For those who haven't seen it, this is a great Canadian aviation weather site that I've been using frequently. It doesn't have everything (like radar and satellite) but it has GFAs, METARs/TAFs, and NOTAMs in one place nicely organized:
https://weatheredstrip.com
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- Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:30 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: nav can awws site closure
- Replies: 91
- Views: 9751
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:13 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Attitude Indicator vs Artificial Horizon
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6353
Re: Attitude Indicator vs Artificial Horizon
BPF, a Nanchang pilot told me it's because the AI they use is a "fixed ball in space" design similar to the Sperry attitude gyro. In the Sperry, a pitch up would cause the airplane wings to move down to the blue side of the fixed ball, and when pitching down the wings would move up to the brown side...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:03 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Canadian Air Force
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2964
Re: Canadian Air Force
You're right, the obligatory 4 years of service after milcol is not additive to the 10 year restricted release, but the four years it takes to finish milcol (or civi university) is. So if someone is joining now, without a degree, they will take about 4 years to complete university, another 2-3 years...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Canadian Air Force
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2964
Re: Canadian Air Force
Do you guys have a take on the idea of joining up with the air force for the training then signing up with a major once the 7 years of obligatory service are done? Is it a good way to get started as a pilot if you're too strapped for cash to fork over $100k+ for training? For new pilots the restric...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Canadian Air Force
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2964
Re: Canadian Air Force
SamuelTheKitty, I would say your post has some truth to it, but it's a bit of an exaggeration. Yes, there are aspects of a military flying career that suck, and that's especially the case with the RCAF. And yes, those aspects are not advertised and glossed over by recruiters. But that is also true o...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:18 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Canadian Air Force
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2964
Re: Canadian Air Force
FYI as a flight instructor for over thirty years with more than 20 thousand hours of flight instruction I spent two weeks in Portage flying the Grob 120, many of the new wannabe pilots were sent home after their first flight because they couldn't stomach being put through a couple of steep turns, P...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 1:58 pm
- Forum: Covid
- Topic: Adverse Reactions Poll
- Replies: 214
- Views: 7283
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 2:25 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Interesting Single Otter Accident
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4481
Re: Interesting Single Otter Accident
While not exactly the same engine, the fuel control unit on a Bell 412 with the PT6T twin pac had some issues with runaway engines in cold weather due to moisture in one of the lines freezing, if memory serves correctly. I recall the procedure was to switch to manual fuel governing right after engin...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:42 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Liley: Trudeau showing favouritism to Quebec for new aircraft.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6867
Re: Liley: Trudeau showing favouritism to Quebec for new aircraft.
What, in your personal opinion, makes the A220 or the Global a superior maritime patrol aircraft over the P8? They may have the physical footprint to carry ordinance, but as far as I know neither of the airframes have ever been fitted for them. This would require significant modifications to the air...
- Sat Nov 26, 2022 3:19 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Don't get complacent
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1187
Re: Don't get complacent
Sounds like it could have been a problem similar to this: https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/reference-centre/civil-aviation-safety-alerts/service-difficulty-advisories/cessna-150-172-175-steering-tube-pn-0543022-xx-service-difficulty-advisory While the decision to takeoff may not have been the best i...
- Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:29 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: R44 flying under powerline in Ottawa
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2040
Re: R44 flying under powerline in Ottawa
If you look very closely at the space between the poles he flies through, you will notice there are no wires. I learned something as a child that sometimes slips my mind... Just because you don't see something doesn't mean it isn't there. The stars are always there. You'll also notice the orange st...
- Tue Apr 19, 2022 8:27 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: 7 Crashes in 7 Days
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4481
Re: 7 Crashes in 7 Days
the belt driven, automotive alternator was turning up about nine-thousand rpm in cruise (which really impressed the manufacturer of the unit who wanted the third one that failed back to examine!) The cooling fan on the alternator failed in overspeed (the blades stretched until they failed, resultin...
- Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:24 pm
- Forum: Covid
- Topic: Truckers convoy
- Replies: 1591
- Views: 92858
Re: Truckers convoy
And WTF is an “influencer” ? Me, for being sympathetic online to some of the issues they were protesting? Don't worry, you're safe. Nobody is going to mistake you for an influencer. https://external-preview.redd.it/geqgZ7Grdg3Y5LJDhgChJfdK_cqjNSPOFuR2OKM6Jj8.jpg?auto=webp&s=4800c9a041cb4178889f3653...
- Sun Feb 20, 2022 7:05 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Did I waste Time And Money?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5649
Re: Did I waste Time And Money?
I'm firmly in the camp that home flight sims definitely CAN be helpful, as long as the right attitude is applied. First off, it's important to realize that it is a training aide with limited fidelity and is definitely not flying. You can add fidelity to it through accurate controls, VR, etc. but it ...
- Tue Feb 01, 2022 9:55 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Pilot Weather From Solo to Airlines by Doug Morris
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2350
Re: Pilot Weather From Solo to Airlines by Doug Morris
If you want a good weather book that will help you learn the big picture rather than just what is required to pass exams, I suggest "Weather Flying" by Robert N. Buck and Robert O. Buck.
- Tue Feb 01, 2022 9:41 pm
- Forum: Covid
- Topic: Truckers convoy
- Replies: 1591
- Views: 92858
Re: Truckers convoy
U.K., Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, Ireland... COVID no longer poses a threat to society. When will the PM acknowledge our society wishes to do the same? He could end this protest today if he just set a date, so long as it's before summer. Setting a specific date would be completely baseless. Why ...
- Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:46 pm
- Forum: Covid
- Topic: Truckers convoy
- Replies: 1591
- Views: 92858
Re: Truckers convoy
U.K., Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, Ireland... COVID no longer poses a threat to society. When will the PM acknowledge our society wishes to do the same? He could end this protest today if he just set a date, so long as it's before summer. Setting a specific date would be completely baseless. Why ...
- Sun Jan 30, 2022 7:32 pm
- Forum: Covid
- Topic: Peter Attia update on Omicron January 20th, 2022
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1707
Re: Peter Attia update on Omicron January 20th, 2022
I'm a regular listener of Peter's podcast. So what would you like to discuss?
We can certainly address your earlier comments on the topic and compare them to current thinking, if you point out which previous usernames were yours so that the correct attribution can be made.
We can certainly address your earlier comments on the topic and compare them to current thinking, if you point out which previous usernames were yours so that the correct attribution can be made.
- Sun Jan 30, 2022 7:22 pm
- Forum: Covid
- Topic: Truckers convoy
- Replies: 1591
- Views: 92858
Re: Truckers convoy
I think its time, if all truckers are no more than Racist Homophobic Misogynistic terrorists, that they leave Ottawa…go home….and commence a general strike. No violence. No protest. Just stop driving. Immediately. A month would be great. I’m guessing the rhetoric would change. What would the govern...
- Sat Jan 29, 2022 6:48 pm
- Forum: Covid
- Topic: Truckers convoy
- Replies: 1591
- Views: 92858
Re: Truckers convoy
Jagmeet Singh @theJagmeetSingh “Today we commemorate 5 years since a terrorist attacked and murdered Muslims in a Quebec City Mosque. We said never again. And, today Conservative MPs have endorsed a convoy led by those that claim the superiority of the white bloodline and equate Islam to a disease....