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For those of you familiar with the weather in Texas, I am wondering what is common there in November. How do you feel about parking on the ramp with a chance of thunderstorms in the forecast. Does one need to be concerned about possible damage from hail with a chance of thunderstorms in the...

Here is the scenerio - You are on a 600NM flight in a Turbo C-182m non-FIKI aircraft. You filed IFR and departed through clouds for less than the first 50 miles. You are in clear skies until the last 100NM of your destination, of which is over mountain terrain. There is an icing airmet over...

Is there any benefit for someone over age 60 to seek a Commercial Rating? If so, what are the most significant reasons to do so?

I'm Looking to pick up an IFR clearance on V112 as I come from the Lake Pend Oreille area. Due to the MEA's and possible icing over the Montana/Idaho mountins, I'm looking to cross the Montana/Idaho mountains VFR following the Clark Fork River basin instead and pick up IFR where MEA's are 7000...

Say you are in the clouds on an IFR flight plan. You are cleared for the approach, and so you begin your approach procedure. Say your IAF is about 5000 AGL, and your FAF is about 3500 AGL. Suppose you break out at 4000 AGL, and visibility is now >10sm. Do you just continue the approach or...

How common is this for visual approach? So, I get vectored for a visual approach. I am about 6+ miles on an effective downwind and about 4300 AGL. At this point, I'm cleared for the visual approach and to contact tower. I contact tower, the know where I am and altitude and they say clear to...

In planning a flight from KEUG in Oregon to KGPI in Montana, suppose the following weather: Willamette valley overcast at 2000 MSL. Partly sunny East of the Cascades to Spokane. And, from Spokane to KGPI there are ceilings of about 9000 MSL and scattered precip. Say the freezing level is 8000...

Hello video users. Yesterday, I went out to shoot some video with the OAT at 0F and below. The battery indicated full, and the video card was empty. So, I started a video recording and did a 0.7 hr flight. Later, when I looked at the video, it ended before I even did the run up. I know...

Is there any legal restriction from flying above your certified service ceiling if you are actually able to? For example, turbo 182 has a certified service ceiling of 20K ft, but its climb performance is still rated for 725 fpm at 20K. So, it looks capable of higher. So, I am wondering that...

So here is a scenario I tend to have a lot this time of year. Departure KGPI Destination KBIL Airplane: Cessna T182T - G1000 Fuel: enough to fly to destination and back plus reserves. Weather: Departure: OC to Broken - Ceiling 5K, temp 38F Airmet for Icing 5K to 12K in the departure area...

So, here is a scenario I am wondering how many IFR pilots with a non-FIKI aircraft would choose to make a GO decision and get the most utility out the plane, and how many would not. But, more importantly, why you would make your decision. Say you have a 300nm trip planned Departure airport is...

Just wondering how often or if this ever happens. Say, you planned an IFR flight 300 nm or so where it was VFR at departure and reported at destination. But, there is a weather in between say 100 to 200 nm wide and there is an icing airmet for the between area from say 8k to12K ft. MEA's are...

This question relates to those DP's typically with high terrain nearby and using 8S1 as the example. The departure procedure is Angil One, and requires climbing northbound and then climbing in a hold for 10,000 msl before heading on course. Departure field is about 3,000 ft. So here is the...

So, yesterday, I was flying in and out of the bottom of some clouds. Temp varied from 0 to +3 at my altitude. At one point while in the clouds, my passenger and I notices a change in sound. It felt like the whole plane developed a low pitch hum. All the instruments looked normal. There was no...

This thread had some good info. http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=60751&highlight=straight+circling But, I have a question regarding the following scenario. Say you are flying IFR in VFR conditions into KCPU http://www.airnav.com/airport/KCPU You are on a course that...

Say you are flying level and ATC says maintain altitude and expect xx000 ft in 5 minutes, contact xyz center on 1xx.xx. So, you note your time, change frequency and make the call. ATC does not respond to the call and you don't notice, thinking you are still in contact. 5 minutes pass and you...

I'm looking to fly IFR along the route Pocatello, ID towards Salt Lake, Delta UT, and then on towards Las Vegas to San Diego come Sunday. My most direct routes takes me through the middle of Nevada, MOA, etc... So the above route is the next most direct. But, I am seeing potential...

I'm looking to go to KEUG (may become often) and it looks like one FBO with reasonable fees $20 or 15 gal of 100LL and $5 per night for tie downs, OR no FBO self serve and $5 per night tie down across the field. Hangar space at the FBO looks to be $75 to $100 per night which seems high. So, I...

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I love great visibility days! I have to say that days down to under 10 miles visibility sure looks ugly to me. On my last trip, my course was towards this arrow. And, this point was over 100 miles away!