I haven’t been flying or posting a lot lately. This past year has been busy with other things in my life. Doug and I spent a lot of time working on the latest version of World Flight Planner. We had a booth at the latest COPA AGM and we’ve been updating the software to support…
Toronto Airways (the flight school at Buttonville) is making a policy change with regards to their booking & rental policy. John Davis, Vice President of Flight Operations describes the change: Toronto Airways has been receiving numerous complaints from customers with respect to our aircraft availability. As a result, we completed a thorough investigation of our…
Anne and I carpooled up to Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (CYLS) for a 9:30am departure. Our route took us first to Lindsay (CNF4) then Oshawa (CYOO), Buttonville (CYKZ), to the Mans VOR (YMS), Collingwood (CNY3), and then finally back to Lake Simcoe. I planned the flight to cut across Lake Simcoe. I did the math…
NavCanada is outlining changes to the way they publish and calculate the magnetic variation in AIC 12/08. In a nutshell: they are going to calculate the variation every year, on July 1st. Something I’ve been doing at World Flight Planner for the past 3 years. NavCanada will be using the same IGRF model that the…
NavCanada is implementing quite a few changes in the next week or so that will affect both IFR and VFR pilots in Ontario and Quebec. The largest change is the elimination of some Victor and Jet air-routes in favour for new RNAV routes (designated as T, Q, or L routes). The T and Q routes…
The weather in southern Ontario on Christmas eve was perfect for a flight. Destination: Midland Ontario (CYEE). My pre-flight planning was showing a 30 min ETA. I used World Flight Planner of course. It was handy having all the NOTAMs in one place, especially when they contained runway surface conditions. I also used NavCanadas new…
Hope everyone has a great holiday! This video cracked me up
Last weekend, Sara and I hopped into a plane and decided to head down to the Dunnville Airport (CDU9). We headed to the airport for a 7:30am departure packed with a snack. This was the first time I flew the carborated 172 in almost a year. I prefer flying in the fuel injected ones, however…
The ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital will be doing a Canada wide tour to show of the state of the art aicraft. The converted DC-10 Aircraft has both surgical and teaching facilities and is used to help people around the world to fix various eye problems. The viewing dates are available on their website. They do…