The awesome ATC guys and gals at Buttonville moved into their new tower this morning. Hope you like your new digs! The new tower brings frequency coupling to Ground and Tower. With the old tower, you would only hear one side of the conversation (the controllers) when one controller was working ground and tower. This…
I came across the great circle mapper website that allows you to plot on a map routes you have taken from airports. I tossed in all the flights (that I can remember) since 2000. Total distance traveled: 67654 km
I’ve registered for my summer semester courses last night. They start in the second week of May and run until August. Tuesdays: Instruments and Avionics Wednesdays: Navigation Thursdays: Personnel Management I was hoping that four courses would be offered, however, this schedule good (especially for the summer) as it gives me Mondays and Fridays off….
My first flying lessons have been booked! According to the FI, the lesson is going to start with a ground briefing then off to the simulator. Once that’s done then it’s off to an actual Cessna 172 for the “real thing”. Simulator happens on Jan 3rd, then actual flying on the 4th and 5th (weather…
Too bad Cessnas dont have ejection seats. This is a really cool video of a fighter jet hitting a bird in flight. They try to restart the engines to no avail and end up ejecting.
My medical certificate finally arrived. I was surprised at how quickly they processed it once the doctor sent it in. About 7 days! There really isn’t anything special about the piece of paper. On the back they list the validity periods as well as places for renewal stamps. As you can see on the front…
I would like to thank Clumpinglitter for providing last weeks photo. Everyone got it right! It’s an outside air temperature gauge with ice detector! Without further delay, here is this weeks NTP! A measuring device I hope to make this weeks one a little more challenging! Hence, the super vague clue. Thanks again to Clumpinglitter…
I found the “Top 10 of Everything Canadian 2005” book sitting on my parents coffee table tonight. So I decided to crack it open… some interesting aviation top ten lists: Countries with the most airports: 1. USA (14,801) 2. Brazil (3,590) 3. Russia (2,743) 4. Mexico (1,823) 5. Canada (1,389) 6. Argentina (1,342) 7. Bolivia…
Here is a good video of a pilot landing in a cross-wind situation. The manoeuvre is called a “crab” and it is standard operating procedure. It looks a little extreme, but it seems to do the trick.
Last weeks NTP didn’t go too badly. 2 people commented! Lets see if we can get 4 people to comment on this weeks part. You need this to determine density altitude In this example of the part, it also makes a good ice detector! Please submit your (correct or otherwise) guess by clicking on the…