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Cross Country Flying Interesting Things

Windy For Flight Planning: ECMWF or HRDPS?

October 9, 2024October 9, 2024 Blake

To view my full tutorial on how to use Windy for Flight Planning. See my previous blog post. Windy has recently made a (old) new

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Air Law Cross Country Flying

Flying Over Water: What You Need To Know

July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 Blake

One of the main advantages of flying is that you get to travel in straight lines. You know that saying: “The shortest distance between two

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Ground School Interesting Things Navigation

How To: VFR Transit Through Toronto (YYZ) Airspace (Update 2024/2025)

June 4, 2024April 6, 2025 Blake

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in August 2023. A lot has changed with Toronto’s airspace since then and this post has been updated

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Cross Country Flying Interesting Things

Air Traffic Controller Shortage Affecting Toronto Airspace

May 22, 2024May 22, 2024 Blake

An air traffic controller shortage in Toronto is starting to negatively effect general aviation across the city. Controlling Canada’s Airspace NavCanada is Canada’s non-profit organization

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Ground School Instruments Interesting Things

Simplifying IFR Flying In Canada

April 17, 2024April 24, 2024 Blake

Canada has some unique rules when it comes to instrument flight rules compared to the rest of the world. The reason for these rules was

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Aircraft Ownership Cross Country Flying

What To Do When You “Get The Call”.

February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 Blake

In Canada, there are three ways search and rescue (SAR) officials will initiate the start of a search for a missing aircraft. Of which, only

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Aircraft Ownership Ground School

Refuelling Your Aircraft

December 7, 2023 Blake

One thing they don’t teach you in flight school is how to fuel your aircraft. This is something I had to learn on my own

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Training

Using Windy For Flight Planning

October 12, 2023December 9, 2023 Blake

Below are links to the hour webinar on how to use Windy (windy.com) to help with both local and cross country flying. Specific focus will

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Air Law Interesting Things

Right of Way: Approaching An Aerodrome For Landing

September 12, 2023 Blake

Two airplanes are approaching an aerodrome at the same time. One is planning the straight in downwind for runway 33. The other, is planning on

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Aircraft Ownership

Buttonville (CYKZ) airport is closing, now what?

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 Blake

Back in 2010 the airport was sold off to Caddilac Fairview to be redeveloped into commercial and residential spaces. Thirteen years later (not far off

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