UPDATE: The Globe and Mail has an article pretty much confirming the selling/moving of the airport. In the latest development with Buttonville, yorkregion.com is reporting that the Siftons may move Buttonville to a new location. The owners of Buttonville airport are considering moving the airport from its prominent Hwy. 404 location to keep it running….
I’m looking for raster elevation data for Canada for a project I’m working on. I’ve been using NASAs SRTM 3 data in the meantime. The problem? It doesn’t cover latitudes above 60° I took a look at the CDED data from Geobase, however the time it takes me to query that data for elevation data…
CBC is reporting that the Lockerbie bomber might be released on compassionate grounds. What are your thoughts about this? Should he be released?
The cross Canada flight to celebrate 100 years of flight in Canada wrapped up this past weekend. You can read John Lovelaces’ blog about the flight on the CBC website.
I’ve been spending all morning trying to find information on getting a dispatchers license. All I could find was the Dispatcher Examination page on Transport Canadas website. Is that’s all there is to it? Just write the exams and you’re done? On another note. I’m going to be getting my logbook in order this week….
The flight started by having Doug pick me up at CYTZ. This was the first time I’ve ever been at the island airport. Few things of note: – Build a friggen bridge already! Is the 30 second ferry ride even necessary? All of those of you who voted David Miller as mayor of Toronto should…
I’m planning a flight up to Elliot Lake. Going to be taking my dad up there, as that is where he grew up. I think it will be nice to fly together there and check out the town. The Ourairports page has little commentary about the airport. Have any of you flown to the airport…
My day job is a System Administrator at a broadcasting company. This gives me the advantage of being handy with computers. This advantage has lead me to pair up with a buddy to work on a project that will hopefully be revealed soon. One thing I did want to show off, that i’m particularly proud…
Now that all of the CPL and APTL pilots have the new licence, Transport Canada is asking everyone else to apply. In order to maintain a valid licence, holders must apply for the new booklet format before December 31, 2009 (6 months from now). Applying is similar to a passport. You need to provide a…
The BBC is reporting that NASA and the Japanese Trade ministry has completed topographically mapping 99% of the earths surface. The awesome thing? The sample rate is 30m! Let’s do some math. Surface area of earth: 5.10072 × 10^14 m^2 99% of earths surface area: 5.0497128 × 10^14 m^2 If there is a sample taken…