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    • Air Law | Pre Training

      Learning your A,B,C’s

      ByBlake December 4, 2005

      Take a look a the map that I photoshopped the other day as a reference. Today I’m going to talk about the different classes of airspace around Buttonville. There are actually 5 classes of airspace around Buttonville, but you can only see four of them on my map. Lets start off with what you can…

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    • Learning About Airspace
      Air Law | Pre Training

      Learning About Airspace

      ByBlake December 3, 2005

      I spent some time today looking at the Toronto VTA and the CFS entries for Buttonville (YKZ), Downsview (YZD), Pearson (YYZ), and Toronto Island (YTZ) airports. My goal was to try and understand the airspace around my home airport (Buttonville). I think I’ve figured it out. But first, some definitions: Control Zone Those are the…

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    • Name That Part | Pre Training

      Name That Part: 2005/12/01

      ByBlake December 1, 2005

      Every week (or so) I’m going to post of a photo of something aviation related along with a clue. It’s your job to guess what the part is by leaving a comment (using the link below). Named after the French physicist that invented it. Good luck!

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    • Pre Training

      More On Curriculum

      ByBlake November 28, 2005

      The course outlines for the classes I will be taking at Seneca are now on line. Aeronautics The main textbook is “From the Ground Up” which I’ve already done about two thirds of the workbook. Some highlights: 1. Components, structure, loads, stresses, documents 2. Bernoulli’s Theorem, Newton’s Laws, airfoils and production of lift, weight and…

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    • Pre Training

      Questions Answered!

      ByBlake November 25, 2005

      I got a call back from the FI I did my intro flight with the other day and she was able to answer all of the questions I had. She said that it might be possible for me to write my PSTAR exam before becoming an “official” student at the school. Just to come in…

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    • Airmanship

      Danger Area

      ByBlake November 22, 2005

      The rear of an airplane both in the air and on the ground is a dangerous place. In the air you have to concern yourself with wake turbulance (not caused by the engines, but the wingtip vorticies). On the ground you have to worry about Jet and Prop blast. This “danger zone” is different depending…

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    • Pre Training

      Procedure or Politeness

      ByBlake November 22, 2005

      Radio communication is a very important part of a pilots duties. There is specific protocol that needs to be followed in order for you to get your message across clearly in the shortest amount of time possible. Take a look at this example: Controller: “American 1778, contact tower now on 122.8. Good day” Aircraft: “Contact…

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    • Pre Training

      Ground School Details

      ByBlake November 21, 2005

      Seneca has finally updated their website with class schedules and information. Classes start the first week of Janurary! Here is what my schedule will look like: Monday: Human Factors Tuesday: Meterology Wednesday: Aeronautics Thursday: Computer Systems All classes are from 6:30pm – 9:30pm At Buttonville Airport, with the exception of Computer Systems. I’m going to…

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    • Saving $24,000 a year
      Interesting Things | Pre Training

      Saving $24,000 a year

      ByBlake November 16, 2005

      I never thought that paint could be so heavy! In an effort to save cash, Air Canada is stripping some of their aircraft of most of its paint. Leaving the “au naturel” polished aluminum to bare the brunt of the elements. According to Air Canada, the paint weighs 360 pounds and takes about 12 days…

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    • Visualizing Air Traffic
      Interesting Things | Pre Training

      Visualizing Air Traffic

      ByBlake November 14, 2005

      FAA Flight information is available to the public (I’m still trying to figure out how I can get that data). Aaron Koblin put together some pretty spiffy videos of this data. Each dot represents an airplane flying to or from the US. Be sure to check out the “overview documentation” (a video) on his website…

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