I’ve been looking at some TAFs from various locations and noticed a weird convention. In the following TAF the validity period contains a time of 2400Z. For example: EFHK 122336Z 1224/1324 05006KT 4000 -SN SCT002 BKN003 TEMPO 1300/1305 1500 SN BKN005 BECMG 1305/1307 BKN008 TEMPO 1307/1312 8000 SCT008 BKN012 BECMG 1312/1314 30010KT 9999 SCT010 BKN030…
Tampa International Airport will be renumbering their runways next week. The reason being the change in the magnetic variation in the area. The North/South runway will be renamed from 18R/36L to 19R/01L. This doesn’t happen very often, as in most cases the variation only changes (at the most) 1-2 degrees per 100 years. The closer…
I just got word from Nav Canada, that Mr. Claus has filed his ICAO flight plan with them for his departure later this week. Normally they don’t release flight plans to the public, however they have decided to do so in this particular case. You can view a pdf version of the plan or read…
It’s been a busy month, and I really wish I could have blogged more. I have been working on some exciting new features for World Flight Planner that should be released in the next few weeks or so. I have also been working on my Personal Operating Procedures. I plan to have those done in…
I was perusing the Transport Canada Instrument Procedures Manual today and noticed a rather interesting exercise: It’s called the VOR Time Check and allows you to estimate the amount of time required to cross a VOR while flying a radial. Here is how you perform it: Let’s say you’re flying the 022 degree radial towards…
Well… looks like this is the final nail in the coffin for the Buttonville Airport. Armadale Co. Limited and The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited have announced that they will be closing the airport and redeveloping the lands. Looks like the Siftons will remain part of this re-development as they own Armadale Co. and are using…
‘Tis a chilly one in the land of CYYZ this morning. According the expansion of mercury in a glass tube graduated with with the centigrade scale, it was 1°C this morning. Frost on the control surfaces for sure! The latest Aviation Safety Letter was released yesterday. I took a quick read, and I found one…
It’s time to vote for a new Mayor in the city of Toronto on October 25th. So the main question on my mind is: “Which one of them supports the Toronto Island Airport?” A quick googling didn’t reveal anything, so it’s time to take a look at each candidates website to find out if they…
I’m doing some preliminary research into getting my IFR rating in Toronto. My rough plan is to see if I can start up in the spring, and get ‘er done before the end of the summer. My biggest concern is about staying current. I dug up the CARs and section 401.05(3) spells it out for…
Seneca College is performing a survey to gather real-world examples of flying scenarios. They are going to use the information gathered by this survey to come up with training and flight simulator scenarios. The Hangar Talk 2010 Survey website goes on, saying: The aviation industry has always used a pilot’s hours as a description of…