I worked at TC Licencing in Edmonton for 3 years and we never charged for faxing. Changing a C of R, sure, but never a fax. Sounds like the start of an urban legend to me.
You'll need to contact your local Transport Canada, General Aviation, office. They'll issue you a Special Flight Operating Certificate (SFOC) for Para Drops. It's a pretty straight forward process. In nut shell, they'll need to know who the pilot is, the aircraft and the names and qualifications of ...
I used to be a TC Licencing Inspector, and while there is no official definition of instrument time, it was universally agreed that "instrument" time was cloud time. This was because control of the aircraft was dependent on the pilot using the primary instruments. On-Top or VMC does have the same ta...
My best student was a 65 year old dentist. He always showed up early for a booking with a list of questions that he already had the answers for and was so excited about flying that you couldn't help but be caught up in his enthusiasm. The worst were the sons of airline pilots. Apparently flying has ...