I currently use an ASA Flight Bag to carry my headset, documentations, POHs, etc.. It is a “duffel style” bag that is large, heavy, and well, kinda sucks (photo).

I came across this new flight bag from BrightLine Bags that simply blows the ASA bag out of the water.

Some of the things I love about this bag:

The colour coded zippers! Ever asked a passenger to grab something for you out of your bag?:

Me: “Yeah It’s in the big zipper, near the back, on the left hand side”

You: “Uhh where? what zipper?”

Now …

Planning on getting an IFR rating this summer in Southern Ontario? I know that Toronto Airways instructors like to use Kitchener/Waterloo to practice ILS approaches.

Turns out the ILS will be unavailable for 2 months between June and August. This is part of NavCanada’s ILS Replacement Project.

Your alternatives will be Toronto City Centre (might be too busy now due to Porter) and Hamilton.

The new systems that they are using no longer support localizer back course approaches. These will be replaced with RNAV (GNSS) approaches instead. So for you old schoolers out …

It’s that time of year again! When the NATCA in the states honours their Air Traffic controller with the Archie Award.

Check out the audio clips from this years awards!

It’s a shame NavCanada doesn’t do something similar.