This weekend had beautiful weather. With blue skies comes flying. I had the pleasure of nt having one, but two flights with my FI in the Seminole. The flights consisted of some circuit practice, slow flight, steep turns, and single engine “stuff”. The multi engine rating is all about procedures and checklists. You already know…
The weather last night was perfect for a flight. I brought along a friend from work and we did a city tour. I totally forgot about the eclipse that night until I was out on the ramp, and happened to glance up at the moon. After a slow start (due to a snag on the…
I’m sure he knew he had enough runway when he calculated his take-off performance.
When I got my new license from TC with my night rating on it, there was an additional “rating” as well that I didn’t recognize. It was the English proficiency rating. Here are the details from an email from the CFI at Toronto Airways: All of the ICAO countries have passed an agreement that the…
Special VFR allows a pilot to land or take-off (in daylight only) during weather that is considered to be IFR. This is especially useful if the weather is crappier than forecast at a destination, you can request SVFR into the zone and land. Several pilots did just that at Buttonville on Monday afternoon. The visibility…
John Lee, a manager with the Transportation Safety Board, confirmed the ice — made up of toilet water, antifreeze, disinfectant and human waste — came from an airplane bathroom. Yup! Some “toilet debis” from an overflying airplane crashed through a Calgary womans house. More details at CBC
Hello and welcome to my blog. You are probably here because of my latest post about my syndication ending at aviation.ca. I encourage you to check out the rest of the site to see what you’ve been missing. Use the links at the top of the page. Feel free to bookmark this page, and use…
I got the latest copy of the CFS in the mail last week and took a quick glance at Buttonvilles page to see if they noted the new position of the tower. They did. but they also showed that the airport beacon moved as well.. which it has not. (green arrow) One thing I didn’t…
FSS would like everyone to use 123.15 for opening, closing, and filing fight plans in the YKZ area. 126.7 is too crowded and congested. As you get further north (Muskoka) they suggest you use 123.475. If all else fails, try 123.275 which is the FSS out of YYZ. I’m trying to find an official document…
Chalk 1.3 hours under the multi column in my log book! I was able to get up yesterday for my first in plane multi-engine lesson to tackle circuits. I was demonstrated the first one, then I proceeded to do another three before we called it a day. Doing all the pre-flight checks and run-ups is…