National Aviation Day was declared in 2009 by the Honourable John Baird, MP, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. This yearly celebration will allow us to remember our past achievements and help chart the course of Canada’s aviation and aerospace futures. To celebrate this day a Career Day and Job Fair at the Canada Aviation…
I just discovered this online today. The Canadian Air Pilot are approach plates from Nav Canada for all airports in Canada with IFR approaches. The country is divided up into 6 sections, each section has their own plate booklet (two for Quebec, one in English and the other in French). You can find PDF copies…
You might have heard the about who the latest Bachelor is on the current season of The Bachelor. This season is called “on the wings of love” because the Bachelor is a pilot. I scoffed at Jake when he said:”love is bigger than flying”. I blurted: “If he was a true pilot, he would pick…
I had the pleasure of flying Jim and my co-worker Massimo this past September around the city. Great times had by all, Jim captured it for posterity and posted it on You Tube. Check out the video! (your RSS reader might not display it properly)
NavCanada will be at the The National Job Fair and Training Expo in Toronto. Wednesday March 24th, 2010. You will be able to find them in Booth # 912, in the Employment Pavillion. At the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. I might swing by that day since I literally work across the street.
It’s been a year since the cospas-sarsat program stopped monitoring 121.5Mhz for distress signals. However, Transport Canada has provided a grace period for aircraft owners to move to the new 406Mhz ELTs. This means that potentially nobody is listening on 121.5Mhz for the ELT signal. The new system offers way more advantages to the old…
I spent the last two hours cleaning up my logbook and putting in missing entries. Let this be a lesson! Always update your logbook after every flight! I’ve updated the my hours on this site, on the left hand side. It’s nice to see that I’ve broken the 200 Hour mark. Shame I don’t have…
Here is a funny clip from the Rick Mercer Report (a show on CBC here in Canada) about the recent security changes for flights in to the USA. He also has an interesting (and funny) look at some of the behind the scenes at Vancouver International Airport.
The United States Coast Guard is going to terminate the LORAN-C service this February. The full service shutdown wont be complete until October of this year. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security has certified that the Loran-C system infrastructure is not needed as a backup to the GPS system or to meet any other federal…
Here is a list of some Aviation related events that I have put in my calendar for this year. I doubt I will be able to get to them all. January 20 – Transport Canada System Safety Seminar – Raising the Bar May 29-30 – Wings and Wheels at Downsview July 26 – Oshkosh (anyone…