Roost Air Lounge => Aviation related topics => Topic started by: Zaffex on April 06, 2008, 03:49:19 AM
Title: questions about WAAS
Post by: Zaffex on April 06, 2008, 03:49:19 AM
So I've been doing some instrument flight simming and I've been looking at this stuff about WAAS and all and I'm still a bit confused about it. Are WAAS approaches much different from other types? Does anyone know where I could look at a WAAS approach plate? I know you can find approaches on AirNav but I'm not sure what airports have WAAS.
Title: Re: questions about WAAS
Post by: Turbomallard on April 06, 2008, 12:00:38 PM
WAAS approaches don't have their own plates... the minimums are published on the RNAV plates. See http://www.aopa.org/members/files/chart_guide/iap_intro.pdf for details... if you can work your way through the bad writing! ??? I coughed up $$$ to have my Garmin 430 upgraded last year and love getting a GPS generated glide slope. It's much smoother than the ILS variety. Great stuff.
TM
Title: Re: questions about WAAS
Post by: airtac on April 06, 2008, 02:21:05 PM
HEY!!! ::) The duck has returned--glad to see ya TM |:)\ And he's right, of course (rather than right of course) the WAAS approaches are published as RNAV 8)
Title: Re: questions about WAAS
Post by: Turbomallard on April 06, 2008, 02:39:17 PM
HEY!!! ::) The duck has returned--glad to see ya TM |:)\ And he's right, of course (rather than right of course) the WAAS approaches are published as RNAV 8)
Thanks for the kind words. When I fly approaches, I'm right of course, left of course, up, down, you name it... I let the 30 year old autopilot fly them most of the time!!!!
I've been lurking on here a bit, but I've been busy. I've been instructing a fair amount after the day job, and it's kept me running a bit more than I'd like. Flew to Oshkosh yesterday and can now officially say.... I'm working on a biography of Steve Wittman! I'll be heading to Oshkosh a fair amount in the months ahead to comb through EAA's archives, the county historical society archives, etc. This is going to be waaaaaay coool!
