“You’ll never hear pilots announce to their passengers that they’re smoking a joint before takeoff so they can relax and enjoy the flight.” I seriously hope not. I discovered this site through a blog I read regularly. Pilots are not tested for drugs. At least, you dont need a drug test to get your Transport…
My student currency expires today and I haven’t flown in two weeks due to weather. The problem? Afternoon bookings. Trying to fly in the afternoon in Toronto in July and August is like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. The forecast for the next three days all call for Thunderstorms. With…
Just came across an interesting video on YouTube of an airplane landing at Pearson (runway 06L). At the very start of the video you can see highway 401 and 410. Watch Video
It’s been almost 10 days since I’ve been flying thanks to the weather. My booking today looks to be canceled too! The 172s are booked solid this entire week but I was able to squeeze in a booking for 7am on Friday. I need to get this last solo flight in before I can progress…
All photos were taken by Joe DeCaria. The weather forecast is not looking good for flying this weekend. My booking was canceled for today because they needed to repair the plane I booked. Boourns!
This past lesson was the last one on diversions. We did three diversions all by my self. I took care of everything including the radios. I wish I had brought my GPS so that I could later review how well my calculations were. My lesson yesterday was canceled because of the TAF. It was calling…
I spent 1.3 hours today in the training area practicing steep turns and a couple of stalls. I can execute a steep turn flawlessly 95% of the time. Todays flight went really well, it was quiet. I was in SMB which I know not to take the next time on these really hot days. Even…
One of the legs I have on my plan is from CYKZ->YEE. I decided to mark my set heading point as “Newmarket”. My flight plan therefore is: DCT Newmarket DCT YEE DCT …. (yes, I know I can omit the DCT) I was looking through the CFS and noted that there was an official ident…
My navigation class last night was excellent. Last weeks class was canceled so it was nice to get back into things. We learned how to fill out a NavCanada flight plan and went over how to make en route observations and apply them to the course correction techniques (double angle, etc..) we learned earlier. I…
Got this email from John Davis at Toronto Airways: At approximately 1:30 pm today a violent Microburst went through the Buttonville Municipal Airport. Some damage was incurred on a few aircraft tied down on the field. We have decided for the safety of our cutsomers to inspect each and every aircraft whether or not it…