One thing you need to do that wasn’t really taught (to me) was how to calculate when you’re flying at night (or Legal Night as us pilots like to call it). This is important for a few reasons: – If you don’t have a night rating, you need to know when you need to be…
I came across this article in the latest issue of Wired Magazine (Jun 2008, Page 50). It describes how anyone can land an airplane in an emergency. As a pilot, I was highly skeptical that these steps would work. It assumes that the person flying the airplane knows where to find the auto pilot, radios,…
I was approached by a member of the Buttonville Flying Club to be a safety pilot for him so that he may do some approaches to keep his IFR currency. This was to be done in the owners aircraft, a 1980 Beechcraft Baron 55. This was my first time in a Baron and the only…
So I started studying the G1000 (Nav III) for the Cessna and spent 20 minutes in the simulator trying to figure out how to tune an NDB when I looked it up in the manual: The G1000 does not support tuning of the ADF in Nav III aircraft. ADF tuning is accomplished through the Bendix/King…
Firstly, lets answer the question I posed in my last post. In the Boomerang, which is the critical engine? There is none. In fact, there is no asymmetrical thrust created when one engine is inoperative. The next month I plan on getting checked out in the C172 equipped with the G1000 avionics package. Once that…
It’s done! My multi-engine ride was a success this morning. I can now fly airplanes with more than one engine! Take a look at this one. It’s called the boomerang. The top down view is more impressive Which do you think is the critical engine?! My test started with a ground briefing at 9am. So…
When doing some research on what are some of the factors that affect Vmc, I came across this excellent document. The multi-engine instructor quick reference by Ryan Ferguson is just what I was looking for. That said. What are some of the factors affecting Vmc and why?
I was made aware at Toronto Airways dispatch of a small procedure change when requesting taxi instructions. Most (if not all TAL pilots) perform their run up on the main apron, which is uncontrolled. Once the run-up is complete, then the pilot calls up Buttonville Ground requesting taxi instructions. The problem here is that the…
Here are the details about the photo I posted earlier. It actually happened on June 24, 1918, and not June 18th as I originally stated. Click for larger This was the first ever Air Mail flight in Canada. It consisted of 120 letters to the “T. Eaton Company” from Montreal to Toronto. The airplane landed…
This photo was taken on June 18, 1918, somewhere in Toronto. Click for larger What was this event? Who was the pilot? Which airport was this photograph taken at? And what was their cargo? I’ll give you a few hints: The airport no longer exists, but was in Toronto. The cargo was flown from Montreal…