On The Glideslope

Category: PilotEdge

  • Alphabet Challenge Leg 11: K (KKNB) to L (KLGB)

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    Yesterday I was able to carve out about three hours to complete the next flight in the PilotEdge Alphabet Challenge, Kanab (K) to Long Beach (L). This is one of the longest flights in the series, logging in at 345 nautical miles with the route I’d planned, a VFR flight of KKNB MMM LAS DAG…

  • Stalls, Turns, And An Engine Out Over Bakersfield (On PilotEdge)

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    Recreating some maneuvers from a recent real-world lesson, using the PilotEdge network and ORBX SoCal scenery (Bakersfield). Stalls, steep turns, turns around a point, engine out procedure with go-around, and a return to 30R at KBFL. Best moment of the video for me is when I say “flops” instead of “flaps.” Details: – Prepare3d v3.3.5…

  • Alphabet Chalenge Leg 10: “J” To “K” (And Fun With Thunderstorms!)

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    I finally was able to fly the next leg in the PilotEdge Alphabet Challenge today, which was Jacqueline Cochran (KTRM) to Kanab (KKNB). This is the fifth-longest flight in the challenge, logging in at 269.9 miles as the crows would fly it. I decided to fly it using GPS navigation as VOR would have lengthened…

  • VFR Notes From A SoCal TRACON Tour

    VFR Notes From A SoCal TRACON Tour

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    There’s a nice blog post here from a pilot who recently toured SoCal TRACON (the Terminal Radar Approach CONtrol for the Sothern California region, the nation’s busiest and also the airspace you fly on PilotEdge). It’s very interesting, especially for VFR pilots (which was his focus in writing the piece). One insight for me was…

  • Video: El Monte To Fullerton On PilotEdge

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    I’ve been away from the simulator for a week traveling, but before I hit the road I videoed leg four of the PilotEdge Alphabet Challenge, El Monte to Fullerton. It’s only about a 10 minute flight, so I recorded it in its entirety as a way of giving folks who may be unfamiliar with PilotEdge…

  • PE Alphabet Challenge Leg 3: KCMA to KDLO

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    The other day I flew leg three of the Pilot Edge Alphabet Challenge, which is Camarillo to Delano. For this leg I went old school and analog, flying the A2A C 172 R trainer and using only VOR navigation and the LA sectional chart. No GPS, no ForeFlight on the iPad, and no autopilot. Candidly,…

  • The PilotEdge Scope

    Readers know that I use the PilotEdge ATC network service, and really enjoy it. If you’ve wondered what things look like from the controller’s point of view, this YouTube video shows it well.

  • The PilotEdge Alphabet Challenge

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    The other day I started flying the PilotEdge Alphabet Challenge, which is a series of 32 flights to airports in the PilotEdge coverage area, each representing a letter of the alphabet or the numerals from 0 to 9. You’re supposed to fly them in order, and from point-to-point (so, starting at Apple Valley to Bakersfield,…

  • GoPro Audio Hook-In Test (And PilotEdge Pattern Work At KSNA)

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    One of the reasons I’ve put music on the videos is that the GoPro doesn’t pick up the sim’s audio very well, and it can’t get any of the radio sound. But yesterday I was able to pick up an interconnect audio cable that hooks the GoPro into the sim’s intercom system, and this is…

  • A V-3 Rating On PilotEdge

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    I’m happy to say that today I completed the V-3 VFR rating on the PilotEdge ATC network. This is the most challenging of the visual flight rules ratings, and I’m proud to say I passed it on the first try! The requirements of the V-3 rating, per the PE training site: This advanced rating involves transitions…