This clip was posted to liveatc.net. Stuck mike during an ILS lesson. Personally I think I would have a hard time learning from this instructor. As always, comments from the peanut gallery after the stuck mike has been identified are hilarious.
That the following CBC Meterologists all have at least a PPL? I found this out by accident today at work while doing some research. John Sauder CBC News at Six Manitoba Johanna Wagstaffe CBC News: Weather Centre Nick Czernkovich CBC News: Weather Centre (Not Confirmed) I wonder if that’s a pre-requisite to getting hired ;)…
This months safety seminar is all about weather. CBC News Meteorologist Nick Czernkovich will cover the ins and outs of the fall and winter weather. Ground operations, fog, and aircraft icing are some of the topics to be discussed. Nick will bring the latest information and research on winter weather, including new technology that will…
Porter announced today that they will be flying to Chicagos Midway airport starting November 12. Flights starting at $149. I’m sure if Meigs was still around, they’d be using that airport instead.
I was looking for someone to go flying with me last week. I had booked the 172R (this one, unlike the S model, has over a dozen fuel drains!) for a night flight at 7pm. I couldn’t find anyone, so I decided to make the trek to Goderich solo. The forecast was looking great, light…
I went on a flight this past week to Goderich, for which I have a post lined up. In the mean time, enjoy these videos! Fly-by on Oakland Airport Control Tower
After the tragic death of the owner of Greenbank Airport in an ultralight accident (CADORS: 2008O1622), his wife is selling the airport. Mickys wife, Dorothy had this to say: While I am confident in my ability to operate the Travel business, I am less so in regard to the airport. Greenbank Airport is a jewel…
I would just like to “officially” congratulate one of my class mates. I think he was a semester a head of me and he just got a job at Durham College as a flight instructor! Congrats Lu! You’ll make a good teacher.
Transport Canada has released detailed information about the new licence booklet. In a nutshell, they are treating the paper licenses more like a passport. Your ratings and medicals are stickers that you place into your booklet. ATPL and CPL pilots are the first to get the new booklets at the end of this year. You…
There are a lot of online flight planning tools out there. However, none of them (that I’ve found) focus on Canadian planning. That said, a friend and I have been working on getting something set up (we don’t have a name for it yet) for Canadian pilots. One of the features we plan on releasing…