Yesterday’s class (instrument procedures) was all about NDB/ADF and VORs. Specifically I learned how to intercept an NDB track and fly it inbound or out. Also learned about VORs and how to track radials. I spent some time scouring the net trying to find a good NDB/VOR simulator that I can play with. I have…
School started up again for me yesterday for this semester. An interesting topic was brought up during the lesson… which direction should you slip. I was always taught to point the ailerons into the wind. That is, if the wind is coming from the right, apply left rudder and right ailerons. However my teacher suggested…
I came across this clip at liveatc.net. It is from the Toronto Centre (CZYZ) feed. I couldn’t help but chuckle at the controllers misfourtune. Listen to the clip!
It’s on! I plan on going to the airshow on Monday.. should be interesting. For those of you who can read NOTAMS: 060908 CZYZ TORONTO FIR CZYZ PURSUANT TO SECTION 5.1 OF THE AERONAUTICS ACT, AIRSPACE IS RESTRICTED SFC TO 10000 FT MSL WITHIN 5 NM RADIUS CENTERED ON 433727N 792541W (CNE GROUNDS, APRX 1…
The lesson in the sim yesterday went without a hitch. It still wasn’t fully repaired so the rudders on the left seat were broken. Spent an hour doing things like unusual attitudes and mock flight exam stuff. Pretty uneventful. My telephone rang (I forgot to turn it off) and my FI paused the sim to…
I got to the airport yesterday and was told that the simulator was busted. No worries, we just hopped into a plane. Did a short field with obstacle take off and almost just as soon my FI told me to put the foggles on. The entire flight was done with the view limiting device. I…
My FI called me at 6:30am in the morning to see what I thought of the weather and if it was sutable for our long x-country. I had gotten up at 6am to be prepared for the call. The flight was scrubbed because the GFA was showing thunderstorm activity around Buttonville around the time I…
My Solo short x-country flight yesterday went without a hitch. It was the first time that I actually felt comfortable behind the yoke. My first x-country (with my FI) a week earlier was a disaster. I was really nervous and wasn’t totally prepared. She reassured me that it was only normal. I got up early,…
I had to cancel my lesson today… it was going to be about instrument flying. There are two possible scenarios that the flight test exmaminer will ask you to use this technique: 1. Recovery from unusual attitudes. The examiner will put the plane into either a stall or spiral then ask you to recover using…
Today couldn’t be any better for my first x-country flight (so far). I’m looking at the TAF and it is showing variable and 3 knots as the winds for Buttonville. The upper winds are a joke too: 5KT at 3000′ and 8KT at 6000′. All thanks to a quasistationary (I love that word) high pressure…