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 in my hometown of Aurora, Ontario. He was also the first Canadian to receive a pilots license. The frame and structure of the Silver Dart (the name of the plane)…
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 get half of the conversation sometimes. Someone on the radio jokingly asked him “so do you get paid double to work both tower and ground?” The first flight I did…
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 Balance and Performance worksheets. You can download the 2 page PDF to print and use. Some notes: – The performance sheets has space to work out some calculations. The idea…
“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: – Field Elevation: 650′ – Temperature: 8°C – Dewpoint: -2°C – Altimeter setting: 30.05″ Hg – ICAO Lapse Rate: 1.98°C / 1000′ I’ve calculated pressure altitude to be 520′. To Calculate…
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, I was still able to get two flights in plus a ground briefing. A solo flight on Friday morning and a dual today. Friday’s flight was great. The weather was…
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 ;) Looks like rain until Sunday.
Today’s flight was not bad. I didn’t have my regular FI today but a “substitute”. One of my teachers taught him when he was learning how to fly. We chatted about this particular teacher as we did the run-up and taxi. It was all jokes and reminiscing. The plan was to do a few circuits…
I’ve created two checklists. My Cessna 172 Checklist is a modification of the one given to me by my FI. It contains all of the items in the POH plus a few additional ones. These items I needed to do, but would always forget, like recording the hobbs. My Emergency Checklist is a compilation of…
I came across a site that listed pay scales for some Canadian Airlines. Depressing yet exciting at the same time:
“Let it be known that on this 9th day of May, 2006 that Blake Crosby did, alone and unassisted, take an aerodyne into orbit and furthermore did land on the same runway without loss of blood or confidence, thereby completing first solo flight. In honour of this heroic feat of human suffering and endurance I…