Random Facts to Remember SC

IFR Facts to TRY and Remember ILS Localizer freq 108.1-111.95 Localizer reception 18nm out, 1,000ft. Above highest terrain, 4,500ft above antenna site Localizer 3-6 degrees wide, 700ft wide at approach RWY threshold Good for 10 degrees left or right of course out to 18nm, 35 degrees off course 10nm out LDA is not aligned with the […]

Flying Partial Panel SC

The aircraft was on an IFR clearance and climbing through a cloud layer when it broke up in flight following an in-flight upset. The weather conditions included multiple cloud layers from 4,000 to 13,000 feet, with a freezing level around 7,000 feet msl. An AIRMET was in effect for occasional moderate rime to mixed icing-in-clouds […]

When Can You Log an Instrument Approach? SC

When Can You Log an Instrument Approach? The FAA issued INFO 15012 (Information for Operators) to help us understand exactly when you can and cannot log an instrument approach for the purpose of instrument currency or training.  Under any scenario, the pilot logging instrument currency/training must be flying solely by reference to instruments (obvious I […]

Random Facts to Remember

IFR Facts to TRY and Remember ILS Localizer freq 108.1-111.95 Localizer reception 18nm out, 1,000ft. Above highest terrain, 4,500ft above antenna site Localizer 3-6 degrees wide, 700ft wide at approach RWY threshold Good for 10 degrees left or right of course out to 18nm, 35 degrees off course 10nm out LDA is not aligned with the […]

When Can You Log an Instrument Approach?

When Can You Log an Instrument Approach? The FAA issued INFO 15012 (Information for Operators) to help us understand exactly when you can and cannot log an instrument approach for the purpose of instrument currency or training.  Under any scenario, the pilot logging instrument currency/training must be flying solely by reference to instruments (obvious I […]

Flying Partial Panel

The aircraft was on an IFR clearance and climbing through a cloud layer when it broke up in flight following an in-flight upset. The weather conditions included multiple cloud layers from 4,000 to 13,000 feet, with a freezing level around 7,000 feet msl. An AIRMET was in effect for occasional moderate rime to mixed icing-in-clouds […]