Drat. Oldest I have is 2016, although I have a BC-only from 2003.

How far back was it an active airport in the CFS?

I nevet really understood why people abbreviate callsigns and airport identifiers. You are in aviation. The majority of pilots will at some point fly internationally. Depends on your exposure to aviation. Some of us who will only ever be Private, GA pilots (and there are a lot of us) may fly intern...

Until you make a switch to flying non-Canadian aircraft, I don't think anyone would find fault with leaving the "C" off the registrations. If they do, a note added to the first, or last, page in the book with a statement that "all flights in this book were conducted in Canadian aircraft" and leave i...

The efficiency and ease of the interaction made me even more suspicious... no way in tarnation that was a government department. i suspect they are still funding a little old lady in Gatineau who just takes care of things... And it will continue like that until that person retires or passes away, w...

3. For high traffic density areas NavCanada is considering ground based antenna. The example he gave me was that if you have a ground station only system you will probably be ok in YVR class C, but not in YLW class C. Maybe broadcasting on 978, like the US? With Wx, Notams, etc.? I know, I know, Na...

CATSA and the TSA are not about security. They are about the illusion of security. It's the natural reaction to the "we have to do *something*" mentality when doing nothing would be a better choice.

Tubkal wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 29, 2019 11:45 am

I emailed/left voicemails many times... never heard back from them

Did you try emailing? or using the web service?

1090ES systems are perfectly valid in the US FYI. Id go with a bottom mount 1090ES transponder for now from one of the few options that support diversity, and upgrade in the future, if and when TC mandates ADS-B. Except the diversity-supporting 1090ES systems are all in the $5-10k range right now.....

In a capitalist society, prices rise to what the market will bear. Schools around here are quoting 1 year wait times for PPL courses. An available instructor can almost dictate their own salary.

Except a lot of people neither want the discipline that comes with the military, nor living in the middle of no where. No arguments there. I wasn't presented with that option until I felt it was too late in life to be making that jump, so I didn't pursue it myself. Would have been great to get into...

And it's not just aviation.

Canada is not alone in requiring 1090ES. Literally the rest of the planet outside the US is going to 1090, space-based ADS-B.

You do need it to cross the border, though.

Two thoughts... One, consider the military? They'll train you and it won't cost you anything except having to live in the middle of nowhere for a while. Two, not having a degree won't be a problem, but think about how you'd describe your situation without it sounding like you washed out of universit...

Ggkl wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 05, 2019 5:35 am

Talked to the guys at kakabeca airport today they have fuel on their airport for 1.60. If you can get in there it might be a better option.

Does that include taxes?

dhc# wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 07, 2019 7:40 am

The taxman wins...

Not surprising. It *is* a taxable benefit.

It's the chance one of the kids might actually find flying cool, and the pilot cool, and they strike up a private relationship, you know with those things we call phones -- without any knowledge of the parents -- (you know the ones that just want to drop off their kids, LOL). How do they set up tha...

What I want to know is how much would be detected in my system due to second-hand smoke. I used to have a neighbour in an apartment building who smoked pot on his balcony (long before it was legal). I'd smell it most days. Now, living on Vancouver Island and pot being legalized, I can't go more than...

So... To reiterate: given the pissing and moaning from the pilot group (who constitute a small portion of total manpower required to successfully run a C4K), if the edict had been applied across the board and ALL personnel had been required to undergo the check, the pissing and moaning might have f...

During the sign-up, ground-briefings, etc. the children are rarely out of sight of the adults with whom they came. Your CFK events have been different from the ones i've been involved in. At ours, parents frequently try to drop their kids off and come back for them later... We have to tell them no,...

The process for getting a VSC in Toronto is a huge pain in the @$$, but the pilots and other volunteers remembered who C4K is really about...the kids! Right! So why aren't we thinking of the kids and requiring the VSC for all volunteers on the CFK crew? The ones who escort the kids to the classroom...

We were down two planes at our latest CFK. From 7 to 5. 4 of the 5 already had VSC done through their various day jobs so they didn't have to do anything.

From the www.100ll.ca entry for Thunder Bay: "FBO: Maintair Aviation (Shell): 100LL public: 2.402 ($0.25/L ITP (Into Plane) fee included in price); JETA: 2.068 ($0.25/L ITP (Into Plane) fee included in price); current as of 2019-06-20. Note: $65 parking fee (not waived if you buy gas)" Note the ITP ...

Small world. The red motorcycle in the photo is right in front of my dad's hangar (not his motorcycle though, a friend was visiting). They weren't watching when it happened, but they heard it and I think they were some of the first people out to help.