Instruments and Avionics Presentation
A few classmates wanted a copy of my presentation on ILS. You can download the power point presentation here.
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How I Did
First of all, I would like to thank everyone (again) that wished me good luck and congratulated me on passing. I received a comment from someone named “kkjlai” who wanted to know more about the exam. So this post is all about that. The weather was good. Visibility was alright, although at some times there…
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PPL Test Tomorrow!
The weather tomorrow is looking good for my PPL test. I spent some time today with my FI reviewing a couple of items and I’m going to study some ground items tonight. Hopefully I will get some sleep tonight, and be refreshed for the exam tomorrow. With the new tower the ATIS information is now…
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New Tower, Thunderstorms, Supervisory
The awesome ATC guys and gals at Buttonville moved into their new tower this morning. Hope you like your new digs! The new tower brings frequency coupling to Ground and Tower. With the old tower, you would only hear one side of the conversation (the controllers) when one controller was working ground and tower. This…
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No-Go on Supervisory Ride
My PPL Exam is set for July 2nd. I was supposed to do a supervisory ride today, except that was canceled due to weather (blasted TCUs and winds gusting to 25). I’m ready as I will ever be, and I’m hoping I can get my super done before July 2nd. I have a mid-term exam…
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Canada’s No-Fly List
Canada’s No-Fly List went live today. I know nothing about it as i’m still getting up to speed about it. However, CBC (the company I work for during my day job) has some interesting information about it: Critics raise alarms over Canada’s no-fly list Air Canada fears no-fly list could cause ‘unruly’ situations The Current,…
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Diversion to Holland Landing
My latest solo flight was a diversion to Holland Landing Airpark. The plan was to divert from Claremont to CLA4. I had previously been to CLA4 with my FI, but this was the first time solo. Me, looking all piloty I love this little airport. I haven’t actually physically landed there, but have done at…
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Getting back into it.
Sorry for the lack of posts lately, things have been pretty busy. I’ve had three flights since my last post. All of them have been just fine tuning some of my weaker exercises as well as squishing any bad habits that crept in. My FI decided to pull the engine to idle at 4000′ to…
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A Look at Air Canadas 777
Just a quick “propoganda” video of Air Canadas new Boeing 777 Jet.
