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Year: 2006

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Fire at Pearson Tower

November 30, 2006 Blake

There was a fire at Pearson on November 28th. Specifically the Tower was evacuated for smoke and/or fire: NAV CANADA ADVZY 003 CYYZ/CZY *** TORONTO

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Visual Alignment Guidance System Explained

November 26, 2006 Blake

A little while back I noted that Toronto City Centre was getting a new lighting system. The explanation if such system is out in the

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Long X-Country Done!

November 26, 2006 Blake

I decided to take the day off work on Friday and attempt my long X-Country trip that I needed to do as a requirement for

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Super Short Field Take-Off

November 23, 2006 Blake

If only the Cessna 172 can do a short field take-off like this guy:

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I Should Be X-Countrying

November 21, 2006 Blake

Today would be a perfect day for my necessary long x-country. Alas, work beckons me. METAR CYKZ 211500Z 22006KT 12SM SCT220 BKN250 01/M05 A3051 RMK

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Flying Under Pressure

November 19, 2006 Blake

The ceilings were too low yesterday to do the pre-flightest work. So I decided to do some circuits and practice various types landings and take-offs.

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Setting Up Your GPS Handheld

November 13, 2006 Blake

You can buy aviation specific gps units for $500 and up. These can include features such as terrain alerts, weather radar overlay, and a database

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Why I Haven’t Been Flying

November 12, 2006 Blake

There are two main reasons why I cant get my arse out there to finish the last little bit of things I need to get

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My Toronto ACC Tour

November 11, 2006 Blake

(This is all from memory, so apologies if I get anything wrong) The tour of the Toronto ACC was awesome. Our tour guide was great,

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I’ve been sucking lately..

November 8, 2006 Blake

My flight on the weekend was the worst. I hadn’t been flying in quite a while so I elected to make this flight a review

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