Great Circle Mapper
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
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Places On The Web
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…
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Are you an Idiot?
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”.
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Radio Certificate in Hand
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…
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Ground School Costs
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…
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Difference between “Centre” and “Radio”
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…
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Flapless landings and light signals!
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…
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Missed The Lesson
Damn! My flight today was at 2pm, not 4pm. Got a call from my FI asking where I was (I was in the shower). I feel bad. I always confirm my flight an hour before, but not today as I thought it was at 4. I’ll need to find a way to make it up…
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Semester One: Complete
I will be getting my marks on April 29th. I already know what I’ve gotten in meteorology because my teacher emailed me my mark right after I wrote the final (which I got 91% on!). I have about a month off before semester two starts. I have a week off booked for a vacation to…