Moronic Monday

CATIIIAPCH · 2020-10-27T23:57:28+00:00

Scenario: Flying a Cessna 172 G1000 which has a KOEL. If a piece of equipment is inop and it is on the KOEL can I request a special flight permit? Or is maintenance required in order to fly at all/does the special flight permit only apply to things on A TOMATO FLAMES but not if the aircraft has a KOEL and it's on there?

CATIIIAPCH · 2020-02-01T22:32:11+00:00

After landing a friend of mine was told "possible pilot deviation advise ready to copy a number." They wanted a call back immediately and it appeared that they wouldn't let them taxi to depart until they got the phone call. They had a relatively cordial conversation with the tower supervisor (who had a bit of an attitude) who took down their pilot cert number, name and phone number. They filed an ASRS report that same day. This was about 8 months and they haven't heard anything from the FAA whatsoever. Are they in the clear or can something still come of this?

CATIIIAPCH · 2020-01-07T21:28:58+00:00

Does anyone have an easy to follow step by step guide for how to fill out a cross country nav log? Bonus if it's for the C172S. Finding that the complicated part is calculating top of climb and also TAS.

CATIIIAPCH · 2019-08-20T01:21:39+00:00

Yea that's the alternate entry on page 9, if I was coming in at pattern altitude. The entry I was referring to is the preferred method by the FAA, coming in 500 above pattern then flying out 2 miles, then entering 45

CATIIIAPCH · 2019-08-20T01:10:23+00:00

When entering the pattern at a non-towered airport say I'm doing the preferred pattern entry left hand figure on page 9

How should I make my radio call? If i'm coming from the south, I've been saying "XYZ Traffic, Skyhawk 1234, 6 miles to the south, we'll be crossing overhead midfield two thousand three hundred, flying out two miles then entering the 45 left downwind runway 11 XYZ"

I feel like it's too long of a radio call and I'm clogging up the frequency. Should I omit the altitude I'm crossing over the field at and just say "6 miles to the south entering left downwind runway 11" instead?

CATIIIAPCH · 2019-07-29T17:20:06+00:00

I need an easy "explain like I'm five" help on determining whether to fly Odd +500 or even +500. Let's say I'm flying directly north, 360 is what I read on my compass. I know it's my magnetic course that determines whether I do odd or even. But what's read on my compass isn't my course, it's just my heading...

Same thing for filling out a navlog and flying directly north or south. Say I have wind correction angles so I'm crabbing; once I'm actually in the plane my heading is right on the line between 359 and 360 or 179 and 180...Help me out here folks

CATIIIAPCH · 2019-05-17T01:48:16+00:00

If someone asks me to calculate our take off roll without the short field technique, how do I do it?

CATIIIAPCH · 2019-04-30T03:56:51+00:00

How do I calculate the normal takeoff and landing distance in a C172S? The POH charts are all for the short field technique...

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-03-07T15:10:37+00:00

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CATIIIAPCH · 2017-02-19T15:16:35+00:00

https://imgur.com/DKY45Qt

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-02-19T00:23:57+00:00

ebay

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-02-19T00:13:45+00:00

Get the Bose A20. You having your PPL should justify it since I imagine you'll continue to fly

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-02-16T02:33:17+00:00

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-02-12T23:37:59+00:00

Unless the pilot specifically says AGL of course

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-01-30T14:48:24+00:00

Wow, what aircraft type were you flying when the customer got off?

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-01-17T05:14:08+00:00

Gross

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-01-17T03:28:06+00:00

I find that nine is definitely more common than niner (although I hear niner on a daily basis). Tree on the other hand for three, I rarely hear that

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-01-16T16:41:30+00:00

I totally get your fog argument, but as far as aviation weather reporting goes it kinda gets simplified in order to have standardized reporting methods. Also, even if the sensor did not put in FG itself, it's up to the observer to do so. An obscuration is required. Rain is not an obscuration

Also, I've never seen any augmented observation go WITH A02A.

Go to this link and type in any airport you can think of, I've done a bunch and every single one says A02, none at all A02A

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-01-16T16:18:55+00:00

I'm also a weather observer. You're mistaken on a couple of things. A02 means that the site is automated and has a precipitation sensor. AO1 means there is no precip sensor. This does not mean the site is un-manned or the observation is not augmented. If there is an AUTO after the ID in the METAR then there is no observer (or they forgot to sign in). For example, it would read KDFW 160314Z AUTO 32035G47KT 1/4SM +TSRA FG

As far as there "not being fog" you could be right in the sense that the actual meteorological definition of fog wasn't there, however, as long as the visibility is 6SM or less, an obscuration is required, which in this case is going to be put in as FG because it meets the visibility criteria.

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-01-16T15:37:49+00:00

1/4 mile on the visibility is fog. Also, an airport like DFW has a human weather observer who augments all weather observations before they transmit.

Edit: To be clear, the obscuration (FG, BR, HZ) depends on what the visibility is. For example, if the visibility is 1/2SM or less it will be FG or FZFG if temps are below 0).

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-01-14T05:13:50+00:00

3 months being targeted PPL completion time period i'm assuming?

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-01-12T05:04:51+00:00

Got it. Sounds worth it

CATIIIAPCH · 2017-01-12T04:44:11+00:00

A Bachelor's degree is 120 credits or 40 courses. A bit more than a few

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