Tonight just involved a few circuits, 1.0 hours worth in fact. I brought my camera along for the ride, and naturally the photos suck. Low light, plus bouncy airplane means a lot of “artistic” photos. I did take a video which turned out pretty good actually. It starts with me just about to turn right…
I was originally going to go to Timmins for my commercial x-country flight. Turns out, from Buttonville, I am 6nm short of the 300nm requirement. This prompted me to import all of the Canadian Airports into a database, and find out which airports are outside the 300nm radius from Buttonville: ident | distance ——-+—————— CSR8…
Another wicked night for night flying. Calm winds at the surface, however, at 3000′, we were grounding over 120KTs. Tonights lesson was entirely under the hood, to finish up the necessary instrument time needed for the night rating. We intercepted a few VOR radials, and made our way over to Lindsay Airport. About half way…
I’ve been busy with other non-aviation stuff this past week. My next flight is slated for Thursday. With that in mind, have a listen to the longest IFR clearance ever. It’s from JFK. The 88 seconds of instructions can be downloaded here. On another note, I am also reading “Secrets From the Tower” by Bob…
I arrived at the airport a little early, in order to make sure that we get everything in together for a on-time departure. The weather couldn’t have been better: clear skies, great visibility, and light winds. Not only would this be my first x-country night flight, it is also the first flight in a fuel…
He said hot air balloon accidents are so rare that investigators looking at the crash are learning the basics of hot air ballooning before the investigation can really begin. – CBC News Thats right! The TSB has to start from square one, by learning how hot air balloons operate before they can continue their investigation….
Last nights flight was the most fun I’ve had doing circuits in a long time. I arrived at the airport at around 2030 to a mostly clear sky with a full moon. The temperature was in the mid 20s, and the windsock looked like a limp noodle. Perfect flying weather. After figuring out which is…
If you happen to be one of the eager people to grab the new VTA that was made available this week you may have to return it. After being delayed 3 months (the original release date was supposed to be May 2007) the VTA contains an error and has been rescinded according to Nav Canada:…
The whole idea of flying to Burlington last weekend was to experience flying in Class C airspace with flight following. ATC no diced me. I ended up going under YYZs class C shelf at 1600′ both ways. Aww well. The good news is that I was able to take my dad up during the flight….
I just read this story from CBC about the cause of the death of a Snowbird last May. Turns out that his seatbelt failed while he was inverted which caused him to fall out of his seat and lose control of the airplane. Something that is there to save you life, fails and kills you….