Eject Eject!
Too bad Cessnas dont have ejection seats. This is a really cool video of a fighter jet hitting a bird in flight. They try to restart the engines to no avail and end up ejecting.
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Enrolled and Ready To Go!
My medical certificate finally arrived. I was surprised at how quickly they processed it once the doctor sent it in. About 7 days! There really isn’t anything special about the piece of paper. On the back they list the validity periods as well as places for renewal stamps. As you can see on the front…
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Name That Part: 2005/12/15
I would like to thank Clumpinglitter for providing last weeks photo. Everyone got it right! It’s an outside air temperature gauge with ice detector! Without further delay, here is this weeks NTP! A measuring device I hope to make this weeks one a little more challenging! Hence, the super vague clue. Thanks again to Clumpinglitter…
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Top Ten
I found the “Top 10 of Everything Canadian 2005” book sitting on my parents coffee table tonight. So I decided to crack it open… some interesting aviation top ten lists: Countries with the most airports: 1. USA (14,801) 2. Brazil (3,590) 3. Russia (2,743) 4. Mexico (1,823) 5. Canada (1,389) 6. Argentina (1,342) 7. Bolivia…
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Tackling A Cross Wind Landing
Here is a good video of a pilot landing in a cross-wind situation. The manoeuvre is called a “crab” and it is standard operating procedure. It looks a little extreme, but it seems to do the trick.
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Name That Part: 2005/12/08
Last weeks NTP didn’t go too badly. 2 people commented! Lets see if we can get 4 people to comment on this weeks part. You need this to determine density altitude In this example of the part, it also makes a good ice detector! Please submit your (correct or otherwise) guess by clicking on the…
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Still No Medical Cert
I decided to call the Civil Aviation Medicine Branch of Transport Canada today to inquire about the status of my medical certificate application. The person on the other end of the phone was extremely nice and helpful. All you need to do is quote your file number. If you dont have one (like me) because…
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Learning your A,B,C’s
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
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: 2005/12/01
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!
