PeteMc

Not to steal the thread here, but... Does anyone still make an IVSI for certified GA aircraft? I'm sure ones made for the big Boeings, etc., have a big sticker price.

Thanks for that. I was just about to say that my VSI lags a bit.

Okay, so you are now in your stabalized climb..... Gear or Flaps first????

Love the PPT and I think I'm going to give it a go to just keep my old DB and confirm the fixes!! Oh wait... my Uncle Garmin says I can't do that any more.

Your fellow instructors are correct on both points. The FAA does not care if you confirm the location of each fix is in the correct location on the current charts (enroute or approach), but then you'd need the new chart or chart information to confirm that. And I believe all of the GPS manufacturer's AFMS prohibit the use of their GPS on an instrument approach. But you can still use it Enroute IF you confirm the location of the Waypoints.... Which brings us back to you having to have the current info to confirm the location. So have fun digging through the current list of all Waypoints to confirm the location of each fix on your Route. And on the Approach if you're going to shoot a VOR, ILS or maybe even an NDB Approach.

Just remembered that one guy I knew was using it in the fuel only added it just prior to a long XC. He said that way he got all the the benifits of cleaning things out in the fuel system without having any left over when the plane was just sitting.

I've never heard of using it just before and oil change. Those I know that use it add it with new oil... at least in a Contenental. I guess there can be some reasons not to add it to a Lycolming.

Back when the first GPS came out, I *believe* you could only shoot the Approach if it actually said VOR (GPS) in the title (that's the way we were taught and what was told in all the FAA seminars I attended). You've zeroed in on some changes over the years and pointed out you're good to shoot the approach using the GPS as your primary source IF the VOR is being MONITORED. You can't just have a VOR in the plane.

I would have asked them to prove it was you. That far back there's a good chance they would not be able to. And that's really pushing the envelope UNLESS the airport charged landing fees in 2018 and you failed to pay one they sent you. I could easily see old outstanding fees being turned over to Vector to see if they could collect on them.

Can you give a little more details? Was it 4 different projects or you really tore out everything that was there and reinstalled a new system 4 times? Or were they 4 different phases to complete 1 larger project? If it was a total replacement each time, was it all paid by the FAA/Gov or were the different projects just paid by the Airport? Yeah, I get that bureaucrats often play games. But this one seems a bit out there. I'd expect them to keep funding diffrerent projects if they were just trying to dump money into the airport.

No... But what if a heading was off by 10 degrees? Or an altitude was off by 200 ft?

Good to know.

@Rick Junkin @toto I'll have to look at the latest G Pilot videos. The one I watched when they first releast their SmartCharts did not indicate they were creating their own plate. Just that they had a Route layout and side windows that had the other textural information from the Plate.

Okay, but isn't that their MAP presentation of the Approach? Or is it really a separate presentation like going to the Approach Plate like you used to do? I thought the Approach "Plate" still existed in G Pilot as it does in ForeFlight and it is still either Jepp or Gov. So... You're really talking about G Pilots "SmartChart" and not that Garmin has created their own "Plate." (And I only went through some of the early release info on SmartCharts, so I could have missed that they are playing with definitions.)

I'm a little confused on your terminology, but then I don't use G Pilot. To me the "Plate" used to be the piece of paper I pulled out of my Jepp binder and clipped to the yoke. In ForeFlight I still have a Plates Tab and it comes with the Gov. "Plates" or I could subscribe to Jepp. On the Map Tab I see FF's ROUTE depiction of what is on the "Plate" and I can even have the Plate overlayed onto the Map. But I'm confused about what you are calling the "GP Plate" as I do not believe Garmin creates their own Approach Plates. They use Gov or Jepp.... Unless I'm wrong, hence the question on terminology.