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…
There was a recent fire in the Toronto area that was being fed from propane. There was some discussion about the incident at YYZ, on the ground frequency. It’s interesting to note that there was no hotel on fire and the military was never called in. Clip provided by liveatc.net. More information about the incident…
This is a really cool video!
Sorry for the lack of updates everyone. My day job is keeping me busy with the Olympics, plus some events in my personal life have also kept me away from flying. That said, I do plan on having a few updates in the next week or so. So stay tuned for those! Hope everyone is…
We’ve all heard of CRM. But what about Single Pilot Resource Management? The University of Western Ontario has a course on Single Pilot Resource Management. The course is only $50, and totally online. This would be an excellent course to take for GA pilots as its focus is on cockpit resource management for single pilot…
Air routes differ over airways in that they are in uncontrolled airspace. That is, air routes are not controlled by ATC, unlike airways. The Designated Airspace Handbook describes them in detail: Low Level Airway: Controlled low level airspace, extending upwards from 2200 feet above the surface of the earth within the following specified boundaries […]…
I was looking at the Designated Airspace Handbook tonight and noticed something peculiar. The DAH is the legal document that describes Canada’s airspace. It defines all airspace from control zones, special use areas, classes A through F as well as low level airways. I noticed this oddity for LF/MF airway A-2 and A-15: A2 Calgary,…