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Month: May 2006

Training

Too Hot To Fly

May 29, 2006 Blake

Brian posted a comment letting me know his lesson at 2pm today was canceled because it was too hot. I had a plane booked at

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Training

Busy Day!

May 27, 2006 Blake

Today’s weather was perfect for flying. Blue skys, light winds, warm weather. The only problem is, everyone else is thinking the same thing: let’s go

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Interesting Things Training

John Alexander Douglas McCurdy

May 26, 2006 Blake

John who?! JD McCurdy, as he is known, was the first person to fly an airplane in Canada. He was schooled at St. Andrews College

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Training

Practicing Short Field Take-Offs/Landings

May 25, 2006 Blake

Tonights flight was good. During this time of day the same controller works both ground and tower, so when you’re on either frequency you only

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Training

Worksheets Complete

May 25, 2006 Blake

Took me just over 4 hours to finish these up. I think these are going to be the final versions of both my Weight and

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Training

Confusion About Density Altitude

May 22, 2006 Blake

“Density altitude is pressure altitude corrected for temperature”. That is how I’ve been taught how to calculate density altitude. Lets take the following scenario: –

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Training

Short Field Take-Offs and Landings

May 22, 2006 Blake

The weather the past four days have been really crappy for flying. At one point on Sunday it was gusting up to 35KTs! That said,

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Training

Rain, Rain Go Away…

May 17, 2006 Blake

This week has been horrible weather wise for flying. Extrmely low ceilings and thunderstorms/rain. I really do love thunderstorms, but I love flying more ;)

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Training

How Do I Turn On The Wipers?

May 13, 2006 Blake

Today’s flight was not bad. I didn’t have my regular FI today but a “substitute”. One of my teachers taught him when he was learning

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Training

My Checklists

May 13, 2006 Blake

I’ve created two checklists. My Cessna 172 Checklist is a modification of the one given to me by my FI. It contains all of the

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