Earlier this month, Nav Canada published the details of the airspace closures for the G8 and G20 summits in Southern Ontario.

You can view the details by taking a look at AIP Supplement 11/10.

Here is the low down for the G20 summit in Toronto:

There are going to be two rings of restricted airspace, a 15nm and 30nm area over the city. The restriction is from the surface to 18,000′.

Pilots will have to file their flight plans (flight itineraries are not allowed) with London FIC 60 minutes before departure. You must have …

Here in Canada, we like to use the Remarks section in a METAR. Take a look at this example:

CYYZ 280200Z 36007KT 15SM FEW040 FEW120 BKN230 22/16 A2987 RMK SC1AC2CI1 SLP112

The stuff after RMK is the type of cloud cover, and the sea level pressure in milibars. So in the example above the sky is covered with:

1/8th Strato Cumulus
2/8th Alto Cumulus
1/8th Cirrus

And the sea level pressure would be 1012.5 milibars.

Automated weather stations aren’t able to determine the type of cloud cover. Previously they’ve usually just put the sea level pressure in …

So I have my first crack at setting up my own personal operating procedures (POPs).

The document is far from complete, but I’m looking for some early feedback from you, my beloved readers, as to if I’m heading in the right direction.

So without further delay, here is a copy of my POPs, version 1.0.

I’ve been pretty busy with World Flight Planner this past month, we’re getting ready to launch real soon now!

I also have about half of my Personal Operating Procedures done too, which I will share with you in early June.

In the mean time, I leave you with this joke. Thanks Raj!

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost.

He spots a man down below and lowers the balloon to speak with him.

The balloonist gets close enough to speak with the man on the ground and

shouts down …

I had the pleasure of visiting Chicago for two days with my girlfriend. We had a great time, the weather was perfect and we were able to see all the sights on our list, including the former location of Meigs Field Airport (KCGX). Some history:

At one time, this was the busiest single strip airport in the United States. It’s 3000′ foot runway gave plenty of room both GA as well as commercial operators to use the airport. It also had 4 helicopter landing areas.

The Airport as it appeared in 2002

When …