Title: From the Flight Deck: Plane Talk and Sky Science Author: Doug Morris ISBN: 1550227653 Size: 184 Pages Rating: 3 out of 5. The author uses a fictional flight from Toronto to Hong Kong to demonstrate and explain some of the common questions about commercial flying. Most of the information in the book is pretty…
I was bored last night and decided to type in “YKZ” into flickr to see what popped up. Amongst the photos of some event someplace, I found a nice picture of the new tower at Buttonville. I decided take a look at the other photos from the same user and was impressed. From what I…
So you’ve worked your butt off (and took out a second mortgage on your home) to get your pilot licence. Now that you have it, how do you keep it? A lot of people ask me how long the licence is valid for. I usually give them the simple “forever” answer – which is not…
A few classmates wanted a copy of my presentation on ILS. You can download the power point presentation here.
First of all, I would like to thank everyone (again) that wished me good luck and congratulated me on passing. I received a comment from someone named “kkjlai” who wanted to know more about the exam. So this post is all about that. The weather was good. Visibility was alright, although at some times there…
The weather tomorrow is looking good for my PPL test. I spent some time today with my FI reviewing a couple of items and I’m going to study some ground items tonight. Hopefully I will get some sleep tonight, and be refreshed for the exam tomorrow. With the new tower the ATIS information is now…
The awesome ATC guys and gals at Buttonville moved into their new tower this morning. Hope you like your new digs! The new tower brings frequency coupling to Ground and Tower. With the old tower, you would only hear one side of the conversation (the controllers) when one controller was working ground and tower. This…
My PPL Exam is set for July 2nd. I was supposed to do a supervisory ride today, except that was canceled due to weather (blasted TCUs and winds gusting to 25). I’m ready as I will ever be, and I’m hoping I can get my super done before July 2nd. I have a mid-term exam…
Canada’s No-Fly List went live today. I know nothing about it as i’m still getting up to speed about it. However, CBC (the company I work for during my day job) has some interesting information about it: Critics raise alarms over Canada’s no-fly list Air Canada fears no-fly list could cause ‘unruly’ situations The Current,…