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If your about to do the checkride, make sure you review the Area of Operation on slow flight and stalls - New Commercial ACS states - The most recent Commercial standard for Slow Flight indicated "establish an airspeed “approximately 5–10 knots above the 1G stall speed, at which the airplane is...

For anyone interested, I noticed the FAA has posted the new Commercial ACS on their website. Also looks like they revised the Instrument and Private ACS. https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs/

This has to be at least part of Trump's plan to drain the swamp and take on federal bureaucracy. Throw in the his "federal hiring freeze" and we have the makings of a real goat rope. And the FAA better not even think about hiring contractors to help with the increased workload. Trump's got that...

This ought to throw a wrench in things down at the good old FAA, especially considering the Part 23 re-write and BasicMed regs that were just completed. Your government in action. Here's the link from the Flying magazine article -...

My apologies!

Maybe the OP's CFII is trying to advise him about this: AIM 5-4-6 Approach Clearance: 1. In anticipation of a clearance by ATC to any fix published on an instrument approach procedure, pilots of RNAV aircraft are advised to select an appropriate IAF or feeder fix when loading an instrument...

Interested in your take on this FAA question and answer. It's from the recently revised (9-28-16) Private Pilot-Airplane (PAR) Sample Exam. It's the new and improved version of the same question on the FAA sample exam released back in June 2016...

I haven't had a chance to see the movie yet, but I hear that the movie's representation of the NTSB investigation was less than accurate to some at the NTSB. From the official movie web site: http://www.warnerbros.com/sully Investigators Say ‘Sully’ Movie Gets It Wrong...

You might want to check these articles out before committing to LastPass or any other password manager for that matter. The problem with password managers (as I understand them) is that they represent a single point of failure and if compromised, can allow a morally deficient individual complete...

Maximum pucker factor for this E2C Hawkeye crew when the #4 wire snaps. Probably had to surgically remove the seat from the pilot's posterior orifice. As mentioned in one of the comments, the wind over the deck, the 65 ft. drop for acceleration (with engines at full power), ground effect on top...

Just stumbled across this relatively unknown (to me) "low-altitude hazard to aviation." It's called a "MET" (meteorological evaluation tower) and has become enough of a problem to cause the NTSB to issue a safety alert (2011 and 2015) and recommendation (2013). Still no rule change. METs can be...

Appreciate it James331. Plenty of references in that NTSB Safety Alert. Thanks.

Thanks for the information. My search engine missed 7-5-3, so at least that's something. I'm seeing wire strike avoidance mentioned as a special emphasis area in the following FAA publications: Aviation Instructor's Handbook (FAA-H-8083-9A) Recreational Pilot PTS (FAA-S-8081-3A) Flight...

Anybody know where a pilot could find FAA guidance on wire strike avoidance? I'm seeing it mentioned as a special emphasis area in several of the PTSs and as a risk management item in the new private ACS, but can't find much on it. If it's important enough for the FAA to consider it as a special...

With the addition of over 390 “risk management” elements in the new Private ACS, I think it's safe to say that most publications (textbooks, written prep guides, study guides etc.) are affected by this change. Most of the publications that are out there right now are out-of-date, to some...

Maybe start with the Instrument Flight Procedures Gateway. A lot of stuff at that location including an inventory of current IAPs. Not sure it has what you need though. https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/procedures/ifp_inventory_summary/

For anybody interested, I just noticed the FAA posted (4-18-2016) the final ACS drafts for Private Airplane and Instrument Airplane. They also posted a new ACS briefing that's worth reading. I believe the Private ACS and Instrument ACS will go into effect June 15, 2016. Here's the link...

This is information obtained from another web site, so unsure of the accuracy but according to this individual, C130J's didn't have an "ERO flight control check" (as mentioned above) but most of the pilots did one anyway. C130Hs had the flight control check, but pilots had the tendency to just...

So from the time you do a "hot load and go" to rolling onto the runway, the C130J checklist doesn't call for a "flight controls checked' prior to takeoff? Just trying to understand this.

Does anybody else find it unusual that the U.S. Air Force AIB doesn't mention the use of a ERO checklist that DOES NOT include a line item "Flight Controls..... Checked" immediately prior to departure as a contributing factor to this accident. The AAIB states that the ERO checklist doesn't...