I’m back and very anxious to get back up in the air, it’s been way too long. Some interesting things have happened since I was gone. A window from a Seneca Piper (twin engine) fell off the plane in mid-flight and landed in a car dealership. One of my classes has been canceled due to…
I came across the great circle mapper website that allows you to plot on a map routes you have taken from airports. I tossed in all the flights (that I can remember) since 2000. Total distance traveled: 67654 km
I spent this rainy day bumming around the net. I found some interesting aviation related websites. Please feel free to comment and let me know what your fav is. Love Is In The Air. This is a dating site for “airline crew”. I took a quick look around and stopped when I saw “flight69’s” profile…
No flying yesterday, and probably not today because of the rain. I’m going to head down to the airport this afternoon to write the PSTAR. Here is a funny clip between tower and a pilot. The tower is asking him if he’s “immediate” (as in immediate take-off), the pilot thinks he calling him an “idiot”.
About a month after writing the radiotelephone exam, my certificate arrived in the mail. It’s a small wallet sized piece of paper that states: “The certificate holder is qualified to operate radio stations as indicated in the regulations made persuant to the Radiocommunication Act” This is one of the pieces of paper I need before…
I’ve been getting a few people asking me why my ground school cost is so high. So here’s an explanation: The actual flying training is being done by Toronto Airways. The schooling portion is being done by Seneca College. Any tuition that I’m charged I categorize under “ground school”. Technically what I’m learning at Seneca…
The other day I was listening to Toronto Centre on liveatc.net. Someone chimed on looking for Toronto Radio. The controller corrected him by saying that he’s on Centre frequency. I wasn’t able to catch the pilots response, but what the controller said next made me chuckle: “Do you want to talk to a centre controller…
This weekend was perfect for flying. The weather was great, with exceptional visibility (especially today). As previously noted, I missed my class on Saturday. I did, however, get up on Sunday and twice today. Yesterday was fun. I didn’t have my normal instructor, so it was interesting to see how things were done with someone…