Recent content by Jack in Jax

Thanks for the complete directions, John. We hope to be out there in a few months, altho' that may be too late to make much of a contribution to your project. Best wishes, Jack

John, thank you for your efforts on this issue. And for your submitted proposal on redefining the airspace requirements WRT the ADS-B mandate under the Class B airspace & its veil. FWIW I've seen and commented on that proposal in several other forums, so I can that it's received attention...

This DVD was done by Jeff Simon some years ago. Would also be interested in his volume on Preventative Maintenance (Vol 1). Any pro/con comments on these DVDs?

For those of you in the Southeast, please feel free to join the Recreational Aviation Foundation the weekend of October 4th-6th on Jekyll Is. For those who haven't visited there, it's a small barrier island on GA's coast with a very unique history, little development and a quiet, natural...

Actually, I think corrosion treatment at the factory on the AA5X's began sometime during manufacture of the 1978 models. There certainly is a lot of speculation in this thread about corrosion the poster hasn't personally witnessed...along with a lot of implied conclusions about Grummans from...

The Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA) and EAA Chapter 193 are co-hosting their very popular Wings 'n Wheels combo car show and aviation event at Craig Airport on Saturday, September 8th (rain date: 15th). Fly-ins are especially welcome with reserved, free parking available that is...

I received this 'Call to Action' from the Recreational Aviation Foundation this morning and thought those of you in the Southwest might want to hear about the Comment Period that has just been opened up. Here is the appeal: The Recreational Aviation Foundation needs your help. Here is the...

Alfa, I'd encourage you to shop all the free on-line ASI seminars and 'real pilot' stories, as many of them incorporate (or are solely based around) real world scenarios. Nice touches is that ASI automatically maintains your transcript (for both completed in in-process) programs and...

OK, enough with the headset/phone coaching. Let's let this serve as an 'Ask the Controller' thread... Jack

Thanks for the comments, folks. (Why will I need to shut down? To hear the TraCon person who answers the Ops Center phone...). Here's a Q I asked my son not long ago. (Dev flies many hours on behalf of Uncle Sam's Canoe Club, and I was interested in how he would answer the Q): 'How often is...

One of the best and longest lasting threads over at the RV forum (Vans Air Force) has been 'Ask the Controller'. Several controllers/RV owners are kind enough to monitor the thread and provide A's - as best they can - to both IFR-specific and more general TraCon Q's. Using the 'search'...

Apps & the iPad3 Let's expand this discussion just a bit. For those of us who will be new to the iPad Universe (yes, some of us are of the 'unwashed'...), which 'functional' (not game) apps not already in the iOS have shown themselves to be especially useful?As one example, I'm looking forward...

Probably everyone here knows of the on-line courses (and many other on-line resources) offered by AOPA's Air Safety Institute. Most of you have no doubt taken at least one - perhaps every one - of these. I just wanted to specifically recommend the IFR Charts course (includes A/FD, SIDs and...

These suggestions show how varied one's learning style can be, so my first advice is not to overlook what worked best for you in the past. IMO a big miss in all the advice is overlooking an Instrument ground school course. See if there aren't 2/3/4 folks in your area who at least aspire to an...

"Expect that $19.95 fee to go up come Summer." Correction. Expect ALL chart fees to go up, altho' no one yet knows if it will be in the summer. NavAero obviously had to go back to Step 1 and reconsider their approach. So for now, each provider's data update fee is a valid measure of its cost...