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PD-R's are worth every penny. Don't let price hold you back from a good container or reserve. Your life is on the line. Derek

That is all true, but it doesn't change the fact that there is not an FAR that requires a rigger to have the manual(s), have it open, or have it open to the correct page. There should be, but there isn't. A DPRE requiring the manual to be open does not mean that there is an FAR requiring it. A lot of very good reasons have been put forth for having the manual, but no FAR's. By the same token, there is not an FAR requiring the rigger to be sober when packing. There should be, but there isn't. Fact: There is not an FAR requiring a rigger to have the manual. Derek

Do a search, 45-degrees means nothing when it comes to seperation. In fact, Bill Von did some tests and found that the jumpers never did reach 45-degrees. Derek

I cannot believe you are still trying to convince anyone that will listen that the TFR was poorly implemented. You claim to have answered my questions, but haven't. Cut and paste the answers if you have answered my questions. You twist peoples words. For example, Viper said it would take him 6-9 seconds to triangulate his position, not determine the error of that fix. You really do hear only what you want to hear. You don’t want the TFR bigger, but that is exactly what centering it on a nav-aid will do to it, which is what you do want. You can’t have it both ways. Make up your mind, do you want it centered on a nav-aid and bigger, or where it is(was) and the same size? For the very last time, you do not need any instruments beyond what is required to fly VFR to avoid a TFR. As a VFR pilot, you look at the ground and use any instruments to back that up to keep track of your position. I can fly a 182 w/ VFR instruments all day long without flying into any TFR's. I could do this by putting the TFR on my sectional and keeping track of my position using that sectional and looking at the ground. I would use whatever instruments available to back that up. It wouldn't be an increase in workload since I would be doing that anyway. I couldn't give a damn if my hand-drawn circle or downloaded and printed map was certified because it will work just fine to keep me out of the TFR. What difference does it make? None. I still do not see what you are crying about. You don't need DME to fly VFR or to avoid a TFR. You don't need VOR's to fly VFR or avoid a TFR. You are making a mountain out of an ant hill and are looking very silly doing it. If you need instruments to avoid a TFR, then hire a CFI to teach you how to navigate properly. If you cannot avoid a TFR with ease, do competent pilots a favor and don't fly because you'll just make them look bad. Derek

What is the story that goes with this video? Derek

If it is mandatory, they should issue a change to their manual...... Derek

Flaring is like applying the brakes in a car to bring it to a stop at a stop-sign. There are a lot of variables that determine how much, how quick. You couldn't tell someone exactly how much brake to apply, starting exactly when, and you can't tell someone exactly how to flare. Derek

I re-read your posts and couldn't find the answers to my questions and I have been paying attantion. Well sure I know what temporary means, you should have been more accurate when you said the TFR was for mon and tues. It is still Tuesday. You do know what day it is, right? This is silly. If you are a competent pilot, avoiding a TFR is simple. If you think it is too hard to avoid them, you shouldn't be in the air. I can't believe pilots are complaining that the TFR wasn't centered on a nav-aid. Maybe they want someone to hold their hand when they fly You said it was difficult to avoid the TFR and then showed how easy it actually is to avoid. You say adding a buffer just to be safe increases the area too much, but are OK with increasing the area by almost the same amount to center it on a nav-aid. You contradict yourself many times and sound like you just want to complain and blame the government for incursions. I'm done with this. Write your congressman. Derek

Here is a few you have dodged: Do you find it too difficult to avoid TFR's? You think the FAA makes it too hard to avoid TFR's? Care to explain what is so difficult about it when: How do you expect a pilot equipped only with VOR's for navigation to find their position? How does adding a TFR increase the workload of any other flight using VOR triangulation for navigation? If pilots are expected to remain clear of restricted areas which are not always centered on nav-aids or nice, neat circles, how is a TFR any different? Do you think the use of TFR's should cease? I would think that given the choice of grounding all GA or using TFR's, GA would lose. Careful what you wish for. I am looking through AOPA's web site for the srtical on AZ TFR and can't find it. Can you post a link? Derek

LOL, so you do think it is the government's fault that pilots violate TFR's??????? There was 324 runway incursions in 2004. I suppose that they were the government's fault because the government built the runways. As a pilot, do you feel that the TFR is too hard for you to avoid? I think I'll do exactly that. Derek

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Like I said: "I agree, there be some sort of check-dive for AFFI's to get their rating renewed." Write a letter to USPA or do what I did and don't pay it. Derek

That is your interpretation of that statistic. There was 2054 accidents in 2001. Does that mean the FAA makes it too difficult to safely complete a flight? By your logic, what other explanation can there be except that it is the government’s fault? It can’t possibly be the pilot’s fault, can it? Derek

Ya, you are right. Kallend wants it both ways. He wants the TFR centered on a nav-aid, but not any bigger. He thinks it is too hard to navigate around the TFR, but knows that a private pilot is supposed to be able to navigate VFR around restriced airspaces and even the cheapest aviation GPS will make that task extremely easy. I'm not even sure what he is complaining about. If he is a compentent pilot, he should have zero problems navigating around a TFR, even if it isn't centered on a nav-aid. It isn't a huge increase in pilot workload to mark a TFR on a sectional and navigate around it. I haven't flown in a while (the premier jet I flew a little while ago doesn't really count, but it was a cool flight, 90-degree, 250-knot, 3-G turn while the TCAS was hollering 'traffic'), and I am confident I could avoid a TFR without even half trying. If a pilot thinks that it is too hard to avoid a TFR, maybe they should schedule some navigation training with a CFI to bone up their skills/confidence in those skills. I noticed he doesn't answer the hard questions....... Derek

I agree, there be some sort of check-dive for AFFI's to get their rating renewed. Currently, there is more than just "opening up the ol' wallet". There are currency requirements. Derek

TRue, but in order to act as pilot in command you must have a current medical and have met the bi-annual recurrency requirments. Also, in order to carry passengers, you must have 3 landings within the last 90-days, at night to carry passengers at night. SO, just because you have a license in your pocket, does not mean you can go hop in an aircraft and go fly. Derek

Because it isn't that hard to get a pilot's license and the currency/recurrency requirements are weak at best. The same reason there are 5 to 10 aircraft accidents every day. The same reason there is a pilot that does all his own maintenance on his mooney which he has installed rails on the bottom because he has landed gear up so many times. The last time he did it, I watched as the tower told him 5 or six times that he didn't have any landing gear and to go around and he still bellied it in. This guy is a CFI and 6 days later that same Mooney was back in the air with a student at the controls without an A & P so much as looking at the aircraft. Because some pilots do not give flying the respect it deserves and do not have their certificates revoked. You think the FAA makes it too hard to avoid TFR's? Care to explain what is so difficult about it when: and temporary TFR's can be very easily transcribed onto a sectional? Do you find it too difficult to avoid TFR's? Derek

We are working on stuff like that. He is living up to his name, Sherpa, by taking whatever we give him and bringing it to the other person. Next step is to teach him to open the fridge door. We haven't started that yet because we haven't figured out how to keep from eating everything after he learns that. He wouldn't make a good packing weight, can't hold still long enough. He has gotten better, but not one of stronger abilities. Derek

I did catch him carring around a butane torch this morning I think he was looking for some way to light it. He is currently pretending to be asleep as he plans his next caper. Derek

I'm at the UPS store with him now, what is you address?. Derek

It isn't a huge increase in workload to transcribe a TFR onto a sectional. Even with the cheapest GPS, you can plug in the cordinates for the center of the TFR, hit the goto button and it will tell you how far from it you are. Make sure the "distance to waypoint" number is larger that the radius of the TFR. Even easier than VOR triangulation. Again, child's play. We have gone from no practical method, to 'it's too much work to transcribe the TFR onto a sectional and fly around it'. Give me a break.. Derek

I understand, you are saying that the FAA could have made it easier. I am saying that it isn’t that hard. Sure, it is an inconvenience, no way around that, but should be well-within the abilities of any private pilot. Of course, then pilots would be complaining that they made it too big just to center it on a nav-aid, and "we are capable of navigating just fine". The FAA wouldn't win no matter what. How do you expect a pilot equipped only with VOR's for navigation to find their position? How does adding a TFR increase the workload of any other flight using VOR triangulation for navigation? Mark it on your sectional, and if you are flying VFR, make sure you know where you are and stay out of the TFR. Contact ATC for flight following to back up your navigation. Not a big deal or that difficult. If you are flying IFR, it is even easier since you are in contact with ATC and are better equipped avionics-wise than VFR aircraft. You may also be allowed in the TFR, depending on the specific TFR. If pilots are expected to remain clear of restricted areas which are not always centered on nav-aids or nice, neat circles, how is a TFR any different? Derek

Neat trick. I use a stamp for my cert # and seal code. That helps too. Derek

Nor should you, or hesitate to bring it up and educate others about it. "Those ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it". Derek