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…
A C-172 crashed a few days ago near Shelburne, Ontario (57351 8th Line SW, Melancthon, Ontario to be exact) there were three occupants. Two went to hospital and the pilot walked away. After reading media reports (I know, I know..) and the CADORS report I have one comment to make about the situation. All of…
AIC 36/08 outlines NavCanadas latest decommissioning project. NAV CANADA, the country’s provider of civil air navigation services, recently evaluated the requirement for very high frequency omnidirectional range (VOR) receiver test facilities (VOT) in Canada. The review concluded that VOT sites are underutilized and no longer required. This fact is partly because of the increased use…
I was driving by the airport the other day and noticed that some obstruction lighting on telephone poles near the approach of 33 were burnt out (and have been for months). Does anyone know who I should contact to get that fixed? It’s off airport property, so I don’t think it would be the Airports…
Title: So You Want To Be A Pilot, Eh? Author: James Ball ISBN: 9780978130916 Size: 216 Pages Rating: 4 out of 5. Although I’m already a pilot, I thought it would be interesting to read this book — just to see if I would learn anything new. Guess what, I did! The book covers all…