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I attended the “ground school” at Toronto Airways for their latest aircraft that has the G1000 avionics installed. This course is mandatory if you would like to get checked out in the aircraft. I would really like to take this new airplane on my commercial cross country to Sherbrooke, QC. Over the next coming weeks,…
Does anyone know what the suffix “H” means to a runway name? C means Center L means Left R means Right T means degrees True But what about H? Click for larger UPDATE: I’ve confirmed that this does mean “helicopter” as this airport is a helicopter only airport. See my thread in the avcanada forums…
A friend of mine mentioned that it would be cool to have “a million dollars” to have his own airport. I told him that all you need is space to land an airplane and you can do just that, legally. Without referencing anything, I told him that you are allowed to land on private property…
I was originally planning on going on a night flight tonight to Welland Airport but things went downhill ever since I left work. I wont go into details, but suffice it to say I didn’t end up going because I wasn’t mentally prepared for a flight. I did, however, decide to finally mount some of…
I’ve been busy lately with non-flying items. However, I did get a flight in on Saturday to a new airport: St. Catharines! More on that in a later post. However, you can take a look at the photos in the album. In the mean time, check out this article of a pilot who flew a…
I went on a x-country flight to Peterborough and back with my friend Mark last night. Overall the flight went well. I always love flying at night because its much quieter and it’s much easier to see other traffic. The flight was pretty uneventful until we got to Peterborough. I always call up Unicom first,…
I haven’t been doing a lot of flying over the winter months. I know because for the first time ever I have been battling to keep my rental currency (which expires every 30 days). I decided to crunch some numbers in my log book and came up with this graph which shows monthly flight hours…
Transport Canada has added a list of approved ELTs to their website. http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/certification/elt.htm Keep in mind though, ELTs that are certified to Airworthyness Standard TSO-C91a will not longer be valid as Transport Canada has mandated that ELTs transmit on 406Mhz. I’m unsure when that requirement takes effect. CAR 605.38 has more details.
A while back I posed the question “Does an airplane in 45° bank experience more G forces than a slower one?” The quick answer: No. The G forces (or load factor) on the aircraft does not change based on the speed you are flying. The equation to calculate load factor (n) is as follows: Where…