Reminder: New Airspace in Toronto
Toronto’s new airspace is in effect tomorrow! I’ve been assured by a Nav Canada rep that the new VNCs and VTAs will be available next week. In the mean time, you will have to use the information found in your CFS!
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ATC Communications WIth Hypoxic Pilot
This clip is scary. The aircraft is out of control and the pilot is slurring his speech due to hypoxia. It’s not clear until later in the clip that the other pilot is unconscious (as he chimes in as the aircraft descends). The clip is available from the NATCA website and has been nominated for…
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Polar Operations
My brother left for Bangkok (via Hong Kong) on a Cathay Pacific flight the other day. Before he left, we had a discussion as to which way the aircraft would fly from Toronto to get to Hong Kong. We were both arguing either west bound or east bound. We were both wrong! I was tracking…
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Toronto Star Article About Possible Buttonville Closure
There have been rumors going around that YKZ is going to close because of the $1.5M from the GTAA each year will stop. This is the first mainstream media mention about this problem that has surfaced so far. The Toronto Start is reporting that YKZ will have to reduce its operating hours and/or close if…
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The Original de Havilland Beaver!
One of my colleagues at work found a family photo of what is believed to be the first ever production Beaver. An article about “the bush plane” has been written by him (He does work for CBC News) and is a great read if you are interested in the history of one of Canada’s iconic…
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Airspace Change Meetings
Transport Canada is presenting its changes to the Windsor-Toronto-Montreal corridor at a number of locations in Feb and March. It is the topic of tonight’s Monthly Aviation Seminar at the Transport Canada HQ in Toronto. The presentation will also be made available at Buttonville, March 11 @ 19:00. Hanger 12 in the Leggat Aviation facilities….
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Sirius XM Experiencing Turbulence
I saw this article yesterday and the first thing I thought about was “what about all the GA pilots out there?!?” XM Weather is a product provided by XM that allows you to stream weather data to various avionics as well as computers used on marine ships. The scope of the bankrupcy is only for…
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Massive Changes to Toronto Airspace
I just got details of the changes to Torontos Airspace, which are Effective March 12, 2009. The PDFs contain all the details you know. Some highlights: The Buttonville and Toronto City Centre control zones will be expanded to meet along Lawrence Ave, between Yonge Street and Victoria Park Ave. Both control zones will now extend…
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CYXU Going Class “C”
From NavCanada: NAV CANADA, the country’s provider of civil air navigation services, recently completed an aeronautical study of the airspace in the London, Ontario area. The study recommended a change to the airspace classification at the London Airport. A Control Zone classification change from Class D to Class C transponder mode C required) will enable…
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The omminous 200 hour mark
Ever since I started flying, I’ve been hearing anecdotal evidence that the 200 hour mark is a pilots career is one of the most dangerous. I’ve spent a few hours trying to find hard evidence of such and cant find any data that supports this claim. Does anyone have any ideas where I can find…
