I’ve added a few things to the site:

By The Numbers: Added number of entries
Random Photo: Added a photo (was getting sick of the “test photo”) with titles
Last Updated: A new section that will display the last updated dates of the Ground School and Links sections
Ground School: Added a “quick links” nav bar at the top to quickly filter ground school entries by category
RSS Feeds: You can now add this site to your RSS reader

Some items i’m working on include a “more details” page for the “by the numbers” section. You …

There are three ways of calculating your airspeed. Each one needs to be used in certain situations. It’s important to know when to use which airspeed and how to calculate it.

True Airspeed: Airspeed that is corrected for air density error. This is the actual speed you are traveling through the air.

Calibrated Airspeed: Airspeed that is corrected for instrument error and position.

Indicated Airspeed: Airspeed as reported by the airspeed indicator.

To understand when and how to calculate TAS and CAS, one must understand how the airspeed indicator works.

Airspeed is the speed at …

I found a great website the other day. A seasoned commercial airline pilot seems to be blogging from inside the flight deck. Some great photos of what he sees out the window also accompany his text.

One of his entries talks about a take off problem. Because of the recent weather (a wet runway), the weight and balance calculations had to be changed. Weight and balance calculations are used to determine if the plane will be able to take off, land, fly properly, etc.. It takes into account the centre of …

Seneca College is having a open house on Nov 12, 2005. One of the campuses that is participating in this open house is at Buttonville.

I think this will be a *great* opportunity to check out what the school has to offer for their aviation program. I’m particularly concerned with their class sizes and whether or not they will be able to offer their par-time courses.

More information on the open house can be found at their website.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is the organization that (among other things) investigates aviation accidents.

I wanted to look up a specific investigation so I proceeded to their website. I knew the exact report number, however the report was not available on the website.

I decided to contact them via their contact form and asked them if I could get a copy of the report (and I cited the report number).

5 days later I got an e-mail back from their Public Affairs Advisor with a copy of the report in PDF …