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An ILS Approach After 14 Years – A Journey Through Time and Skills

  Shooting an ILS approach after 14 years. It was on Microsoft flight simulator, but it was worth knowing, it was consoling to know that I still know the things. I decided to fly out from Lakefront airport, as I was familiar with the environment. I decided to fly out to Gulfport airport which is just over 50 nautical miles from Lakefront airport at New Orleans. It was the flight path which was flown by me when I did my first cross-country flight. I asked for an IFR clearance and it was given as cleared for Gulfport airport as filed asking me to climb to 3000 feet. I was on runways 18R and decided to keep the climate foggy to get a real feel of using the ILS approach. I put in the throttle and climbed out, after a positive rate of climb I made a left turn to 067 degrees. The GPS showed that the airport was 54 NM from here. Since it was all white outside there was not anything to look around except to track the instruments. It was easy to maintain the altitude however, it was difficu...

Indulge in Healthy Millet Delights at Jhumroo, Chandigarh: Virgin Reviews

Often there is little connection between eating out and eating healthy. When we are going for taste and searching for the best option, we will have to compromise with healthy food. Momos, spring rolls, fried rice, burger, patties, noodles, and the list goes on. The majority of the restaurants are providing taste. Even we as customers are attracted towards a restaurant that has the best taste. Few days back, me and three of my family members were out for lunch, but our priority was to eat tasty food and eat healthy. After juggling through numerous options, my wife suggested a restaurant that serves tikki made of millets. This was a new thing and to our knowledge there is only one restaurant that is serving this. Good thing was, my wife forgot the name of the restaurant which serves this dish. The only thing she remembered was that it is somewhere in sector 35 of Chandigarh. Well, it was already 2 pm and everyone was starving and no one had the patience to search through the entire secto...

McDonald's Veg Maharaja vs Snakkers Veg Maharaja: Which One is a Better Burger?

The only thing we Indians are good at is copying. This is a very strong statement and I can say so many weapons are already out.  Sorry folks I am also included in this, we have mastered the art of copying, and this is what I am doing too somewhere. Although there are numerous, almost endless examples, and I am going to talk about just one here. I have been to Snakkers a number of times. All their offerings are really good. Whether you want to try out vegetarian or chicken, they have multiple delicious listings. One of my favorite items they have is crispy chicken strips. Since I am the only one who consumes non-veg in my home, I have ordered 3 pieces of crispy chicken strips. This item is really good and reminds me of the chicken that is offered by KFC. The chicken is juicy and spicy too. It is worth trying out for anyone who loves chicken. But what looks like that they have copied the recipe from KFC, because the taste and smell and the look is exactly the same between KFC and Sn...

The Khyber Hotel, Shri Anandpur Sahib Review: Food, Ambience, and Service

It was another dining out date with my wife a few days back. Just like on many other occasions we decided to try out something new. Thankfully there are many new options to dine out in Shri Anandpur Sahib now, although, not every is to our liking. Attention, we said not to our liking, we did not say not to our standard, for every eating out restaurant in Anandpur Sahib is unique in its own way. Last time, when we dined out at Roots Restaurant at Shri Anandpur Sahib we were a little disappointed.  I wrote a complete article on our experience at Roots Restaurant which you can read by clicking on the link given below So, this time The Khyber Hotel came under our scanner, and boy it was a complete delight to be there. Just like the majority of the American and Canadian commercial outlets, Indian concerns too have also started erecting such sign boards which notify the presence of a facility from a long distance. The Khyber Hotel, as the road side glow sign signifies, has a party hall, ...

Virgin Reviews of a Struggling Pilot, Finding a Flight School Near Me

Still passing through the struggling phase of being a pilot, for the past few days I have been searching for a flight school near me that can cost me the least. Even though this is a big joke in itself, and I am the biggest fool to be expecting this, I don’t know what hope sprang up in me. I am only earning 45 thousand per month, and in this salary I cannot think of spending 10 lakhs on flight training at the present time. The option that I am considering is to go for microlight training or paramotor training. Flight schools near me that provide paramotor training are in Gurgaon, present Gurugram, or in Hisar, Haryana. These two options are only individual offerings and there is no formal institution as such. I am thinking what benefit I can have if I train myself in paramotor. Do airlines count or consider paramotor flying experience? (question) The two flying lessons near me that I mentioned, Gurugram and Hisar, are both charging 1 lakh for the training. This is more than two months ...