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    First Angel Flight mission

    I have wanted to do AF for years. Technically, I'm on the roster, but have not taken my first flight due to work constraints. Argh. It's been a...
    Post by: Jim_R, May 21, 2018 in forum: Hangar Talk
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    Mandatory reporting...am I doing it wrong?

    Thanks for the answers, everyone. I appreciate the feedback.
    Post by: Jim_R, Feb 21, 2018 in forum: Cleared for the Approach
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    Mandatory reporting...am I doing it wrong?

    I guess I wasn't clear enough, so I edited that part of my post. It's not the readback; I get the instruction in advance and read it back at that...
    Post by: Jim_R, Feb 21, 2018 in forum: Cleared for the Approach
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    Mandatory reporting...am I doing it wrong?

    No, neither would I. Sorry if I wasn't clear: I generally get that instruction from ATC as I arrive.
    Post by: Jim_R, Feb 21, 2018 in forum: Cleared for the Approach
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    Mandatory reporting...am I doing it wrong?

    At my day job, there are lots of us who do the same work, and we have periodic informal and formal evaluations of our performance. When we screw...
    Thread by: Jim_R, Feb 21, 2018, 13 replies, in forum: Cleared for the Approach
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    Avidyne IFD440 and 540... who has one?

    Another happy IFD540 user here. Have had a handful of early-adopter / pathfinder type issues that required unit replacement, and Avidyne customer...
    Post by: Jim_R, Jan 23, 2018 in forum: Avionics and Upgrades
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    New PA28 AD

    From the AD:
    Post by: Jim_R, Jan 23, 2018 in forum: Maintenance Bay
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    Why does a VOR approach still exist for decommissioned VOR?

    OK, too early in the morning...got my VORs confused. (These two VORs are two that I have "watched" for years, and while the DTN VOR *was*...
    Post by: Jim_R, Jan 21, 2018 in forum: Cleared for the Approach
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    Why does a VOR approach still exist for decommissioned VOR?

    Per this thread, the Hobby VOR (HUB) was decommissioned in Dec 2014. (Edit: Disregard...wrong VOR!) However, T41 still has a VOR-A approach...
    Thread by: Jim_R, Jan 21, 2018, 5 replies, in forum: Cleared for the Approach
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    Easy way to find out when a VOR was decommissioned?

    Many thanks, eetrojan! How did you figure out the date, though? It looks like you can only search one day at a time via the archive method, and...
    Post by: Jim_R, Dec 25, 2017 in forum: Flight Following
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    Easy way to find out when a VOR was decommissioned?

    Hah. Actually, I was thinking that if all else fails I could just toss in that question to the ground controller when I get my taxi clearance...
    Post by: Jim_R, Dec 13, 2017 in forum: Flight Following
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    Easy way to find out when a VOR was decommissioned?

    Anyone have any suggestions for how to determine (approximately) when a VOR was decommissioned? The specific one I'm interested in is DTN,...
    Thread by: Jim_R, Dec 12, 2017, 6 replies, in forum: Flight Following