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.
I’m sure the IFR pilots down under appreciate the sense of humour when doing the SINNK Five Arrival into Brisbane International Airport. Take a look at the approach plate Hopefully Glenn and Lissa don’t get wet! Via @douglasr and @AAFO4Ever
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I remember one time, during my training with an instructor, that I was landing at an airport. The instructor told me to ignore the VASI indicators as it was calibrated for the larger airplanes. Flying in a C172, I found that remark odd as I was under the impression that all VASI or PAPI would…
I’ve been looking at some TAFs from various locations and noticed a weird convention. In the following TAF the validity period contains a time of 2400Z. For example: EFHK 122336Z 1224/1324 05006KT 4000 -SN SCT002 BKN003 TEMPO 1300/1305 1500 SN BKN005 BECMG 1305/1307 BKN008 TEMPO 1307/1312 8000 SCT008 BKN012 BECMG 1312/1314 30010KT 9999 SCT010 BKN030…
Tampa International Airport will be renumbering their runways next week. The reason being the change in the magnetic variation in the area. The North/South runway will be renamed from 18R/36L to 19R/01L. This doesn’t happen very often, as in most cases the variation only changes (at the most) 1-2 degrees per 100 years. The closer…