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…
Woke up at the crack of dawn this morning to give Buttonville dispatch a call to make sure the intro flight was still a go. Everything is good, so I head down to be at the airport at 815. I took care of all the paperwork and only had to wait less than five minutes…
So apparantly there was this pilot that ran out of fuel while trying to get to his destination. He was able to land safely on a 4 lane highway. The cops decided that it would be fine for him to take off again from the highway, so they closed the road and let him take…
I just got off the phone with Buttonville dispatch. I booked an intro flight for Saturday at 8am. This will be chance to take a good look at the airport, the facilities, and the instructors. I have to give them a call at 7am to make sure that everything is still on the go (weather…
I had my final portion of the medical exam done yesterday – the audiogram. I passed, but not with the results I had in mind. The results showed that I had some hearing loss in the higher frequencies. “loss” is an extreme word in this case. The graph dips down just a little bit for…
This made it into my inbox today. After every flight, Quantas pilots fill out a form, called a “gripe sheet,” which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems; document their repairs on the form and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let it be said…
I just got a copy of “Visualized Flight Maneuvers Handbook” (for high wing aircraft) today and had a chance to take a look at it. You can consider this book to be a cheat sheet for all the maneuvers you will need to do to get your license. They cover everything from pre-flight to some…
Welcome everyone. This website is now officially live! :) I just sent out an email to all my friends letting them know. Feel free to read any of the previous posts! There are still a few bugs with the site that I will be working on in the next few days. I encourage everyone to…