Recent content by Brendan Cobble

Dang, didn't know people would get so upset? I mean it's a pretty valid question to be honest. Not sure how asking what Alt setting i should use in death valley would make me "unfit to fly" but okay. MSL stands for Mean Sea Level. Basic part 1 knowledge.

Wait the FAA does mandate this right? you need all 5? I could check the FAR but im lazy.

Hmm interesting. So only sometimes you need DME even though you mostly wont use it. Sounds like the FAA to me!

MSL=Mean sea lvl, brother

This was more or less a test lol. First post. I really just wanted to see what people would think. I'm already taking Instrument level classes.

So in my Laws and Regs class we went over ILS aprch. 5 components we said were needed however many of my buddies say DME is rather pointless for ILS approach. Why would they say that? is it because Distance measuring is already a factor in precision decent? Makes sense to me why they would say...

Thank you so much. I can now finally sleep.

So imagine you're on run up, you need to dial in your altimeter. Airport elevation is below MSL. Lets say -150ft. What do you do? Not that it matters but lets just say standard pressure too. Please help I haven't slept for 3 days over this. Need resolution asap.

From my experience it is how proficient you are. If you are expecting to solo next week you should be fine. There is no FAA regulation mandating T/O's and Ldngs, all up to your cfi.