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Saturday, March 8, 2008 - 18:08:58 ET
I'm Back in town from Boston, my flight was canceled so we ended up driving home in a rented car. There are some changes with ATC phraseology coming in April. All this and more, in a post tomorrow, stay tuned... Comments (0) | Permalink | Category: Site News
Monday, March 3, 2008 - 14:38:13 ET
I will be out of town (in Boston) for the next week. I wasn't able to fly this past weekend due to poor weather. In the meantime, check out this post at Sullako's Blog of a crazy crosswind landing attempt. Ouch! Comments (0) | Permalink | Category: Site News, Training
Friday, February 1, 2008 - 11:46:57 ET
Hello and welcome to my blog. You are probably here because of my latest post about my syndication ending at aviation.ca. I encourage you to check out the rest of the site to see what you've been missing. Use the links at the top of the page. Feel free to bookmark this page, and use the following RSS feed: http://fly.blakecrosby.com/index.xml (For those of you who don't know.. I also syndicate my blog over at aviation.ca). Comments (0) | Permalink | Category: Site News
Tuesday, January 8, 2008 - 14:45:27 ET
It was only recently brought to my attention that the site was not available to IE users. This was due to a Microsoft bug. The workaround is in place and you should now be able view the site in IE. Comments (2) | Permalink | Category: Site News
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 12:43:00 ET
I learned a few weeks ago that pilots are eligible to registrar .aero domain names. The original intention of this new top level domain was to give the aerospace industry a better "presence" on the web. The entity responsible for this TLD is called SITA. Which may sound familiar as they create the communications systems for air traffic control, airlines, etc... Getting your .aero domain involves a verification step to prove that you are a pilot. I did this by e-mailing SITA a copy of my pilot license. You can also fax or snail mail a copy as well. Once verified, you are given a username and password to use when registering your domain name with a registrar. There is a two year minimum commitment when you first register the domain name. The cheapest I found was $60USD/yr (which by .com or .net standards is almost 10 times the price) at NamesBeyond.com. This is a good idea if you don't mind paying the price for a domain that might not be available in the other TLD name space. So why did I do it? Because I can. Right now www.blakecrosby.aero redirects to this site. Not sure what I'm going to do with the domain, if anything. Comments (3) | Permalink | Category: Interesting Things, Site News, Training
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 11:03:20 ET
I get a lot of comment spam. 99.9% of it is blocked because I don't allow URLs in my comments. Unfortunately this causes a few legitimate comments to end up being deleted because they contain urls. From now on, you will have to prove you are human by entering in a code before hitting the submit button. You will only see if if you have javascript enabled. If for whatever reason you cannot post a comment, please let me know so I can fix the problem. Comments (3) | Permalink | Category: Site News, Training
Monday, January 29, 2007 - 21:49:10 ET
I've added a new category to the website called "Australia". I'm planning a trip back to the land down under and I am looking into getting a PPL license down there so that I can fly. I think it would be awesome to be able to rent a plane in Sydney, or Perth, and see the land from the air. Right now the trip is tentatively scheduled for sometime in 2008. Comments (0) | Permalink | Category: Site News, Training
Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 15:58:06 ET
A buddy of mine told me today that a squatter had registered flywithblake.com. I'm not sure if I should feel honoured (that my site is large enough for a squatter to care) or angry. Don't worry, I wont be buying flywithblake.com for any amount of money! Comments (0) | Permalink | Category: Site News
Sunday, April 9, 2006 - 12:14:47 ET
I've removed the Google Ads. They've only earned me $4.35USD since the site launched last December. In it's place i've put a list of the days i'm scheduled to fly. I wrote a script that will automatically download the data from the site that Toronto Airways uses to schedule its planes and instructors. The list is long, since I have many future bookings. I might shrink it down later. Comments (0) | Permalink | Category: Site News
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 12:24:14 ET
I have added two new features to the website. 1. Weather. The latest weather forecast for Buttonville is now displayed on the left hand side of the site. The data is decoded from the latest METAR for CYKZ using PHP Weather. 2. Detailed Cost Breakdown. I added a new page that gives you the cost breakdown (by category and item) of my training. You can access it by clicking on the "money spent" total at the left. I plan on adding a similar breakdown for hours flown. An online log book feature. Comments (0) | Permalink | Category: Site News
Sunday, November 6, 2005 - 23:38:00 ET
I've added a few things to the site: By The Numbers: Added number of entries Random Photo: Added a photo (was getting sick of the "test photo") with titles Last Updated: A new section that will display the last updated dates of the Ground School and Links sections Ground School: Added a "quick links" nav bar at the top to quickly filter ground school entries by category RSS Feeds: You can now add this site to your RSS reader Some items i'm working on include a "more details" page for the "by the numbers" section. You will be able to see a breakdown of type of flying done and where my money went. This site looks perfectly in Firefox and Safari. IE displays it ok, but not how I intended it (the left and right hand navs are more "spaced out" in IE). IE sucks, so you shouldn't be using it anyways. If you have any suggestions on how the site can be better, please dont hesitate to let me know! Comments (0) | Permalink | Category: Site News
Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 23:47:08 ET
Welcome everyone. This website is now officially live! :) I just sent out an email to all my friends letting them know. Feel free to read any of the previous posts! There are still a few bugs with the site that I will be working on in the next few days. I encourage everyone to sign up for site updates (on the left hand side of the page). Don't worry, I promise you wont get any spam! :) Comments (2) | Permalink | Category: Site News
Thursday, September 29, 2005 - 00:00:00 ET
The website has been launched with some things not working properly yet. The reason for this is so that I can start recording items even before the site is finished. Also please be patient if some of the site formatting is broken or not readable. Any feedback is also welcome (via email) is also welcome! I encourage everyone to sign up for the site update emails, so that you know exactly when the website has been updated! Comments (0) | Permalink | Category: Site News
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