questions about WAAS

[Zaffex]

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.

[Turbomallard]

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

[airtac]

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

[Turbomallard]

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

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!

TM