Boeing 727-200 For Sale
Have $3,000,000? Why not buy this Boeing 727-200? It’s got a bar, and over 50 “first class” style seats. Avionics look a little rough though:
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Just in the nick of time.
This is a pretty scary video of a pilot who entered a flat spin (by accident) while trying to do a normal spin. I suspect the engine quit because the forces of the spin caused an imbalenced fuel flow. At the end, the aircraft flipped over because the landing gear snagged some barbwire that the…
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MF/ATF at Bromont, QC Part 2
So after a week of comments and research, it’s time to answer the question. This is a unique problem. Mainly because of some of the procedures at Bromont. During glider ops you are not to overfly the airport. So that rules out joining the mid downwind after overflying the airport. Because there was no traffic…
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MF/ATF at Bromont, QC
I had a reader send in a question about joining the circuit at Bromont airport a little while ago. I’ll let him explain it: On my first solo flight after getting my Licence, I decided to go from Montreal CYHU to Bromont CZBM. The MF was closed so it was now an ATF. There were…
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The “new” CFS
I got the latest edition of the CFS (Nov 20-Jan 15) yesterday by mail and noticed something peculiar. It was much smaller! I would estimate approx 25% smaller when compared to the two editions previous. There are still the same amount of pages, however the paper seemed different. I think they are using a higher…
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Nick’s Icing Presentation
Further to my last blog post. I’ve been able to obtain a copy of Nick’s presentation. I’ve made the original Power Point available. As well as a PDF. You just don’t get the cool animations with the PDF. Download Power Point Download PDF You can also visit Nicks website at aerosafety.ca.
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Understand Why
Last week I attended this months Transport Canada Aviation Safety Seminar. The topic was winter weather and icing presented by a CBC Meterologist (Nick Czernkovich). I learned quite a few new things thanks to his presentation. Consider the following situation: You’re flying above the clouds in non icing conditions. As your making your way to…
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Fall Colours
A friend and I headed up to Parry Sound this past Saturday. I would recommend to everyone (In southern Ontario) to take advantage of this 23°C weather and blue skies to get into the air and enjoy the autumn to it’s fullest. For the first time ever, the airplane I wanted to use was “timed…
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Stuck Mike & ILS Lesson
This clip was posted to liveatc.net. Stuck mike during an ILS lesson. Personally I think I would have a hard time learning from this instructor. As always, comments from the peanut gallery after the stuck mike has been identified are hilarious.
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Did You Know?
That the following CBC Meterologists all have at least a PPL? I found this out by accident today at work while doing some research. John Sauder CBC News at Six Manitoba Johanna Wagstaffe CBC News: Weather Centre Nick Czernkovich CBC News: Weather Centre (Not Confirmed) I wonder if that’s a pre-requisite to getting hired ;)…
