Readback: September 2013
Just Let DownAs an instrument student, thank you for a great magazine. I especially always look forward to the Killer Quiz.But the Canadian rules...
Readback: August 2013
Can I Really Do That?I read with amazement Paul Bertorelli's sidebar regarding "IFR in Class G Airspace" in the June issue.Just so I'm clear...
Readback: July 2013
Don't Need ‘em? Delete ‘em.In "Readback" in June, you said that the major airports at the heart of Class B airspace typically only use...
Readback: June 2013
Who Ya Gonna Call?Your April article on oxygen mentioned that you could only find one company who'd talk to you Well, you didn't contact...
Readback: December 2013
Higher and HigherApparently, airports in China are popping up like weeds. In September's Quiz, you correctly reported that Qamdo Bamda Airport in Tibet has...
Readback: November 2013
Unable VFR On TopJoe Shelton's "On Top of the World" article in August and the letters about it since have all missed one important...
Readback: April 2014
Confusing Chart NotesMany of us at Faribault, Minn (FBL) are confused by the chart notes on the RNAV (GPS) RWY 30 and RWY 12...
Readback: March 2014
Careless EditingI was excited to see my submission in OTA of the February issue but a slight change in wording could lead the reader...
Readback: February 2014
Fly the SimThanks very much for the October 2013 "Simplified Circling" article by Dog Brenneman. He mentioned that "we just don't get a lot...
Readback: January 2014
It's Really Time for GPSReading "It's Time for GPS" in November 2013, reminded me of two approaches I recently made in different areas of...
Readback: August 2014
Reference Fred Simonds article Need Datalink? in the May 2014 issue. We first put datalink into our Bonanza about a dozen years ago after being stuck for a few extra days by weather. We had a post-mounted StratoCheetah by Echo Flight that used the Iridium satellite system. It worked reasonably well but was intrusive. Next a panel upgrade included the, then, UPSAT MX-20 with WSI datalink FIS. This is what we still use today in contrast to the XMWX system mentioned as the only available system in the article. There are some differences in the data and presentation, but the WSI receiver provides most of the same information as XM systems I have used.
Readback: July 2014
In Lee Smiths April 2014 article on Visual Area Protection, I think there is an error. The diagram indicates that the 20:1 slope is the same as standard three degree VDA. My memory, Lee Smiths original Danger Below MDA? from March 2013, and my math indicate that 34:1 is the same as a three degree slope.