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Interesting Things

Composite Flight Plans Demystified: Combining IFR and VFR Flying

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 Blake

What is a Composite Flight Plan? The composite flight plan is a unique type of flight plan that you can file with ATC that combines

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Interesting Things

Death to the VOR! Long Live the VOR!

April 17, 2025 Blake

Countries around the world are slowly deprecating old radio navigation aids in favour of using GPS for navigation. These old navigation aids include VORs and

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Interesting Things

The state of Toronto’s Airspace in 2025

April 3, 2025 Blake

Things take time in aviation and that is certainly the case with improving the state of Toronto’s airspace. As they say: “Time heals all”. The

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Interesting Things

NAD83 versus WGS84, Understanding NavCanada’s AIC 005/2025

March 28, 2025 Blake

Here is AIC 005/2025 for reference. When trying to chart a three dimensional sphere (the earth) on a two dimensional piece of paper. You need

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Interesting Things

“Roger!” The History of Common Radio Phraseology

January 22, 2025 Blake

Humans have been using radios to communicate for over 130 years now. Ever since Guglielmo Marconi’s invention of the radio telegraph in 1894. From his

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Cross Country Flying Interesting Things

Cool and Interesting Airports To Checkout in 2025

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 Blake

In no particular order here is what I think are some of the most interesting airports in Canada and why. If you have a cool

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Cross Country Flying

Tips For Your Next Cross Country Flight

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 Blake

Flight school teaches how to to navigate long distances, ensure the weather will suitable for your flight, how to divert in case of an emergency,

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Cross Country Flying Interesting Things Training

How to use NavCanada’s Operational Information System

November 22, 2024November 22, 2024 Blake

NavCanada’s Operational Information System (OIS) outlines all of the traffic flow-related information for Canada and most US centres. It offers the following information that can

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Air Law Interesting Things

How To Land At An Uncontrolled Airport

October 13, 2024October 14, 2024 Blake

Uncontrolled airports are just that. Airports that have no control tower or a tower that is closed. At least in Canada, we have no specific

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Cross Country Flying Interesting Things

Windy For Flight Planning: ECMWF or HRDPS?

October 9, 2024October 9, 2024 Blake

To view my full tutorial on how to use Windy for Flight Planning. See my previous blog post. Windy has recently made a (old) new

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Red Rocks Amphitheatre is an open-air amphitheater Red Rocks Amphitheatre is an open-air amphitheater in the United States near Denver, Colorado. With a capacity of 9500 people it has been serving as a music venue for over 120 years. @shawndobes and I were excited to see @anjunadeep artists perform at this iconic venue. We were prepared to dance. But we were unprepared for how quickly the weather can change in this part of the world. Swipe right to be shocked. ❤️✈️ #redrocks #usa #den #dancing #anjunafamily #music #musicfestival #snow
The last remaining Seven Wonders of the World. The The last remaining Seven Wonders of the World. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built 4600 years ago and was the tallest human made structure at 146m for more than 3800 years. The Sphinx is the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt and one of the most recognizable statues in the world. All of these structures were built by hand and usually took 20-30 years to complete. ❤️✈️ #egypt #pyramids #sphynx #africa #cairo #giza
Flying makes me smile. 📸: @carson.alexander1 #f Flying makes me smile. 📸: @carson.alexander1 #flying #aviation #piper #airport #summer
Who would have thought that after thirty years of Who would have thought that after thirty years of meeting @bryna.corcoran and Matt in grade 9 we'd be back together celebrating our 44th birthdays bar hopping in my favourite neighbourhood in Toronto, Canada. Stay by @lisaloeb was at the top of the charts back in 1994 and we had no idea where our lives were headed. From our teenage years to our middle ages. Time has been kind to us. ❤️✈️ #happybirthday #toronto #yyz
681 humans have been to space. Including Chris Had 681 humans have been to space. Including Chris Hadfield, The first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space. Yet there have only been 124 people who have solo circumnavigated the globe in a single engine airplane. Hmmm 🤔 ❤️✈️ #flying #aviation #astronaut #sarnia #canada
Catching some shade under C-FQES. Who says low win Catching some shade under C-FQES. Who says low wings are useless in the summer? 📸: @astrokatiemack ❤️✈️ #flying #aviation #cpt2 #killarney #ontario #summer #staycool
Take the time to "get back to nature". It's worth Take the time to "get back to nature". It's worth the effort to unplug and make the trek to someplace remote. You won't regret it. ❤️✈️ #camping #yyj #summer #beach #canada #unwind
Vancouver Island has so much to offer. Kristin and Vancouver Island has so much to offer. Kristin and Andre showed me all the great spots to eat, drink, and camp. Having local knowledge makes a trip that much more special when you're on the road. Thank you for showing me a great time! ❤️✈️ #yyj #Victoria #vancouverisland #camping #canada #britishcolumbia #summer #🇨🇦
When @shawndobes and I pulled into our camp site a When @shawndobes and I pulled into our camp site at The Gorge back in 2022 we were pleasantly surprised to meet our neighbours @cammeisterator and @champagnecapy. A year later Cam showed us what it was like to party like a local in Vegas. So it's only fitting we'd return the hospitality and show them how to party in Canada. Once again I'm reminded it's not where you are, but who you're with that matters most. ❤️✈️ #yul #montreal #alldayidream #canada #piknikelectronik #roadtrip #summervibes
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