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I thought I would share these tidbits that came up during my oral discussion from my CFII checkride last Friday. 1) Marker beacons transmit on a freq of 75 megahertz. 2) FAR Part 95 covers MEA, MOCA, etc. FAR Part 97 covers an instrument approach. 3) If you lose all instruments and need...

Kearney (EAR) NE took a direct hit by a Tornado tonight. I got my PP at EAR many many years ago. AP is closed, debris across the field, and I saw on TV news at least one business jet under a collapsed hangar. Once I get photos I will share. Local current metar... it's coming.... KLNK 300254Z...

Any hacks know where I can get raw Area Forecast, METAR, and TAF data for putting on a webpage? I have a plan to extract it from the web coded output obtained at http://adds.aviationweather.gov/tafs/ but why reinvent the wheel if it's already been done.

In late Nov I did my commercial checkride (http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17717) and at the time I had also practiced all the manuevers from the right seat, with the thought that I would quickly turn around and do my CFI checkride. But thanks to my CFI being out of town...

My friends, What would you consider the airspeed for entry into an Eight on Pylon? Va ? But as you descend you would exceed Va to hold the pylon or is that ok as long as the air isn't turbulent? It seems that even on the nicest days, I've had 20-30 knot winds at pivotal altitudes, so we are...