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Category: Interesting Things

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

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Pilot Dies In Blimp Crash

June 14, 2011July 28, 2014 Blake

The CBC has reported on a Goodyear blimp crash in Germany this past week. The item that caught my attention was the following fact: The

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My Dream Watch?

May 27, 2011July 28, 2014 Blake

I think I finally found my perfect aviator watch! Almost 5 years ago I posted a “must have” list for my flying watch. I have

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Using PostgreSQL for Flight Planning

May 20, 2011July 28, 2014 Blake

I recently gave a nerdy talk to a bunch of database developers about World Flight Planner and PostgreSQL. The talk went well and it was

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Cool Looking Bird

May 12, 2011July 28, 2014 Blake

… it’s also cool because this baby can fly without a pilot too! It’s a new class of aircraft called Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OVP). It’s

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The New Kid On The Block

May 2, 2011July 28, 2014 Blake

Air Canada (more accurately Sky Regional) started flying Q400s out of Toronto City Centre Airport to Montreal and Ottawa. 14 Daily flights in fact. Naturally,

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Flying With Heart

April 17, 2011July 28, 2014 Blake

I took my parents up for a one hour flight on Friday. The GFA was showing moderate mechanical turbulence under 3000′. The city centre airport was showing

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Local North

March 21, 2011July 28, 2014 Blake

It was great to be back in the air this past weekend. A cold front had passed through on Friday, bringing with it a high

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Checked Out!

February 23, 2011July 28, 2014 Blake

Went flying this morning. The first time in a while, so I did a checkout with one of my favourite instructors.It was a lot of

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Flight Sims for IFR Practice

February 15, 2011July 28, 2014 Blake

I know a few people who use flight sims to keep their IFR skills sharp. I don’t have my IFR rating (yet) so I just

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Common Frequency Areas Survey

February 12, 2011July 28, 2014 Blake

Ramiel over at Pilots Discretion has a quick 5 min survey that he would like pilots to fill out. It has to do with the

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