Readback September 2023
Autopilot Coupling NA?
See the KSTS ILS Runway 32 approach. It states that autopilot coupled approaches are NA below 1038 feet. DA is 380 feet....
READBACK August 2023
GNS Can Hold
I’ve certainly enjoyed your magazine for some time now, but with the March article, “Random Holds” by Mark Kolber, I was a...
Readback July 2023
Annoying Marketing
Long-time IFR Magazine subscriber and fan here. I have a suggestion, not related to your content (which I love) but to your advertising...
Incommunicado Discussion
As always, January’s “Incommunicado” is an excellent article from Tarrance Kramer. The article about the fun-and-games of losing communication between pilot and ATC, from...
Readback May 2023
Alternate Mins NA?
As the FAA is transitioning the National Airspace System (NAS) to Performance Based Navigation (PBN), more and more we see VORs becoming...
Readback April 2023
Can I Get That Sim?
I am a long-time subscriber to IFR who is interested in getting more information on Ryan Koch’s DIY flight simulator...
ReadBack March 2023
More Ways Up
I have to disagree with Douglas Boyd’s statement in his November article, “Which Way Is Up?” that you have to choose between...
Readback February 2023
Whichever Way Up
In 2013, I was again breaking in a new CFII for an instrument competency check. I was flying a /U C172 at...
Readback: January 2023
Go? Or No-Go?
I read with interest your “Go? Or No-Go?” Remarks in the September 2022 issue, where you analyzed that choice in light of...
Readback: December 2022
Got Fuel?
I was recently reviewing the fuel requirements for IFR flight, and I realized that they were not what I was thinking. I thought...
Readback: November 2022
Searching For Nine
I just finished reading Bob Teter’s “Future Automation” in the July issue. Then, I went to the airport and twisted the knob...
Readback: October 2022
How’s That TAA Work Again?
When looking at the KGSO GPS Rwy 5R approach in “Gettin Down” from June 2022, I thought the TAA in...