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Great article. Glider pilots carry a "land-ou...

Great article. Glider pilots carry a "land-out" kit, which packs down into a small bag.. a few items from mine:Survival blanketSalt pillsEnergy gelHand held compassMulti-toolSignal mirrorFire...

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Unfortunately, Craig repeatedly commits a rather s...

Unfortunately, Craig repeatedly commits a rather serious statistical error in this book. He uses accident frequency counts, rather than accident rates, as the statistical basis for his conclusions...

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Awesome! I'm assuming the FL350 pic is not in ...

Awesome! I'm assuming the FL350 pic is not in the Diamond? :)

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I love the one from SMO there is something very ae...

I love the one from SMOthere is something very aesthetically pleasing about the curve of a prop blade

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That is correct!

That is correct!

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Thanks! Glad you liked it. I run these past my wif...

Thanks! Glad you liked it. I run these past my wife before I post. She didn't like that photo... Go figure.

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Instead of manually programming the two waypoints,...

Instead of manually programming the two waypoints, can't you just set IVDG as the GPS waypoint and read off the distance to waypoint as a substitute for DME? The regulations let you substitute GPS for...

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Programming user waypoints for an approach is expr...

Programming user waypoints for an approach is expressly forbidden by the AIM and related ACs. See AIM 1-1-18(f)(1)(c).

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Harry, In this particular case, one could enter t...

Harry,In this particular case, one could enter the localizer identifier and use the GPS-derived distance to identify their position along the course WHILE FLYING THE LOCALIZER.Robert,I can't find the...

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Great post. Both those things drive me nuts as wel...

Great post. Both those things drive me nuts as well. In an age of electronic charting, it should be academic to have a simple tap of the snowflake icon bring up the cold wx compensation data. Ditto...

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Great post. However, the G1000 does not automatic...

Great post. However, the G1000 does not automatically apply the old weather corrections. Some recent versions of the software will automatically calculate the correction and allow the pilot to apply...

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Hmm ... While researching this post, I contacted G...

Hmm ... While researching this post, I contacted Garmin and got a different response:"Thank you for contacting Garmin International. Yes, the GDC 74A in the G1000 airframes does take into affect the...

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Hmm ... While researching this post, I contacted G...

Hmm ... While researching this post, I contacted Garmin and got a different response:"Thank you for contacting Garmin International. Yes, the GDC 74A in the G1000 airframes does take into affect the...

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Here's the relevant "Temperature Compensa...

Here's the relevant "Temperature Compensated Altitude" section from the TBM v.14 G1000 manual:Temperature compensated altitudes can be computed and used for a loaded approach. A temperaturecompensated...

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Actually, Garmin's "Cockpit Reference Gui...

Actually, Garmin's "Cockpit Reference Guide for the Diamond DA42NG" has the same instructions for the latest version of G1000 S/W for the DA42NG and DA42NG-VI. Apparently not for the DA42 TwinStar, or...

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What about getting into Shelter Cove through a str...

What about getting into Shelter Cove through a stratus layer that has a ceiling of, say 1000ft?)Suppose a pilot picks up IFR and wants to descend below the deck to LAND at Shelter Cove. He flies out...

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Bill, Unless you are cleared to fly an IAP, visua...

Bill,Unless you are cleared to fly an IAP, visual approach, or contact approach, no.

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When I visited Lincoln Park airport in New Jersey ...

When I visited Lincoln Park airport in New Jersey it was the first place where I had to walk across (and drive across on the next visit) the runway to get to the hangars. It was extremely unnerving.

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That's some neat looking (read: mean looking) ...

That's some neat looking (read: mean looking) weather from a beautiful perspective. Nice shots!

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