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Technique

Position Reports

For ease of presentation, we divided the required IFR reports into two main camps: IFR position reports and all the rest. All these reports are covered in the following sources: 14 CFR 91.183, 14 CFR 91.187, and AIM 5-3-2 and 5-3-3. Since required position reports are covered in 91.183(a) and AIM 5-3-2, that leaves the other sources for the additional reports.

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System

Ice and Tail Stalls

Every year structural icing claims a small but steady number of airplanes. Many of the accidents are on approach in clear air-after the airplane has already collected a load of ice. We look at it afterwards and wonder-the airplane had been doing fine-why did it crash well after it escaped from icing conditions?

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System

Required Reports

For this look, well cover about half of the reports other than position reports per 14 CFR 91.183(a) that Fred Simonds briefly mentions in his Radar Service Gotchas on page 14. Well thoroughly cover those later.

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Aircraft Analysis

Throttled

Engine failure. Take a breath and collect yourself. Hopefully you have a flow memorized to try and restore power, and maybe it includes the fuel selector, mixture control, boost pump, magnetos and more. But what about the throttle?

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Aircraft

We Fly: Epic LT

“Wow” was all I could say as I held the throttle forward in the climb out of Camarillo Airport in California on our way to Bend, Oregon. David Robinson, Epic Aircraft’s chief pilot, said he often hears similar expressions from the left seat during demo flights, though generally a slightly less polite version. We were […]

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Aircraft

Embraer Legacy 500 Gains FAA Certification

Embraer’s midsize Legacy 500 earned its FAA type certificate yesterday, clearing the way for deliveries of the fly-by-wire jet to eager customers in North America. FAA Deputy Associate Administrator John Hickey handed over the certification paperwork to Embraer Executive Jets President Marco Tulio Pellegrini at the company’s exhibit at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida, […]

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Pilot Proficiency

Unusual Attitudes: DC-3s and DC-4s — but No Alligators

When I was a little girl growing up on the west side of Cincinnati in the ’50s, I was obsessed with airplanes, but the closest I came to any were the distinctive V-tails that flew regularly over our house. And I remember my father saying, “There go the Hogans,” referring to four brothers who operated […]

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Avionics and Gear

More Required Reports

Last months clinic began a detailed look at the reports we are required to give ATC or FSS during an IFR flight. Specifically, we began looking at the reports other than the position reports required by 14 CFR 91.183(a), which well cover separately. The remaining reports come from three sources: 14 CFR 91.183 (paragraphs b and c), 14 CFR 91.187, and AIM 5-3-3.

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On the Air

On the Air: November 2014

We live in an airport community in Florida, 64FA, called Naked Lady Ranch.One of our pilots asked Jacksonville Center (JAX) for direct to Naked Lady Ranch. The controller responded, Affirmative, you are cleared direct to Naked Lady Ranch.This was followed a few seconds later by, JAX, this is American 123, wed like a clearance to Naked Lady Ranch and Cactus 456, requesting direct Naked Lady.

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Pilot in aircraft
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