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In the IFR world, ATC may occasionally vector a pilot off course for traffic, weather, or other reasons. Once the deviation is concluded, ATC will direct the pilot to join up with the original course (or a new one in which case you'd use my previous Garmin tip), but that course might not be magenta...
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Inserting a Waypoint in the Flight Plan In the IFR world, ATC may occasionally add new legs to a flight plan after the pilot has taken off. These deviations are given for a number of reasons varying from closed airspace, traffic avoidance, and even weather. Often, the deviation will include a point between...
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By Hugh Gommel Cirrus is delivering mostly Perspective avionics suites these days. That’s no surprise considering its powerful capabilities and SVT feature. The following are a few comments after 60 hours flying the Cirrus Perspective by Garmin. First, I found the www.cirrusperspective.com website...
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A while ago, Luke received an email from a client who had been chatting with him about the regs as they pertain to filing an alternate on an IFR flight plan. What most instructors say about alternates is probably not worth more than a quick mention here since most of you have heard it so many times:...
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By Austin Kemink Early in my instructing career I was teaching at the University of Alaska in Anchorage when I had my first experience with a true mountain wave. Why do I call it a “true” mountain wave? Simply put, our aircraft didn't have sufficient power to maintain altitude or airspeed...
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Over in the SR forums there's a good discussion going about icing. Plenty of stories, pictures, and advice. I thought I'd repost my response to that over here in my blog, but please do check out the thread: http://www.cirruspilots.org/forums/p/110493/421550.aspx#421550 ----------------------...
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International border crossing is a process like any other. Once you know the steps and have a handle on the procedure it'll be just like any other. In this post, I'll discuss some of the things that are important to know before you go, some tips on what to do and what to expect, and a general...
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After reading about Neil's harrowing experience http://www.cirruspilots.org/forums/p/25493/83937.aspx#83937 , the idea struck me to pass around a basic list of which emergency checklists pilots ought to have memorized. We send the attached list to many of our clients as an aid for wading through...