Approach, Hangar and VOR - Aviator Connection

Savannah, Georgia

Gary's Flight Journal

MAY 3, 2024

I also secured hangar space for the week to the tune of $75 a night. I launched from runway three-two and pointed for the Snow Hill VOR. I already had set up for Patuxent approach so I switched from CTAF to Pax to pick up my clearance. Once south of Myrtle Beach I was turned direct Charleston VOR.

Runway

Runway Approach Weather VOR

Round Dials or Glass Cockpits?

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Some bucks spent on a hangar, updated paint and exterior, and a little TLC under the cowling, and your 30-year-old Cessna 172 will keep up with a brand-new one, for a lot less dollars. ADFs, marker beacons, and VOR receivers, each relying on a constantly shrinking population of land-based navaids, fill these dated flight decks.

Cockpit

Cockpit Instrument Landing System Approach Pilot

The Flying Bear Goes to Beantown | Part 4, Going Missed

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

I had no interest in flying one hour north only to be shut out of our destination by weather below minimums for the available instrument approach procedure. ATC was great, the FBO (FlightLevel - Beverly) treated us well and charged reasonable fees, and radar services were managed by the perennially capable Boston Approach.

Ceiling

Ceiling Approach Weather Runway

Asheville, NC and the Biltmore Estate

Gary's Flight Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Reservations have been made, the estate tour is booked, rental car locked in, and hangar space secured. Nope, VFR today, but if I need it I’ll open with whatever approach I’m on with. As we approached Barrett’s Mountain VOR you could make out the mountains ahead. The whole process has become second nature.

Approach

Approach Knot VOR Weather

Barbados: 2025 Business Aviation Destination Guide

Universal Weather

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Technical Details Runway Length : 11,000 ft / 3,353 m Approach Aids : ILS/DME, VOR/DME Surface : Asphalt Elevation : 167 ft / 51 m Weather Considerations Barbados enjoys a warm, tropical maritime climate year-round, with daytime highs generally between 27C and 30C (80F86F).

Clearance

Clearance Weather VOR Hangar

Charleston, SC

Gary's Flight Journal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

I've been going through weather updates and long range forecasts for the last two weeks along with reviewing approaches and alternates for our flight. I checked the hangar and had no bulb in my parts cabinet. I was handed off to Charleston approach and the controller turned me to the coast. Saturday 9.16 Sunday 9.17

Weather

Weather VOR Clearance Approach

Navigating Instrument Failure at 10,000 Feet

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

During my drive to the company hangar at the airport, I become increasingly convinced the captain will cancel our scheduled flight. I ignore him, select three VOR stations, determine our radial from each of them, draw it on the map, and determine our approximate position based on the intersection of the lines.

Weather

Weather Knot Pilot Distance Measuring Equipment

Rubber bands – the reason I quit

Air Facts

APRIL 10, 2024

He was thrilled and sent me a picture of her by the new hangar. The new owner was thrilled and sent me a picture of the Cardinal by its new hangar. Like many local GA airports, we have a group of pilots (mostly older, retired aircraft owners) who congregate most days in one hangar or another. I had a burning question.

Pilot

Pilot General Aviation VOR Cockpit

The Key West of Ohio

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Off Sodus, I briefly leveled at 2,500 feet to remain visual until I received my instrument clearance from Rochester Approach. West of the Geneseo VOR, I passed high above Silver Lake and the gorge in Letchworth State Park. ForeFlight ground track showing the aerial survey and approach to Put-In-Bay.

Runway

Runway Approach Knot Drag

Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When both plans were filed, he asked me to stand-by while he verified that the flight plan was properly pushed to Cleveland Center where Rochester Approach would be able to retrieve it. When I contacted Rochester Approach, the controller came back with, "Are you looking for your clearance to College Park?"

Transponder

Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation

Vero Beach Vacation and Gear Issue

Gary's Flight Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

We departed Ocean City in very strong gusty winds and pointed for Snow Hill VOR. I canceled flight following with Potomac approach and diverted to Accomack. I tucked 3 Tango Charlie in the hangar and we decided to drive to Vero Beach FL. Why do I think this will be like the hangar wait list. Lunch was excellent!

Weather

Weather VOR Knot Hangar

2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six Navigation equipment includes a Garmin GNS-530W GPS navigator and two VOR receivers for secondary navigation. Hangar space is sometimes available for under $50/night – a nice option if storms are expected. The approach and taxi are time compressed; the landing is normal speed.

Density Altitude

Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator

North to Ottawa | Part 1, With a Little Help from Kingston Radio

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I filed a route of BRUIN to ART (Watertown VOR) to Kingston to avoid overflying significant portions of Lake Ontario. Because Restricted Area R-5203 over Lake Ontario was hot that morning, Syracuse Approach vectored me closer to the shoreline and, once past the restricted area, offered direct to Watertown. How do you spell LANRK?

Runway

Runway Flight Plan Clearance Weather

North to Ottawa | Part 3, Caution: Wet Paint

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I was escorted outside by a docent who was supposed to have led the 2:30 pm Reserve Hangar tour, but was available because no one signed up for it. My filed route to Ogdensburg was via YOW (the Ottawa VOR) and IKLAX. As I approached the St Lawrence River, I had the distinct impression of being on the wrong side of it.

Approach

Approach Clearance Airplanes Runway

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Savannah, Georgia

Round Dials or Glass Cockpits?

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The Flying Bear Goes to Beantown | Part 4, Going Missed

Asheville, NC and the Biltmore Estate

Barbados: 2025 Business Aviation Destination Guide

Charleston, SC

Navigating Instrument Failure at 10,000 Feet

Rubber bands – the reason I quit

The Key West of Ohio

Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

Vero Beach Vacation and Gear Issue

2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

North to Ottawa | Part 1, With a Little Help from Kingston Radio

North to Ottawa | Part 3, Caution: Wet Paint

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