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…
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…
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 I kept on getting redirected “to the website” and I kept on reminding them that it was out of date.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…
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,…
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…
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…
There are three ways of calculating your airspeed. Each one needs to be used in certain situations. It’s important to know when to use which airspeed and how to calculate it. True Airspeed: Airspeed that is corrected for air density error. This is the actual speed you are traveling through the air. Calibrated Airspeed: Airspeed…
I found a great website the other day. A seasoned commercial airline pilot seems to be blogging from inside the flight deck. Some great photos of what he sees out the window also accompany his text. One of his entries talks about a take off problem. Because of the recent weather (a wet runway), the…
Seneca College is having a open house on Nov 12, 2005. One of the campuses that is participating in this open house is at Buttonville. I think this will be a *great* opportunity to check out what the school has to offer for their aviation program. I’m particularly concerned with their class sizes and whether…
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is the organization that (among other things) investigates aviation accidents. I wanted to look up a specific investigation so I proceeded to their website. I knew the exact report number, however the report was not available on the website. I decided to contact them via their contact form and…