Recent content by Dave S.

Regional operations group for the particular region. When an approach is revised or designed they will draw up the plate along with temporary names (placeholders) until the design has been presented to the plans and procedures specialists at the effected ATC facilities. Once ATC has given its...

I agree that controller competence and proficiency is in a state of degrading. cleared for the option is extremely overused. When I clear you for an option I am giving you a choice…making me wait and see. I am not longer a “controller” but an “observer”. The option was never intended for...

Well, we know it will fly at a wing loading of 2.0 since it will do a 60 degree steep turn. As has been stated you are already at a significant fraction of the structural limits so it won’t tolerate much more. I guess it would depend if you could get out of ground effect. tex

ATC doesn’t not care what you did prior to entering controlled airspace. The airspace is blocked and protected from other IFR traffic until you are in controlled airspace and identified. You can turn left or right as far as ATC is concerned. Now YOU may have a reason to turn one way or the...

Under 91 you would not be violating a procedure since you are not required to comply with an obstacle departure procedure (unless it’s part of a clearance or SID). Yould be foolish not to comply but not illegal. Except where diverse vector area are established ATC can turn an IFR departure...

Can a C172 take off at 4900 lbs (twice it’s 2450 mtow) given enough runway on a standard day? tex

Explain the aerodynamic reason Va is lower with lighter weight as it relates to AOA. tex

Where is the rule located prohibiting non-RVSM IFR flight when the altimeter is within its inspection period but with an error of more than +/- 75 feet between actual field elevation and indicated altitude when set to station pressure, please? tex

Talking about using GPS approaches at alternates…. AIM 1-1-17 b5c states in part… "... At the alternate airport, pilots may plan for: Lateral navigation (LNAV) or circling minimum descent altitude (MDA); LNAV/vertical navigation (LNAV/VNAV) DA, if equipped with and using approved...

Then, if the weather is reported as 3 sm and BNK005 and the layer is not very thick, say 200 feet, that would put the tops at 700. If it is clear above can I fly through the Class D above the layer, in clear blue skies, without a SVFR since I am not below a layer less than 1000 feet?

Here is an interesting analysis that came up in my college 141 class. 91.155d requires 3 miles ground (or 3 miles flight viz in lieu of) viz to takeoff land or enter the pattern(only) at an airport for which the surface area is designated. (What is conspicuously absent is flight through the...

I explained that I am interested in what other pilots think about different subjects. This week it’s direct entry patterns and what exactly is the end of the maneuver. when I teach I get all kinds of answers from students who say “ I was told...” this or that and I wonder what others think...

Well, since the direct entry completion point is defined in the HILOPT paragraph and since the context of that paragraph is entry into "A" holding pattern which happens incidently to be used for a HILO, then that should suffice for the definition in general holding also, especially considering...

what I meant by that is that the answer, whatever it turns out to be, will have the following characteristic, that is, when the maneuver is completed, whenever that is. That’s the question, when can it be said that the direct entry maneuver is completed as an entry maneuver? The reason for...

When arriving at a holding fix with intentions to hold you will use one of the three entry maneuvers, teardrop, parallel, or direct. In each case the entry maneuver begins when crossing the fix. And, we can say that since each has a beginning point each will also have a completion point, ie...