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Buttonville Flying Club

March 31, 2006 Blake

I recently discovered that there is a flying club that operates out of Buttonville. According to their website they have over 100 members. The membership

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Hourly Forecasts

March 30, 2006 Blake

The Weather Network has launched a new product called “Hourly Forecasts”. They forecast the weather for the next 12 hours, hour by hour. I don’t

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More Radio Goodness

March 21, 2006 Blake

I found out on Monday that I passed my radio exam… no surprise there. Just studying now for the PSTAR test. My lesson on Monday

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How not to speak on the radio

March 20, 2006 Blake

Was finally able to go flying today. Winds were gusty, but still ok for doing circuits. I decided to bring along my scanner this time

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Interesting Things Training

Flying and Cellphones: Mythbuster Style

March 19, 2006 Blake

The latest episode of Mythbusters tackles the myth of cell phones on airplanes. Their experiment was done two different ways. First they purchased a bunch

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Cumulonumbus North of Field

March 13, 2006 Blake

No flying today because of thunderstorms. The upside though is that I have yet another METAR I can use to test my METAR parsning engine

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The PSTAR

March 11, 2006 Blake

I will probably find out how I did on the Radio Exam come Monday. In the meantime I’ve been studying for the PSTAR test. The

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Various Tidbits

March 10, 2006 Blake

I did better than expected on my Meterology midterm: 81%. Most of my mistakes were due to stupidity (ie, not reading the question properly). I

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Studying For Your Radiotelephone License

March 5, 2006 Blake

I’ve been using the following two documents provided by Industry Canada as a study guide for the Radiotelephone License: – Study Guide for the Radio

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METAR Weather Codes … Decoded

March 4, 2006 Blake

I’ve been spending the past hour working on my Computer Systems assignment (its a METAR, TAF, and FD decoder). I’m at the point now where

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