A Flight Instructor's Journal. The challenges and rewards of setting up my own small business to do sim and GPS training. Wednesday, July 25, 2007. The Art of Going Missed - Updated. The missed approach instructions are to climb straight ahead to 1500 feet, then climbing left turn to 2800 feet, to hold at the Farmington (FGT) VOR. The GPS will stop sequencing at the runway threshold. If OBS (or DIRECT-TO) is pressed at this point, the GPS gives guidance from that point. I mentioned earlier that when the ...
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A Flight Instructor's Journal: May 2011
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A Flight Instructor's Journal. The challenges and rewards of setting up my own small business to do sim and GPS training. Wednesday, May 04, 2011. Years ago, when I worked for a large computer company, one such motto was “Excellence Is Attitude”. I think I still have the refrigerator magnet somewhere. As an inspiration for coding excellence, it didn’t do much. However, when applied to aviation and the craft of instrument flying, it is an extremely good motto. Why? Because of its importance, the attitude ...
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A Flight Instructor's Journal: January 2010
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A Flight Instructor's Journal. The challenges and rewards of setting up my own small business to do sim and GPS training. Wednesday, January 27, 2010. I have not been posting for a long time. Busy is about my only excuse. But I've had many requests to start posting again. So I will start again in the near future. It is very nice to know that many people read the blog and that it has proven helpful in some ways. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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A Flight Instructor's Journal: June 2010
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A Flight Instructor's Journal. The challenges and rewards of setting up my own small business to do sim and GPS training. Sunday, June 20, 2010. Getting Back Into Dodge. Getting out of Dodge" is a fairly common expression, meaning it's time to stop whatever we're doing and get out of wherever we are. Sometimes it means something as simple as leaving work, but more commonly it is associated with a precarious situation or an imminent threat of one sort or another. Putting the departure airport as the last ...
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A Flight Instructor's Journal: February 2010
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A Flight Instructor's Journal. The challenges and rewards of setting up my own small business to do sim and GPS training. Friday, February 19, 2010. I often hear comments from pilots about confusion over normal sensing and reverse sensing. To some it seems no big deal, but to others it is a source of worry and confusion. I am going to make what may seem to be a rather startling comment to some of you. If you truly understand VOR navigation, there is no such thing as reverse sensing. Okay, bear with me.
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A Flight Instructor's Journal: March 2008
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A Flight Instructor's Journal. The challenges and rewards of setting up my own small business to do sim and GPS training. Saturday, March 22, 2008. Goodbye old WINGS, hello new WINGS. The old Wings safety program that we all knew is now officially gone. This has come as a shock to many pilots who relied on it for their flight reviews. In its place however is a new and improved version of the program, one that addresses some of the issues and shortcomings of the old program. As with the old system, you mu...
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A Flight Instructor's Journal: When Local Altimeter Not Received
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A Flight Instructor's Journal. The challenges and rewards of setting up my own small business to do sim and GPS training. Friday, May 11, 2012. When Local Altimeter Not Received. It’s easy to become a little bit complacent about briefing an approach plate. We look at the big ticket items, so to speak – the altitudes, fixes, missed approach procedures, etc. But it is all too easy to let a little item slip through the cracks. It’s a note that is present on many approach plates. If you put your finger on th...
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A Flight Instructor's Journal: June 2007
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A Flight Instructor's Journal. The challenges and rewards of setting up my own small business to do sim and GPS training. Sunday, June 24, 2007. The Case of the Disappearing Waypoint. T is one of many customers who does a monthly sim session with me. He flies a Mooney, equipped with a Garmin 430W and is proficient on its use. His June sim session brought up an interesting scenario which is well worth sharing with you. In the sim session, T. was flying an IFR flight from Anoka (KANE) to. What happened nex...
