"We expect to prove the most likely inference based on the circumstances is pilot error," said lawyer Jamie MacGillivray in a press release. When pressed for what evidence he had to support those inferences, MacGillivray said, "the weather wasn't bad and the plane crashed." Pretty obvious to me.. NO...

"...cruise at Vne…"

We had a company Twotter years ago; I seem to remember we lumbered along about 140-150 knots.

I did a trip or two in the original Citation: it exhibited the same characteristic as the Tutor. Sitting at altitude watching the yaw needle go back and forth, back and forth...

FWIW:

25 years military on pistons, jets, helicopters: all memory
15 years corporate: pre-flight, pre-start, start/post start checks all memory. Everything else checklist; taxi, take-off, etc.
6 years TC: checklist.

"...closest thing he's flown to a Tutor for control harmony and formation performance is the RV series of Amateur-Builts."

Having flown both, I concur...

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Thank God! For years I was told to "Act like a gentleman"!

Now I can act like everybody!

PS What does this do to the old cry aboard a sinking ship? You know: "Women and children first"?

About the sunglasses...

"...asking to be blasted by takeoff power prop wash?"



Staggered spacing on runway.

PS Sometimes on your first trip as a recent story attested to...

"In all honesty, if you think that people aren't to solo unless they can handle "everything" you're not seeing the big picture in how flight training works." Agreed. Consider the situation of engine failure: I'm guessing that if you waited until a student (fixed AND rotary wing) could be guaranteed ...

In the mountains, the things of which you have to be aware are wind and weather. No school would allow an under training student set off on a solo cross country if either condition was going to pose a problem for the u/t pilot. To suggest that you need a “mountain checkout” to enable you fly in cond...

As noted above: the thing about many light twins like the Baron is that the conditions associated with the single-engine climb chart require: (iii) Landing gear retracted; (iv) Wing flaps retracted; (or in most favourable position) There is no guarantee that any of these aircraft will climb until th...

Years ago, another Irving pilot and I did a flight from Saint John to Boston on something like a Metroliner - it was a cigar tube with wings. On the flight, there was someone whose previous evening had been enriched by much beer and pickled eggs. After some minutes at cruise altitude, the result of ...

In days gone by, the host country went last...

I have seen no disrespect in any of the questions or comments...

J

"How is charging for that time taking advantage?" I was going to mount a vigorous discussion, but rookiepilot beat me to it. At my local airport, I have seen one of the local trainers fire up as we boarded our aircraft (formation flight); we fired up, taxied to the ramp, performed our run-ups etc, t...

"Alas, “airtime plus .2” is expressly forbidden by Transport."

I hope they never ask to see my logbooks: they will notice a certain pattern in all my recording of hours...

TK: I understand the point you were trying to make. Engine "ON" to "Engine Off" DOES take advantage of the student.

During my short civilian instructing period, we used "Up, Down, plus point two". Worked well...

J

Trey K: when renting an aircraft in Fredericton some thirty years ago that "flight time" was from chalk to chalk. That was from an FTU. Was there another way of doing it? Did FTUs only charge for air time at some point?

Wasn't flight time always thusly defined?

In over sixty years of flying, there's always been "air time" and "flight time". Was there a time when the definitions were different?

J

Not much to disagree with here...? The crashes leave some people with a bad impression of civil light plane aviation, said Williams, but he doesn't believe that should be the case. "In reality, it's a pretty safe way to spend your time as long as you watch very carefully the few very basic rules tha...

By and large; piston engines are the hardest to operate; jets the easiest. And I second the motion about the Garrets on the Turbo Commander: turn the switch to initiate the start sequence. A speed switch triggers ignition and the introduction of fuel; another speed switch disconnects the starter. En...

G_W: thanks for that. There is no doubt that Air Cadets are motivated; however, those figures go a long way to explaining what can be accomplished if flying training is encompassed in a relatively short period.

I don't have access to any data but someone here must: Every year, qualifying Royal Canadian Air Cadets undergo training leading to their PPL/wings at various FTUs across Canada. This training is completed during the summer months... Probably July and August. It would be interesting to get data rega...

"I flew through Quebec on my way to PEI last summer at 182 knots and came very close to a mid air near Sherbrooke due to a french position report that I could not understand." And do you know how many "near collisions" there are when the participants are speaking the SAME language? Your little incid...