A month ago, a Cirrus crashed on take off from Buttonville Airport, killing both occupants on board.

This was widely publicized in the media. I declined to mention anything about it on my blog for various reasons.

Yesterday, I read of another fatality at Buttonville, killing the sole occupant. This was during a commercial operation (from what I can tell by the liveatc.net recordings). The plane was in the middle of a “banner drop” when the accident happened.

I’m looking forward to the TSB report and will provide my thoughts/comments on it when …

It’s been awhile since I’ve gone flying. So a few weeks ago I decided to take Sara up to Collingwood.

The weather was perfect, clear skies and not too hot. My flight plan had me heading to Collingwood via the Mans VOR (YMS). I was going to use VOR tracking only to get to/from Collingwood.

My VOR tracking was a little rusty on the way there. Mainly because I didn’t calculate any wind correction in my headings so I kept on “chasing the needle” every time I noticed it drifting away.

My landing …