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• US influencer stranded in Antarctica after landing plane without permission

  Avweb [0] has a bit more concise report of the story: >On June 28, Chilean prosecutors allege that Guo submitted a false flight plan at Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Airport in Punta Arenas, indicating he would fly over the city. However, authorities claim he deviated from this plan without notification, continuing toward Antarctica and landing at Lieutenant Rodolfo Marsh Base in Chilean Antarctic territory.... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Someone keeps stealing, flying, fixing and returning this man's plane. But why?

  It’s there as a relief valve. LAX has some of the busiest airspace in the world. ATC grants services to VFR traffic on a workload permitting basis. When ATC is too busy separating IFR traffic, which is their higher priority, it allows pilots an option that confines them to a certain area and altitudes. For details, take a look at the Los Angeles Special Flight Rules Area[0] on the Los Angeles TAC. It gives a... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Someone keeps stealing, flying, fixing and returning this man's plane. But why?

  Most aircraft have a GPS on the panel that can show you the airspace around you and along your flight path, but it's not a required instrument. It's more of a 2D depiction of the airspaces, but there are three dimensional depictions on them. There's also apps like ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot that you can run on a tablet or phone. Before those electronic methods became ubiquitous pilots used paper charts and... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Ask HN: What are good high information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)

  Aeronautical charts have incredible information density. https://skyvector.com/ for zoomable charts. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Don't DRY Your Code Prematurely

  Paper charts are great (they're fairly cheap and printed quite nicely in the USA at least) but you can get a good look at these boundaries through online charts. https://skyvector.com is a good way to view these. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• The Naughty Words the FAA Removed from the Sky

  And yet, they kept SHART. Love it. https://skyvector.com/?ll=40.49952904132459,-98.21383667288202&chart=302&zoom=1. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• FAA Aviation Maps

  For me, I do that too. The tablet is my primary and tied to my stratux for ADSB/weather/GPS for navigation and awareness. Having a list of frequencies and VOR settings on the old junk I use, a marked up map is really handy. I like doing a loop around MSP (KFCM > KLVN > KSGS > KSTP > KANE > KMIC > KFCM) so a lot of frequency jumps. You can see what the EFB is more or less going to look like - so a sharpie on... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• FAA Aviation Maps

  Technically these are referred to as "charts" and not maps. :) Another fun (and free!) resource is SkyVector, which automatically stitches them together and has tons of useful features for flight planning. https://skyvector.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• How do you navigate?

  If you’re in the US you can use skyvector to get most charts, which helps find sids and stars for commercial. For GA I love VOR navigation which are the blue compass roses you see everywhere. You have to dial the given frequency into your nav radio and set the course to intercept it at the desired heading. With two VORS (nav 1 and nav 2) you can triangulate your position without the GPS. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Navigation or Just Flyin' Around

  To practice GPS navigation from one place to another, I'll pick a takeoff and landing airport, then go to skyvector.com and input a flight plan. Then I'll choose the 'Routes' link on the right-middle of the flight plan input. Then I'll press the Nav Log button on the bottom right of the flight plan input. From that I'll put in the waypoints into the GPS. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

  A suggestion for much further down the line: a timeline on the map which composites many maps from a similar time period so you can see them all stitched together (somewhat like how https://skyvector.com/ stitches together multiple sectional charts into a continuous map, though I know it can't be as seamless). - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Do you need a flyer/operator ID to fly a 249g drone in the USA?

  The next issue is temporary flight restrictions that can pop up for a variety of reasons, like presidential movement, VIPs, firefighting, emergency response, large sports games, etc. I use SkyVector to check for TFRs (orange if they're not activated yet, red if they're active already). You can take decimal lat/longs and plot them on the chart by clicking Flight Plan in the top left corner and pasting them in the... Source: about 2 years ago

• America Calls

  In case you don't have another way to view charts, all of our charts are published here for free, https://skyvector.com. Source: about 2 years ago

• How do you find viable launch and landing sites near you?

  Research sectional charts. Check out skyvector.com. Find non-towered airports in rural areas. Browsing google maps satellite is also fun to do exploring. Searching for public parks can work too. Source: over 2 years ago

• 3 different aircraft violated a TFR this week

  Yup, 1800wxbrief.com online briefings display TFRs prominently. Also tfr.faa.gov, or skyvector.com. Or inflight, as long as your plane has ADSB-out to ping the towers, you can get real-time ADSB-in TFR (and wx) info using a Stratux receiver, which you can assemble from $100-$200 of parts (software is free and open-source); you can display it on a <$100 Android tablet (or phone) using the open-source Avare software... Source: over 2 years ago

• So flight simming did actually teach me something...

  You can look up SIDS (standard instrument departures) and STARS (standard terminal arrivals) on various apps and websites. I use skyvector, just hold your mouse over an airport. In MSFS most of the aircraft have these pre-programmed into the MFB or FMC. Source: over 2 years ago

• Good review for VFR sectional charts?

  If you haven’t started training yet, try skyvector.com and the FAA Aeronautical Chart User Guide. Source: over 2 years ago

• Pilot got permission to fly at 12k out of Sea-Tac this afternoon and gave us a heck of a view

  You can go to https://skyvector.com , pan & zoom to SEA, and then click on the 'World Lo' button to see the Victor airways. Source: over 2 years ago

• Super noob questions, how do you know when to start descending and at about what rate should you descend?

  When flying VFR, most of your navigation is going to be done visually. Look out your window and use a map (https://skyvector.com/ has great VFR maps for the US). A bit of flight planning helps too, just seeing which landmarks are along the way and distances between them. Rough headings to take you from one to the next. Rivers and highways are good for getting your bearings too. Source: over 2 years ago

• I reside within 2.5 miles of the center of an airport. Is buying a MJI 3 with all the features a mistake?

  I live in the twin cities area so take my advice with a grain of salt. First and foremost, it depends on what airport. There are a few different type of classifications and rules for each when it comes to airspace and when it becomes restricted. Based on the comment of photographing planes coming in it makes me think it is a larger airport, possibly class B or C. If you are not sure I would use ... Source: over 2 years ago

• Let's hear your skills

  Skyvector has the VFR map, I see what you mean! Source: over 2 years ago