The CBC has reported on a Goodyear blimp crash in Germany this past week. The item that caught my attention was the following fact: The pilot yelled “We had an accident!” followed by “I crashed the airship!” as the smell of fire crept through the blimp, Storch told the DAPD news agency on Monday. Storch…
I think I finally found my perfect aviator watch! Almost 5 years ago I posted a “must have” list for my flying watch. I have yet to find one… until today. The 4-bit Chrono watch by Cadence displays time in both UTC and local time on the same dial face. It’s a chronometer too, so…
I recently gave a nerdy talk to a bunch of database developers about World Flight Planner and PostgreSQL. The talk went well and it was attended by a few folks from all over the world, including a few from Nav Canada and Environment Canada. If you’re interested in seeing the presentation, feel free to download…
… it’s also cool because this baby can fly without a pilot too! It’s a new class of aircraft called Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OVP). It’s a UAV, with a pilot on board. GizMag has more information about The Firebird
Air Canada (more accurately Sky Regional) started flying Q400s out of Toronto City Centre Airport to Montreal and Ottawa. 14 Daily flights in fact. Naturally, this has increased pressure on Porters bottom line. It will be interesting to see how much damage Air Canada can do. They will be providing the same level of service…
I took my parents up for a one hour flight on Friday. The GFA was showing moderate mechanical turbulence under 3000′. The city centre airport was showing winds gusting to 30kts. I gave my parents the warning that it might be a little bumpy. The ride couldn’t have been any farther from the truth. The ride was smooth. I…
It was great to be back in the air this past weekend. A cold front had passed through on Friday, bringing with it a high pressure system of nice dry air. This means some good flying weather! It was bumpy below 3000′ so I decided to keep the entire flight up at around 4000′….
Went flying this morning. The first time in a while, so I did a checkout with one of my favourite instructors.It was a lot of fun, and I forgot how I love to fly. The airport was busy as usual. Number 4 to land at one point, with an overshoot to boot. Everyone was departing…
I know a few people who use flight sims to keep their IFR skills sharp. I don’t have my IFR rating (yet) so I just use them to fly around. I use Microsoft Flight Simulator. Which is now end of life. So what are the other options out there? I’ve been able to find two….
Ramiel over at Pilots Discretion has a quick 5 min survey that he would like pilots to fill out. It has to do with the usage of Common Frequency Areas in use around the Toronto Area. If you regularly fly around Toronto, I encourage you to fill out his survey.