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I'd like to do a sightseeing flight around Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands at 4500 MSL. They are off the coast of Oxnard (KOXR) and Santa Barbara (KSBA) airports. The islands are within Warning Areas W-289E, W-289W and W-412. The Sectional indicates that pilots can find out whether the Warning...

Help me remember (or learn) what the significance is of the temperature at the top of an inversion level. For example, the Area Forecast Discussion for KLAX said that at 1714Z this morning, "there was a surface based inversion with a top near near 1400 ft with a temp of 31 C." The KLAX field...

Does anyone know why the Santa Monica (KSMO) METARs are no longer being posted? A week or more ago, they disappeared from ForeFlight and even from aviationweather.gov. A few days ago, I called the KSMO Tower to ask why, but got an answering machine. I left a message but haven't received a...

I am working on BASIC Phase 3, and I can't tell whether I have completed the three Knowledge requirements yet. In the last year, I have completed three online courses. Two of them were "Basic Knowledge Topic 1" courses, and the third was an "Advanced Knowledge Topic 2" course. I understand that...

Foreflight has several “VFR Waypoints” with names that begin with VP and end with three numbers, like “VP590” for Malibu Beach. Are “VP###” names assigned by the FAA, or do they come from somewhere else? (Jeppesen charts, maybe?) They do not appear on FAA charts. I’ve seen them only in Foreflight.

Anyone know what the current status is of the website seeandavoid.org? It used to display the boundaries of Restricted airspace and MOAs, along with information about whether they were Active or not. The website is still up, but it no longer displays R or MOA boundaries, or information about...

I have a question about VFR departure procedures from Camarillo's (KCMA) Runway 26. I have flown into Camarillo many times, always from the east, and I've always departed to the east. Now I'd like to depart to the west (from Runway 26). Oxnard (KOXR) is immediately west of Camarillo, and I'm...

Is there much glare on a Garmin 695 screen that's installed in the panel of a low wing plane with a clear canopy?

I regularly get emails from the FAA notifying me that GPS Interference Testing will be done. The email links to a PDF containing the dates, times and locations of the test. Today's email contained this link: https://www.faasafety.gov/files/notices/2015/Jul/NTTR_15-12_GPS_Flight_Advisory.pdf...

I use a David Clark H10-13.4 headset that I purchased new about three years ago. A few months ago, I began hearing an intermittent but loud hissing sound through the headphones. It's been difficult to troubleshoot, because the hiss occurs only when I'm in the air. It doesn't happen while I'm on...

Does anyone use an iPhone 6 Plus with ForeFlight, while flying? I looked at a 6 Plus in the Apple store yesterday, and it looks as though it may have a large enough display to be quite useable in the air, especially if worn on the forearm. If anyone has tried that, I'd love to hear what you...

I have a Private Pilot certificate but my FAA 3rd Class medical expired so I fly under Light Sport rules with my drivers license as a medical. I currently rent Light Sport Aircraft from FBOs whose insurance permits them to rent to me. But there is an LSA at an FBO whose insurance policy...

I'm trying to find out what, if anything, actually gets reported (in the real world) on tax returns filed by members of LLCs that own personal-use planes. By "personal use," I mean planes that are flown only for pleasure -- not for business -- so tax deductions are not taken for operating...