I did some cleaning up on the website today. Fixed some broken links, etc…

I also did some cleaning up at home and still have a crap load of old CFSs. If anyone wants a few (for training, starting a camp fire, toilet paper) please let me know! Make sure you leave an email address so that I can get your address to ship them to.

I hear this callsign on Toronto Centre every now and then. I assumed it was a Q-400, I didn’t think it was a jet!

The caption says that it’s at Buttonville. Not sure if they were testing the Localizer there. Its been U/S for a while now.

© Tom Podolec

Pretty neat looking aircraft.

I have a flight booked for Sunday. If anyone out there would like to come up with me, let me know. The flight is at 12, lets hope the weather holds.

My all time favourite airline (and I haven’t even flown them yet) is now flying to Thunder Bay.

Flights will begin in June and is a welcome addition to Thunder Bay:

“Porter’s choice of Thunder Bay as its newest destination is an exciting boost for the region’s travelers, as well as our tourism and economic development growth plans,” said Ed Schmidtke, manager, business development of Thunder Bay International Airports Authority. “Toronto is the number one destination from Thunder Bay and this new connection to Toronto City Centre Airport makes the trip …

Well… the original plan was to head up to Sudbury with Matt. Scratch that! I backed my girlfriends car into a pole and now have to pay to get it fixed. boourns!

So, we headed up to Wiarton (CYVV) instead. Shorter flight, less $$!

Wiarton is famous for Wiarton Willie. The groundhog that predicts if we will have another 6 weeks of winter or not. We didn’t see any groundhogs scurry across the runway.

The airport is also home to an Environment Canada weather station and office. CYVV is a location where you …

Poor passenger.

FAA Hand Prop Aircraft Accident Video

Plans are in the works to fly up to Sudbury with a fellow pilot. The kicker is that he’s going to have his own plane and he will be departing from CNB9.

I’m currently working out the logistics of the trip. I’m still not sure if I’m going to do it as it is quite far. About 1.5 hours each way. However it will be so fun to go up with Matt. He’s had some experience formation flying which could be beneficial for the trip.

It’s been a long time since I’ve …

Speculation of what will happen to Buttonville Airport if it closes was the focus of a recent article in the Georgina Advocate.

According to the article, which quotes Mr. Sifton, the airport land is actually zoned Commercial (I have yet to confirm this). The 165 acres that the Siftons own, and which the airport sits on, is worth an estimated $165M.

It is possible, but highly unlikely, that the airport could be torn down and be replaced by a mall or other commercial space.

Personally I suspect the land is worth more than …

Toronto’s new airspace is in effect tomorrow! I’ve been assured by a Nav Canada rep that the new VNCs and VTAs will be available next week.

In the mean time, you will have to use the information found in your CFS!

This clip is scary.

The aircraft is out of control and the pilot is slurring his speech due to hypoxia. It’s not clear until later in the clip that the other pilot is unconscious (as he chimes in as the aircraft descends).

The clip is available from the NATCA website and has been nominated for an Archie Award.

Listen to it here.

This clip demonstrates the dangers of hypoxia. During the exchange between pilot and controller the pilot tells the controller that other than losing control of the aircraft, everything is ok:

Unable to control …