I will be getting my marks on April 29th. I already know what I’ve gotten in meteorology because my teacher emailed me my mark right after I wrote the final (which I got 91% on!). I have about a month off before semester two starts. I have a week off booked for a vacation to Cuba the first week of May.

Now that circuit work is nearing an end, it’s on to the emergency stuff. All of the items on the emergency checklist need to be memorized. I was able to …

This weekend was awesome for flying. I was able to get in all three lessons. Winds were calm (less than 8 knots, and only 3 today) which made it perfect for practicing my landings. I was also able to practice landings on two runways, 21 and 33.

With each lesson the bar I set went higher and higher. I’m working on really nailing down the circuit now. My FI noticed that my turns weren’t all 90°. I would end up turning too much. This resulted in more of a triangle …

I’ve removed the Google Ads. They’ve only earned me $4.35USD since the site launched last December.

In it’s place i’ve put a list of the days i’m scheduled to fly. I wrote a script that will automatically download the data from the site that Toronto Airways uses to schedule its planes and instructors.

The list is long, since I have many future bookings. I might shrink it down later.

There are five types of attitudes that can be considered “hazardous”. It is these attitudes that make us do things that have consequences that outweigh the reward.

Anti-Authority

Someone who “breaks the rules”. The thinking of “I know better than the boss” falls under this category.

Example: Not following SOP or the CAR.

Impulsivity

Reacting before spending some time to think about your actions.

Example: Skipping items in a checklist because you’re in a rush. Not doing a HASEL check because you’re pressed for time.

Invulnerability

“Oh, nothing’s going to happen to me” or “Bad things always happen …

I was hearing news of this while I was up today. The tower was letting pilots know that oshawa was closed. The Toronto Star has picked up the story which appears below:

Plane lands on floats at Oshawa airport

Pilot walks away unhurt after plane skids to a stop in a shower of sparks

Apr. 8, 2006. 06:51 PM

STAN JOSEY

STAFF REPORTER

Oshawa Municipal Airport was closed for several hours Saturday after a float plane skidded several hundred metres on its aluminum floats, after its landing wheels failed to deploy.

A shower of sparks and disintegrating …

A perfect day for flying and practicing landings! The circuit was less busy than last week, but still enough planes to keep it interesting.

I am extremely happy that I ended this lesson with conquering another hurdle. I was able to flare and land the plane with no input from my FI. This was the first time that she didn’t need to keep her hands on the controls either.

*does a little dance*

Looking back I can identify two problems:

1. “Dive bombing” (as my FI put it). Instead of a smooth transition from …

I just found out today the details of this years Canadian Aviation Expo. June 23-25 at Oshawa Airport (CYOO). Mark was there last year and had mixed reviews of the show.

I’ve marked it on my calendar, and wouldn’t mind checking it out. Has anyone else gone before? What are your thoughts?

Studying.. that’s all I’m going to be doing for the next few weeks.

I have 4 finals next week, so from now until Sunday I’m going to be studying my butt off. In addition, I’m going to be studying for the PSTAR and have to memorize my emergency checklists. I don’t want my flight training to lag because I’m focusing on ground school.

If the weather holds up this weekend I plan on getting that flair down pat. Plus that will be at least another 3.2 hours (I hope) in the bag.

Ahh …

It’s funny seeing everyone talk about how they are disappointed they cant go flying on Saturday (because of the weather) but then rejoice when the weather on Sunday is perfect.

I was one such person.

My FI called me on Sunday asking if I could come in 30 minutes earlier. No problem! I was just sitting around doing nothing (well, studying for my PSTAR – more on that later).

Today is perfect weather for practicing my landings. Light winds from 180° at 8KTs. Today we will be using runway 15.

Runway 15 is the …