I found out today that a fellow co-worker (well a Manager) at work got his private pilot license 20 years ago – he hasn’t flown
Nothing really new to report.. Went flying on Monday, practiced some soft field / short field take-offs and landings. My next lesson is going to
Brian posted a comment letting me know his lesson at 2pm today was canceled because it was too hot. I had a plane booked at
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John who?! JD McCurdy, as he is known, was the first person to fly an airplane in Canada. He was schooled at St. Andrews College
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Tonights flight was good. During this time of day the same controller works both ground and tower, so when you’re on either frequency you only
Took me just over 4 hours to finish these up. I think these are going to be the final versions of both my Weight and
“Density altitude is pressure altitude corrected for temperature”. That is how I’ve been taught how to calculate density altitude. Lets take the following scenario: –
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The weather the past four days have been really crappy for flying. At one point on Sunday it was gusting up to 35KTs! That said,
This week has been horrible weather wise for flying. Extrmely low ceilings and thunderstorms/rain. I really do love thunderstorms, but I love flying more ;)