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Category: Interesting Things

Take a look at some of the things I find interesting. You just might be amazed!

Interesting Things

What’s Keeping Me Busy

July 15, 2009 Blake

My day job is a System Administrator at a broadcasting company. This gives me the advantage of being handy with computers. This advantage has lead

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Aviation Document Booklet

July 1, 2009 Blake

Now that all of the CPL and APTL pilots have the new licence, Transport Canada is asking everyone else to apply. In order to maintain

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99% Of Earths Surface Topographically Mapped

June 30, 2009 Blake

The BBC is reporting that NASA and the Japanese Trade ministry has completed topographically mapping 99% of the earths surface. The awesome thing? The sample

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Flying During The 2010 Olympics

June 22, 2009 Blake

NavCanada has released an Olympic Website that contains all the information a pilot needs to know while flying around Vancouver during the Olympics. You can

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Rental Rates, Vacation, City Tours

June 10, 2009 Blake

I’m taking up another couple for a city tour tomorrow. It’s his wifes birthday and he wants to take her on a sunset flight of

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Wedding Anniversary Flight

June 5, 2009 Blake

Last Sunday I took a co-worker and her wife on a flight around the city for their 1st wedding anniversary. The visibility was great, the

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Air Law Ground School Interesting Things

VFR Flight Itineraries

May 26, 2009 Blake

A recent comment about flight plans by a reader has prompted me to write this post about flight itineraries. Pilots have the option of filing

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New YKZ Controlllers?

May 21, 2009 Blake

Has anyone noticed any new voices on tower/ground at Buttonville? I know one of the controllers retired a while ago. As always you can listen

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Billy Mitchell Airport

May 19, 2009 Blake

Responding to General Mitchell’s urgent call for construction of a temporary airfield, local Hatterasmen used shovels, hoes, and horse drawn carts alongside a tractor pulling

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Talk Like a Pilot Day

May 19, 2009 Blake

May 19th marks International Talk Like a Pilot Day! So, don’t be a tail end charlie and get on board! Interject a few pilot vocab

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