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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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  • Pre Training

    Waiting some more…

    ByBlake November 12, 2005

    Went to the Seneca Open House with Melissa today. We were both somewhat disappointed, nobody was able to answer any of my questions about their part time course. I kept on getting redirected “to the website” and I kept on reminding them that it was out of date. I spent most of the time talking…

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  • Radio Navigation with MS Flight Sim
    Navigation | Pre Training

    Radio Navigation with MS Flight Sim

    ByBlake November 10, 2005

    After reading over the chapter on radio navigation, I decided to try it out – using Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. I hopped in my Cessna 172, and departed Buttonville on runway 33. I climbed up to 4,000 feet and turned on the autopilot and told it to hold this altitude. First item on the list,…

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  • Pre Training

    Questions, Waiting, Tax Benefits

    ByBlake November 8, 2005

    I haven’t been doing as much studying these past two weeks as I would like. I’m at the “navigation” chapter in my textbook and I am missing some tools that I need in order to complete them. Mainly a “real” E6B, some protractors and rulers. I’m actually pretty excited about the Seneca open house this…

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  • Site News

    Site Improvements

    ByBlake November 6, 2005

    I’ve added a few things to the site: By The Numbers: Added number of entries Random Photo: Added a photo (was getting sick of the “test photo”) with titles Last Updated: A new section that will display the last updated dates of the Ground School and Links sections Ground School: Added a “quick links” nav…

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