I’m doing some preliminary research into getting my IFR rating in Toronto. My rough plan is to see if I can start up in the spring, and get ‘er done before the end of the summer. My biggest concern is about staying current. I dug up the CARs and section 401.05(3) spells it out for…
Seneca College is performing a survey to gather real-world examples of flying scenarios. They are going to use the information gathered by this survey to come up with training and flight simulator scenarios. The Hangar Talk 2010 Survey website goes on, saying: The aviation industry has always used a pilot’s hours as a description of…
The National Museums of Scotland has put together a few 360° views of The Concorde, a Jaguar fighter bomber, an Avro Vulcan, and a De Havilland Comet. The views are pretty high resolution and allow you full 360 degrees of freedom around the cockpit. It must have been amazing to fly in these old school…
I’ve converted my blog from Movable Type to WordPress. I’ve done extensive testing to ensure that all the links and images from the old site still work. Please let me know if you discover anything that’s not working properly. One thing that I will stop doing, is sending updates via e-mail. So apologies to those…
Are you able to answer this students question? Why *can* airplanes fly upside down if this is how an airfoil works. Or better yet: Why does the air above the airfoil have to meet up with the air below the airfoil?
It happens hundreds of times a day. Aircraft flying from North America To Europe. In all cases they must travel across the North Atlantic Ocean. An agreement between Canada, USA, Iceland, Ireland, and the UK have resulted in standard routes that aircraft must follow to get from point A to point B. These routes are…
I just got the latest copy of the CFS. This cycle there was an additional insert in the envelope! It was an insert asking “industry stakeholders” for feedback on how Nav Canada communicates safety issues. I’m not going to fill it out, because I’m not an industry stakeholder, however I encourage anyone else out there…
It’s been a busy summer. I haven’t been flying in a while. The last time was in June. This is for multiple reasons: – Been hard at work on worldflightplanner.com. – Saving up my cash to buy my own airplane ($170/hr. renting is nice chunk towards a down payment). I haven’t blogged in a while…
The guys at Jeppesen decided to put together the “Hudson Miracle” approach plate, as a thank you to Mr. Sullenburger. Click for larger!
In the latest issue of the Aviation Safety Letter (you all read it, right?). There was an insert saying that you can now subscribe to Advisory Circulars and the Canadian Aviation Service Difficulty Reports. Unfortunately the link in the publication is in correct. It should be http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/opssvs/menu-1152.htm. I’m currently subscribed to the News Releases list,…