Note that the story (and police interview) reports there was no damage. No way! If you watch the video closely, you can see that the left wing hit the median when it went over it. The aircraft yawed to the right as the wing slid on cement wall. FYI - operated by the Caribbean Flying Club out of Grim...

On Bombardier ... the problem is that much of what goes into each aircraft is also priced in $US - from engines to avionics to rivets. The only exchange savings is some of the labour cost (remember, even some of the labour is sourced elsewhere like the wings being built in Belfast.) On the rest of t...

Infield terminal gives me visions of Ellis Island, with Mohammed becoming "Mike" and Sabeen becoming "Sally" when the immigration people can't spell their names.

Transport in a big department and everyone seems to think he's their man. His formative career and interests were on the water, not in the air, from sailing to a career in the navy. Then, I read this in a ground transportation paper, "This is obviously a new challenge for him and hopefully he will b...

Job Posting: COPA President & CEO Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) is a not-for-profit organization with over 17,000 members. Its mission is to protect Personal Aviation and promote it as a valued, integral and sustainable part of the Canadian Community. More information may be found o...

Easy to snipe from the outside. Run for election. Change it yourself instead of expecting others to do it for you. When you cancel your membership your opinion becomes meaningless.

I just stumbled across an auction listing for the assets of the company to be held June 19th on kijiji.

The central premise is that COPA members ought to have direct voting privileges for certain things like executive compensation. First, I would suggest that there is a system in place today that allows members to express themselves. Directors are elected by the membership and it is these directors th...

Not defending it but it should be understood that this move was not directed at flying schools per se. It applied to all "career" training schools regardless of industry. The perceived problem was all training "schools" for things like cosmeticians, hair dressers, etc. were taking large deposits up ...

Process of implementation may speed up now that IATA is meeting to discuss industry response to MH370 disappearance. Perhaps satellite-based ADS-B is part of the solution.

http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/201 ... ian-mh370/

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That's too bad because a good friend, Dean Toplis, just completed his instructor rating at Spectrum so that he could do instruction on the Super Cub this summer. He's got a lot of hours flying gliders (a glider instructor for 20 years) and taildraggers (including a ridiculous number of hours towing ...

... 100% of the time the POH gives guidance. Sometimes it is not very useful! (from C172S) The maximum allowable crosswind velocity is dependent upon pilot capability as well as airplane limitations. I'm guessing they were allocating more than 0.01% to the airframe in making that comment. Logic dict...

Really? Then why does CRA explicitly list in under 29.(g) in IT516 if it can't ever be claimed over and above the CPL hours? And we all know you do need a CPL for any sort of Pilot occupation... Could you possibly get a Night Rating and claim it for your occupation, but never get a CPL? I'd hope no...

Now why would you go out of your way to find a "good accountant" when you have a perfectly good tax lawyer right here?

The night rating is part of the CPL syllabus so it is included in the 65 hours.

Malcolm Gladwell (author of Outliers: The Story of Success) argues that none of is really good at anything until we have 10,000 hours of experience. In this case that's 10,000 hours of landings, not total flight time!

There are an estimated 3 million unpaid "interns" in various industries throughout North America. Given the supply/demand curve and the perceived desirability of the job, why would it be any different for pilots? As for actually paying for the seat ... that's not unique to flying either. Almost half...

Nope ... that's the amount of experience required, not the amount of instruction. Tuition fees means instruction hours and CRA has interpreted this to be the required number of dual hours and the required number of solo hours to be flown under the supervision of an instructor. With regard to the nig...

How could we forget ... Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines!

138 minutes of bliss. Almost as long as the full title ... Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes

Panama Jack wrote:Forgot to mention- Tora! Tora! Tora! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgX1WBf2SjE

Similarly, don't forget Midway.

The Blue Max ... starring George Peppard later from the A-Team ... real airplanes, real flying ... as good as the Battle of Britain, but during WW1.

This trailer makes it look corny but it really is a great movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efc6Y6LCuuc

The Form TL11B states it more clearly: Eligible tuition fees do not include costs or other fees incurred that relate to the use of an aircraft to get flying experience over and above the minimum hours required to obtain your rating or licence. If you look at the form, there is no field for number of...

Another benefit of joining a gliding club is that you can get checked out and do some towing as well. That's free flying and it's quality experience. I've spent as much as 5 hours in a day towing and every flight is a challenge - not just boring holes in the sky. Flying is a lot more fun when you ha...

Why would anyone want to be "gettin' er dun" that fast? Sit back and enjoy it! The launch is the most expensive part of the flight ... once aloft, have fun and become a better pilot, rather than just a licensed pilot. If you're just looking to pad the resume or build time, keep in mind that 50 hours...

American builders are just as confused about what equipment to install as you! http://www.vansairforce.com/community/archive/index.php?t-86903.html Since you'll have a certified GPS with either Garmin option, I would pony up for the Mode S now. A GTX 330 with the 430W or a GTX33 remote mount with th...