Neutron wrote:I heard the doors were closed at the hanger right now. .

they are just up at the T.I.

Neutron wrote:Nobody working. Wonder what is going to happen this summer.

they'll be at the T.I. but since it will be summer the doors will be left open.

there was a wicked thread on this last winter/spring. look it up if anyone is wanting specifics. tcraft hit the nail on the head, rowdy: spend a summer in kenora on the dock . i fucking dare you. or rather, ask any of the mechanics you got to know so well where the problem lies. tcraft and i are the...

those were some vicious, hard won float hours, snatched from the jaws of jabba the hut herself.
good on ya', dave, glad to hear your perseverance has paid off.
god damned clapped out WDB engine trying to bring you down............

I always thought . Norris was the best 1900 driver? . norris doesn't drive a 1900, a 1900 catches a ride from . norris. and scuba: i don't know if you are the best 1900 driver, but many would say you are the best getaway driver. i hope you are keeping an eye on donno, steve. he has only recently be...

if you are already on the east coast then you are lucky. talk to tradewinds flight center/tartan air. they are on p.e.i. http://www.tartanair.com/float.php the west coast is great, but a coast is a coast, and the north atlantic takes dumps that would make the hecate strait go home and hide in its mo...

great place to work. if they have the same chief(mike m) as they did a couple years ago its a great starting point for a young guy.

according to pratt and whitney's 'the aircraft engine and its operation' manual if all other factors are held contsant the power required to turn a prop varies with the cube of the rpm. the torque required varies with the square of the rpm. that is what you get when you boil the more complicated for...

how far north of red lake were you, K E? how far north was the wreck?

god help me, ....billy idol is in my living room. he promised it would only be one night but now it is day two and he is getting ready to sleep on my floor again. he is here with a hockey bag with his life in it. pray for me, tcraft. if you don't hear from me again my dead body and this message will...

north shore: creeper has passed on but his spirit still lives. here is a half assed top ten reasons to work in kenora. in no particular order. except for the monkey being number one. others should add what i miss: drinking at the monkey. easily number one. patty melt at the monkey(that's mostly for ...

hey ply-wood! i went to STP at christmas to bring presents to my 7 children only to find i had 4 more. no problem though, i just ran up to Snack Shack and bought a bucket of chicken and everyone was happy. rudy: as you can see there are some strong opinions on kenora and many people have valid compl...

i worked there for two years and i really had a great time. it can be a little haywire though.... it is a good place to get started and you can move up through the planes pretty quick. pay for a beaver pilot is pretty competitive, probably 4,000 a +/- 500 if you need training or have a lot of experi...

i don't know about the IFR world but if you want to fly floats you can do both. look for float companies that do their own maintenance and apply to them. i would guess at a place like kenn borek you wouldn't be able to do it, but at a mom and pop company with 185's, beavers, etc. who do their own wo...

That's fine, but it has always left me wondering... just how many working pilots enjoy Mary Jane during their downtime? i can vouch for every pilot who has ever worked in kenora, ontario, that not a single one has enjoyed Mary Jane in their down time. and that goes double for when they were working.

dashx and ettw, i'm not in a hurry but i want to avoid what you described. what a nightmare. i knew some air canada guys in toronto who flew to montreal for the day and got everything taken care of on the spot. alternatively, an inspector at buttonville told me they were looking more at doing things...

who recently has handed in a log book for a licence in and where did you you do it?

i have heard some are very fast(same day in montreal) and some take months.

any recommendations? i am in ontario.

thanks for the reply. that is what i was looking for.

i know what it looks like inside but it looks like that if any one of the other cylinders seized it would stop the whole show too. the explanations i have heard in the past weren't entirely clear but they had something to do with the possibility of rings dropping out if the destruction is bad enough...

can someone give me a good answer as to why the failure of the master cylinder on a radial engine is potentially more catastrophic than the failure of any other cylinder?

i saw one gone on a 1340 this summer and it didn't wreck the engine, just the jug. what has to happen to destroy the engine?

thanks, aeros

if you write and pass the ATPL exams how long are they valid for if you haven't filled up the time requirements yet? indefinitely? the CARS standards say "An applicant shall have obtained a minimum of 70% in each of three written examinations on the following aviation subjects:" then they detail the...

hey scubasteve, pm me your email and i'll send you a good pic of the aftermath. treasured memories....... i keep in touch with my sidekicks from that night regularly. you don't come across good buddies like that every day. hey Squawk: D.M. was mellow all season. i never heard him raise his voice onc...

anyone who has flown around island lake will tell you that alan is one of the best guys in aviation. he would be a great guy to learn from, definitley worth firing off a resume.

has anyone had any experience with fabric recovering of a little plane? i am considering an old taylorcraft that needs new fabric as a weekend project but i have never done any fabric work myself. has anyone tried to do this on their own, or is it better learned by watching someone who knows what th...

The other guys may have their cars for picking up girls but a Cub or Champ on floats is a real leg spreader. fantastic. hey cat, i like the idea of rebuilding an old plane. i am a pilot/mechanic and my buddy is an AME and we have talked about doing it so he would have something to train/build time ...