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Don't want to turn this into a chat but I have to say, with all kidding aside, Fairmont was a nice place to grow-up. I have many fond memories of summers spent on the lakes and not so fond memories of the winters. Yes, FRM is a nice airport, I spent many hours as kid out there dreaming of the...

Fairmont, MN?? My home town...I didn't realize it still had a runway, let alone an instrument approach!!

I'm thinking more from the standpoint of being in the best situation from a lost comm perspective.

Assuming that you were flying direct to KPAE(Everett, WA) with the intent of flying the VOR/DME 16R arc from CEVLI, what would put in block eight of the flight plan? Direct PAE or Direct PAE Direct CEVLI - assuming for planning purposes that after crossing PAE you would turn to fly the...

Great, thanks for the help.

No particular approach in mind. Rainy weather hanger flying related to the limitations imposed by not having an ADF. The discussion started with a concern about LOC 34 at Arlington, WA (KAWO) and wether you could legally execute that approach with an IFR certified GPS in lieu of an ADF. If...

I have access to an AC that does not have an ADF. It does have a Garmin 300. The question is this: for approaches that use a bearing to define a fix can I use a made up waypoint as a substitute? There are some local opinions that you can on VOR and localizers approaches. Reading of the AIM...

All good info/advice. I had not thought about the various Owners associations. A good friend owns a beautiful and nicely equipped 1957 H35 I guess I'll pick his brains also. Thanks

Does anyone know if there is an online source for your average operating cost(per hour) data for various aircraft?? Got an urge to buy, but buying it one thing and being able to afford to fly it is another!

When I was teaching I taught thumb, index, middle finger. Some tried to crush the yoke longer than others but by the time we got through some hood work it had almost disappeared. Just takes time, confidence and positive reinforcement. Since it is normal at first, if you interject some humor...

Had an instructor I flew a couple of hours with that just got hired by a RJ. Eighteen months ago he was a private pilot. Then he enrolled in a school that got him through MEI. Then the school hired him as an ME instructor where he worked as an MEI and logged about 250 ME hours (total time...

Dave; I would agree that there is a diminishing point of returns on $$ & efforts spent vs incremental increases in safety. Have we or have we not reached that point yet and are we or are we not safe enough? Frankly, I haven't a clue!! There has been a struggle going on for years in the...

No, not overly dramatic just trying to inject a little tongue in cheek humor. I don't remember saying anything about the flight students and their ability to learn and develop good judgement in the absence of good instruction. If you want to respond fine, but don't attempt to infer that I...

I would probably tend to agree with you. You have to admit it is an interesting situation where a person goes through extensive training, where we: fill their head with a considerable amount of knowledge, subject them to intensive evaluation, certify them, put them in a leadership roll...

Sounds subjective.

I read some posts speaking to the "quality" of CFI's and how the quality of the CFI's are slipping. How do you measure the quality of a CFI in non-subjective metrics?

"I disagree. Given a small, closed system (such as an aviation university), the quality will continually go down *unless* some of the CFI's care enough about teaching to go elsewhere and learn new things. It's basically like inbreeding - A CFI's weaknesses will be passed on to their students...

"I have to disagree there. Aviation safety is not running high enough as it is. As much as I look things over, I constantly wonder what I may have missed with regard to safety issues. It's making choices or using ADM that preempts the beginning of that chain. There are too many pilots who do not...

I guess the length issue depends a great deal on how the oral is conducted. If it's a straight Q&A I would still have an issue the the time element. But, if the questioning is conducted in a semi-discussion format around some situation(s) that's another story. It allows the examiner to cover...

I would appear that my inability to fly is exceeded only by my inability to SPELL!:eek: