X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:07:10 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m14.mx.aol.com ([64.12.138.204] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.1) with ESMTP id 829044 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:45:57 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.138.204; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m14.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r6.3.) id q.23f.119fdbc (18555) for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:45:06 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <23f.119fdbc.30a7d882@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:45:06 EST Subject: Re: [LML] Navigating in the IFR system in an experimental aircraft X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1131839106" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5300 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1131839106 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en Great Article. =20 One of the nice things about operating Part 91 aircraft is the difference =20 betwixt the rules and their practical application. For example, ATC doesn'= t=20 really care what equipment you use to get from A to B as long as you go the= way=20 you said you were going to go. If you crash, the NTSB may be concerned=20 about the equipment you were using but you will no longer have to worry abo= ut it. =20 ..............But they concluded in their written summary that the =20 required navigational equipment statement in 91.205 says that you can=E2=80= =99t =20 use GPS for your primary navigation system because it is not =20 ground-based. =20 =20 If a Garmin 430 (Pre WAAS) can't be used as the primary, how does one file=20 and fly GPS direct - avoiding the usual congestion around nun hat VORs and=20 whimsical ATC routing (Assume below 18000 MSL)? Let's see, an equipment co= de of=20 LNC2/G indicates advanced RNAV. Utilizing AIM 5.1.7.d.3(a), it's doable in= =20 an ATC radar environment - Aha! The required ground equipment is ATC radar= . =20 BTW, how many of you with a single Garmin unit (430/530) check your VOR=20 accuracy every 30 days and log it, too? I regularly check LOC/GS accuracy=20= by=20 practicing an ILS approach and rate how close I came to getting there in a=20 precise and professional manner with no epithets issued. =20 Let's see, I can always only do approaches where the note "Radar Required" =20 is prominently displayed, thus making further use of "required ground =20 facilities." Not! A standalone GPS approach is a GPS approach and the onl= y required=20 ground facility is the runway at the bottom, RAIM notwithstanding. =20 The other ground equipment you can use is the radio where guidance is=20 automatically activated by transmitting the code word "emergency!" =20 Roger, Wilco, Over and Out. =20 Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96 Aurora, IL (KARR) -------------------------------1131839106 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en

Great Article.

One of the nice things about operating Part 91 aircraft is the differen= ce=20 betwixt the rules and their practical application. For example, ATC=20 doesn't really care what equipment you use to get from A to B as long as you= go=20 the way you said you were going to go. If you crash, the NTSB may be=20 concerned about the equipment you were using but you will no longer have to=20 worry about it.

..............But they concluded in their written summary that the=20
required navigational equipment statement in 91.205 says that you can= =E2=80=99t=20
use GPS for your primary navigation system because it is not=20
ground-based.

If a Garmin 430 (Pre WAAS) can't be used as the primary, how does=20= one=20 file and fly GPS direct - avoiding the usual congestion around nun hat=20= VORs=20 and whimsical ATC routing (Assume below 18000 MSL)? Let's see, an=20 equipment code of LNC2/G indicates advanced RNAV. Utilizing AIM=20 5.1.7.d.3(a), it's doable in an ATC radar environment - Aha! The requi= red=20 ground equipment is ATC radar.

BTW, how many of you with a single Garmin unit (430/530) chec= k=20 your VOR accuracy every 30 days and log it, too? I regularly check LOC= /GS=20 accuracy by practicing an ILS approach and rate how close I came to getting=20 there in a precise and professional manner with no epithets issued.

Let's see, I can always only do approaches where the note "Radar Requir= ed"=20 is prominently displayed, thus making further use of "required ground=20 facilities." Not! A standalone GPS approach is a GPS approa= ch=20 and the only required ground facility is the runway at the bottom, RAIM=20 notwithstanding.

The other ground equipment you can use is the radio where guidance=20 is automatically activated by transmitting the code word "emergency!"

Roger, Wilco, Over and Out.

Scott Krueger=20 AKA Grayhawk
Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96
Aurora, IL=20 (KARR)

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