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118 Instrument Flying and IFR Listener Questions + General Aviation News

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Summary118 GA news plus Max answers listeners questions on Instrument Flying and IFR including questions about how to save money on an instrument rating, using a simulator to get an instrument rating, when to switch from GPS to the Nav radio on localizer and VOR approaches, Legally using GPS on the entire VOR approach, whether to train in a round gauge airplane or a glass cockpit like in a Cirrus.

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• FAA: ICAO Flight Plan Format Becomes Mandatory
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• Family sues FAA over crash, claims ATC gave pilot false information
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• Boy who stole two planes for a joyride could receive pilot training
• Jessica Cox To Take Delivery Of Her First Airplane

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