I was able to get up yesterday for a ultra quick flight to keep my rental currency for another thirty days. I did it with a FI in the schools newest airplanes; a C172S. Leather seats, working interior lights, fuel injected! The Cadillac of the TAL cessna fleet. It’s a nice plane to fly at…
Caught this clip on the liveatc.net feed of Buttonville the other day. The pilot was not familiar with the area, and from what I (can only assume) was an improper altimeter setting. Depending on the winds, arrivals into Pearson (YYZ) overfly Buttonville at 3000′. So its important to heed the altitude restrictions noted in YKZs’…
Buttonville is now the 8th busiest airport in Canada, up 14.6% from last year with 168,258 aircraft movements in 2007. I have no explanation for the increase other than perhaps just an overall increase in the use of the airport by more students at Toronto Airways, the OPP and York Region Police utilizing the airport….
My flight on the weekend was canceled because of low ceilings. We need at least 4000′ but were only getting around 3000′ crappy. My FI is going to see if I can come in during the week instead of just the weekends. I have no issues flying at 7am if it means I get in…
The recent crazy weather has destroyed another Toronto Airways plane. “Both are write-offs, I’d guess,” [Mr. Sifton, President of Buttonville Airport] said of the Cessna 172 single engine aircraft tossed on to their backs. “They have cracked fuselages, windscreens and other damage.” Word on the street is that it was C-GDQG thats pictured in the…
In the spirit of last years post, I present to you 2007 at a glance. Hours Logged: 57.3 (25.7 Pilot in Command) Flights: 43 Longest “Duty Day”: 2.6 hrs. Number of blog entries: 98 Number of school credits earned: 3 Website page views: 21,792 (up 419%) Top three countries visiting site: Canada, USA, United Kingdom…
It was only recently brought to my attention that the site was not available to IE users. This was due to a Microsoft bug. The workaround is in place and you should now be able view the site in IE.
The weather here has been unseasonably warm. Temperatures in the low teens combined with the large amount of snow on the ground results in fog, a lot of fog. I haven’t been able to fly the past two weekends because of the weather. I’m hoping that is going to change this weekend. I’m anxious to…
Although it’s not 100% official and we’re still testing things you can get a sneak peek at the Buttonville ground/tower liveatc.net feed. The feed is pretty good, but could be better. Ground transmissions are muddled, mainly due to the fact that the aircraft are not in the air, but on the ground (and their antennas…
Something I’ve been working on for almost two years is about to come true in the new year! I’m just in the final stages of getting things set up technically and in about a weeks time I will let you guys know what’s going on. Don’t get too excited (I am, and I get excited…