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Year: 2006

Training

“It’s not a linear process”

February 13, 2006 Blake

Can it be? Three in a row?! Yes, well.. sort of. The weather today was looking marginal for finishing up practicing spins and spirals. So

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In Russia Airplane Flys You!

February 9, 2006 Blake

This clip is a good example of a language barrier that could cause potential problems with air traffic. It looks like the controller was telling

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Slow Flight

February 8, 2006 Blake

I’m sure you’ve heard the news. Steve Fossett is trying to break the longest flight record in his Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer. I’d be interesting

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Your Textbook is Wrong!

February 7, 2006 Blake

… according to one of my teachers. Let’s start off with a little bit of grade 10 physics: There are four forces that act on

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Plane + House = Bad

February 4, 2006 Blake

I happen to come across an image of an aircraft that smashed into a house. I decided to look up its registry and discovered that

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NOTAMs and the AFTN

February 4, 2006 Blake

Since my flight was canceled today because of the weather, I figured it would be a good time to talk about NOTAMs. A NOTAM is

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Working Limitations

January 31, 2006 Blake

We discussed shift length and working rules in our human factors class last night. These rules are dictated by Transport Canada for the safety of

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My Computer Systems Assignment

January 28, 2006 Blake

So for my Computer Systems class I have to program a “aviation related” application in Visual Basic 6. This is what I have so far:

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Should Flight Attendants Get Paid The Same As Pilots?

January 27, 2006 Blake

The CBC is reporting that the supreme court is investigating whether Air Canda flight attendants should get paid as much as pilots. The paragraph that

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Meterology Test Results

January 24, 2006 Blake

My attempt to get a perfect mark on my first Meterology test failed. I ended up with 89%, two questions out of eighteen incorrect. They

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