• X-Plane

    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…

  • Simulator Broken

    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…

  • Solo X-Country a Success!

    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,…

  • First X-Country a Go!

    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…

  • -SHRA

    Boourns! That high pressure system didn’t stay over Ontario as long as I’d hoped – quasistationary my ass! In anycase the TAF for YKZ this morning: TAF CYKZ 141143Z 141224 VRB03KT P6SM FEW100 SCT250 FM1500Z 17010KT P6SM FEW040 BKN150 BKN250 FM1700Z 21012G22KT P6SM BKN050 OVC120 TEMPO 1824 P6SM -SHRA BKN020 OVC050 PROB30 1924 2SM TSRA…

  • Uncontrolled Grass Strip

    Today’s lesson was awesome! On the advice of my instructor I had reviewed the procedures for landing at an uncontrolled airport before my lesson. Mind you this was at 6am this morning. We hopped in the plane and did a diversion from Claremont to Greenbank airport. The idea being that we are going to land…