237 Pop-up Request for IFR and Practice Instrument Approaches + GA News

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Summary 237 Max answers listener questions about making a pop-up request for IFR and for a practice instrument approach. Where do you find Center and Approach frequencies, what should you say on CTAF when going into a nontowered airport, and when can you legally log an instrument approach for currency purposes. And more. He also talks about the Karl brothers, who have founded airplane kit company DarkAero.

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