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- Sun May 22, 2011 9:18 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Gee Bee Plans...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4977
Re: Gee Bee Plans...
DOH! A Gee Bee is a low/mid wing monoplane capable of about 300 mph. About 75% of all Gee Bee pilots didn't make it back in one piece. But it looks like a fun and challenging bird. Probably a little hard on fuel.
- Thu May 19, 2011 9:01 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: VFR from Canada to USA
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1935
Re: VFR from Canada to USA
Thanks for all the help pilots. I checked it out and Butte Montana is directly on the flight path, as I live in Lloydminster. So that should work out amazingly well. I thought I might have to land at Sweetgrass or Shelby which would make 2 stops mandatory enroute. Travelling to the USA is a bit inti...
- Thu May 19, 2011 9:29 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: VFR from Canada to USA
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1935
VFR from Canada to USA
I'm planning a trip from Alberta to Las Vegas. I've never crossed the US border in a private aircraft before. Can I clear customs at Shelby? What tips etc. Can you offer?
- Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:33 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Aeroweather app
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1743
Re: Aeroweather app
I just got the aeroweather app. Nice! Works real well on my iPhone 4. I'm with telus and on recent trip to YYZ it only worked in Winnipeg, T-Bay, Sault St. Marie, and Toronto. Spotty reception at best. But it works good all over Alberta.
- Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:06 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: SnowBird Gear Up Landing at 15 Wing
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3732
Re: SnowBird Gear Up Landing at 15 Wing
I've seen the snowbirds perform many times. Fantastic! Disregard "Grease Monkey"flyinggreasemonkey wrote:Snowbirds are an embarrassment. Outdated aircraft and the worst accident record in the world for a military demonstration team. They need to be disbanded or massively upgraded ASAP before more good people die.
- Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:58 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Serious answers where will I get funds from?
- Replies: 130
- Views: 198283
Re: Serious answers where will I get funds from?
+2 (Go to Alberta, hard to work your ass off in Manitoba or BC, etcLousyFisherman wrote:+1100LL81 wrote:Umm work your ass off and earn the money you need.
- Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:55 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: How cold is to cold?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4257
Re: How cold is to cold?
I found that a nice roll of silver foil tape adheres to the oil cooler fine and you just have to use trial and error to adjust how much you cover. Simple, and cheap.
- Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:20 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: TSB Report on Lyall Harbour Beaver Accident
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2376
Re: TSB Report on Lyall Harbour Beaver Accident
The 206 has an optional front right-hand door mod that can be put in. I flew a 206 on floats without that, and I felt a bit claustrophobic. I would like to see the right-hand door mandatory for the seaplane 206. It's worth the $20,000.
- Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Bush/Float Flying Hours
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1386
Re: Bush/Float Flying Hours
I did 900+ my first year, 600 on floats, and 300 on skis. That was over a 12 month period, 20 years ago. Trappers still trapped and used ski-planes. And tourism was crazy busy. In 2008 and 2009, I averaged about 400 hours. Last year, I quit flying and still racked up about 80 hours. Like the previou...
- Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:00 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Life Insurance
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1521
Re: Life Insurance
I just got a 500k policy for my company, permanent life. I told them that I am 43, a pilot with less than 100 hours, and a scuba diver. My rates are $300 per month but I am paying more than the original minimum because I want the policy to be self sustaining in about 20 years so I can flip it over ...
- Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:55 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: 99 cent Laser used to Attack Winnipeg cop chopper
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2538
Re: 99 cent Laser used to Attack Winnipeg cop chopper
Wow, Winnipig police force got themselves a chopper. Nice, too bad they can't afford the Jets
- Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:23 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Ouch - FedEx Caravan breaks fail - taxi's into trucks . . .
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2901
Re: Ouch - FedEx Caravan breaks fail - taxi's into trucks .
That sucks! I bet he had just shut his engine down too, so no reverse save....
- Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:59 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Serious answers where will I get funds from?
- Replies: 130
- Views: 198283
Re: Serious answers where will I get funds from?
Move to Alberta. Get a job in the patch. One of the outfits here just hired a mechanics helper for $28 hr. No experience.
- Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:56 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: politically correct
- Replies: 6
- Views: 810
Re: politically correct
Totally Dude. "The Men who hold high places, must be the ones to start...."
- Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:27 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Obama proposes fee for Canadian visitors to the U.S.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1821
Re: Obama proposes fee for Canadian visitors to the U.S.
Sad to see the US turn into a police state. When I was a young lad, we lived near the border and would frequently go out on Sunday drives into the "Big City" of Walhalla, ND. The customs officer would just wave us through. Not now, they'd likely want to give my Granny the "Rubber Glove" :roll: As fo...
- Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:34 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Off-strip Flying
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5610
Re: Off-strip Flying
I used to fly a tail-dragger to the south end of Lake Winnipeg, just east of the delta. I'd land and go swimming for a day. The beach sand was a bit tricky.. Too wet or too dry and you'd sink and swerve. Put one wheel down and feel it out. Damp sand (not wet) is the best. Be watchful of wind changes...
- Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: That infamous "Pilot Shortage"
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7202
Re: That infamous "Pilot Shortage"
I got my commercial licence in 1986 amid a major pilot shortage, but perhaps my haircut was not acceptable, as it was 1989 before I first flew commercially.
- Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:36 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Beech 18 gig
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2709
Re: Beech 18 gig
Beech 18's are cool. I've flown one on floats just a little, and other than the wobbly floats, nice. I've also salvaged a few wrecks, and they can take a good hit and the cabin will mostly remain intact.
- Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:56 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Jerry cans: legal and safe ?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 8938
Re: Jerry cans: legal and safe ?
I do not have a mogas STC. The avgas is a challenge indeed. In Eureka prices are 1500$ for the same drum :rolleyes: Is it only the fuel that is so expensive up north, or are places to stay and food also extremely expensive ? Rudder bug: you've got a pm! If you plan on a stop in Baker Lake, the hote...
- Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:42 pm
- Forum: Internet and Computer Help
- Topic: How to squish a pic down to avatar size ??
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4219
How to squish a pic down to avatar size ??
Just curious if anyone could explain to a computer illiterate like me how to shrink a picture file down to avatar size? What is the best program to use, and also what is the best type of file?