AV Web

JUNE 6, 2024

What is also still not clear is the extent of his instrument flying experience, nor what training he might have received specific to the V-tail Bonanza. He requested a “deviation” and a climb to 9,000 feet as he approached Nashville Approach’s airspace.

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VOR Approach Descent Tail 75

AV Web

JUNE 6, 2024

What is also still not clear is the extent of his instrument flying experience, nor what training he might have received specific to the V-tail Bonanza. He requested a “deviation” and a climb to 9,000 feet as he approached Nashville Approach’s airspace.

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VOR Approach Descent Tail 75

Gary's Flight Journal

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The plan for today was flying to Delaware Coastal(GED)and knocking out the RNAV GPS 22 and RNAV GPS 4 approaches with the Stec 60-2 autopilot. I can't remember the last Localizer approach I shot. I only hooked up the tail tie down camera and one inside the cockpit camera, I really wasn't feeling the need today. What a slacker.

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VOR Approach Tail Cockpit 52

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?"

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Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

It is an old school approach and feels like a throwback to my earlier flying days. Specifically, I was told by Potomac Approach in 2023, "I cannot give you direct to destination out of College Park." Airport Incognito While still on with Harrisburg Approach, the inevitable IFR re-route came. miles from the US Capitol building.

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Pilot Flight Plan Air Traffic Control General Aviation 52

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?

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Runway Flight Plan Clearance Weather 52

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

I pony-tail my long hair, disheveled by the tempest brewing across much of central Canada, and say, “We’re in for a treat today. 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.

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Weather Knot Pilot Distance Measuring Equipment 98