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    Precipitation intensity

    What intensity of precipitation will you guys fly through as an instrument rated pilot on an IFR flight plan? light to moderate? or greater? I don’t mind some green and small areas of yellow. I’ll stay away from heavy to extreme as that’s more often than not associated with thunderstorms. I have...
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    Circling approach phraseology

    Question for y’all. I guess for this example we can say we are doing a circling only approach that takes us in from the west. The field has one runway. runway 36/18 and it’s right traffic for 18 and left traffic for 36 the wind is favoring runway 18 so we circle for right traffic. would that be...
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    Expedite your climb

    If Instructed by ATC to expedite your climb through 6000ft would you return to a normal rate of climb once reaching 6001ft or would it be 7000ft? sorry for the stupid question
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    Carb Heat in rain

    What is your guys practice for use of carburetor heat while flying in rain? on/off? temps aloft dependent? humidity? only on when suspected carburetor ice or power setting outside of the normal operating range?
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    Right of way

    was flying yesterday below the floor of class charlie at 1500ftmsl heading southeast bound I had traffic at my 12-1 o’clock same altitude opposite direction. I don’t think he ever saw me because he never altered his course but I elected to alter my course to the left because if I went to the...
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    ILS question

    on an ILS after reaching DA and having all the required items to descend below DA do you still fly the GS and LOC all the way to the runway or use the VASI/PAPI if available?
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    Procedure turn question

    Hey all, another question about feeder routes and procedure turns. Reference this approach. UAO LOC RWY17. What would be the correct way to fly the full procedure from the UBG feeder to LUTZZ at 9.8DME. Once reaching LUTZZ intercept and track the loc outbound and then begin the PT or after...
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    Temps aloft/Inversions

    Hey all, is there a simpler way to determine the temps aloft with a temperature inversion? for example, if we are at sea level and the OAT is +5C at the surface and we reference the FB at 3000ft with the temperature still at +5C. What exactly is the temperature doing between the surface and...
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    Feeder route question

    Hello all, reference KPAE ILS Z 16R. For flying the full procedure starting at PAE using the feeder to WEBVE (338 degree radial and 13.9 DME) would you do this by intercepting and flying the 338 degree radial all the way to WEBVE for the course reversal or are you supposed to fly the 338 degree...
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    LLWS

    A question for the experienced pilots. What is your determining factor on making the go/no go decision with non convective LLWS? Airmet for LLWS along route of flight with or without Airmet tango for moderate turbulence from sfc-xyz, LLWS in the TAF below a specific altitude at...
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