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…
Planning a trip to Brantford? Guess again. The main runway 05/23 and 17/35 is closed this summer for repaving. Update: Keep in mind the airport is still open with runway 11/29 as is the restaurant. See comments for more details. Here is the NOTAM: 080043 CYFD BRANTFORD CYFD RWY 05/23 AND 17/35, TWY A, TWY…
My latest flight on Friday took me to Tillsonburg, a little airport east of London International. As with every flight, I try to do something different, this time I decided to head back to Buttonville north of YYZ instead of taking the normal “follow shoreline [of lake ontario]” route south of YYZ. More on that…
My Multi-Engine flight test is being booked for May 28th! Had a flight in the Seminole last night, practiced circuit work. I was having a tough time of keeping the airplane lined up with the centre line, I got that all sorted out yesterday. Over the course of the lesson, the active runway switched twice,…
Todays lesson involved some more upper air work. Today we headed to the east to the Claremont Training Area. As previously mentioned, this training area has its own frequency (I’m too lazy to dig up the old blog entry). This frequency is not noted on any charts (VTA or VNC). You have to dig into…
There has been talk in the news recently of commercial aircraft reducing their speeds in order to save on fuel costs. Over the course of a year the savings can be in the million of dollars. As the costs of fuel rises, everyone from commercial airlines to the GA pilot is looking for ways to…
I’ve flown more in the past 21 days, than I have in this past Janurary, February, and March! This past week especially was a lot of flying. Mainly due to the perfect weather. I’m 1 lesson away from doing my multi-test. Just have to tackle some circuit work, performance take-offs. I packed in three Seminole…