The Arctic although one of the most beautiful places to fly on earth has also been one of the most challenging and unforgiving to those that operate there. It goes without saying my thoughts and Prayers go out to the families and Great Slave Helicopters.

Excellent job guys, good to hear everyone is O.K. Thank God it was not the PC12!!!

Maybe they can weld the gear down in RKB and put some skis on! I shouldn't of said that too loud!

My thoughts and prayers to the families, asw and to those who have known the crew. We lost too many, fly safe everyone.

When are people and companies going to learn that it is cheaper in the long run to be safe, the only time granny fuel is going to hurt ya is when your on fire! Flying around the arctic on min fuel sooner or later will catch up and I'm glad that the only thing that got hurt was this guys pride. We al...

When I was instructing we tried to keep the instrument work during PPL & CPL when able to those SVFR days or at night. SVFR is also a great for low level diversions . You always want to expose a student to reduced visibilities and ceiling as much as possible legally of course to expand experience an...

I respect the fact that Canada has two official languages however [b]small penguin[/b] just because somebody can't speak the other official language doesn't make them stupid or ignorant, just means they didn't have the same opportunities or requirement to learn French or vice versa as you. Not every...

At risk of being politically incorrect I have to say that there shouldn't be any French on 126.7. Sooner or later we will have a forum on here on two aircraft that got toasted midair because of miscommunication. I've flown north of Quebec in Nunavut and a few trips into Northern Quebec which have al...

To say the standards on the West Coast are higher than the East coast is too general of a statement so I won't take it personal. If that's your experience then call it like you see it. I flown with guys from all over Canada each day and I think they bring different regional experience to the cockpit...

I've flown with a couple Captains in my day that shouldn't of been Captains with 4000hrs not alone 1500hrs. I agree 1500hrs isn't a whole lot of time or experience but the quality of Captains can't be just defined by hours but many factors such as flying background and the individual themselves. Com...

Its normal for any new instructor to have the jitters about teaching spins or any other new exercise they first taught but there is a difference between jitters and fear. Being fearful of teaching spins comes from lack of confidence in their own ability which was present from their own personal trai...

[quote="Justwork"]Cat Driver Wrote: [quote]The industry standard seems to be around 75 hours on average. [/quote] A couple of reasons it takes longer to get a licence is most schools now have hobbs meters which when you are at a busy airport it isn't uncommon to for taxi times to be 0.4 hrs or more ...

That's why Africa has 1% of the world's flying public and your 18 times more likely to get killed in Africa than any other place.I'm sure this B1900 driver has plenty of balls and great hands and feet but 99% of flying is in your head.It wouldn't be a shocker if this guys best buddy goes flying this...

[quote="Expat"]South African jocks...Some of these guys have skills and balls... :shock: We use them here... :D[/quote] That's why Africa has 1% of the world's flying public and your 18 times more likely to get killed in Africa than any other place.I'm sure this B1900 driver has plenty of balls and ...

Try Rick Adams out of Springdale Aviation which is about an hour drive east of Deer Lake on the TCH.If he isn't available then you may find someone out of the local seabase which is close to the airport.

To say that all bush pilots are aviation gods and Instructors are whiny know-it-alls is abit general don't you think. There are alot of old bush pilots out there that have amazing hands and feet and a good head on their shoulders to match and there are Instructors out there I could say the same. Wha...

BTD is right. If you study your study guild you will be fine. On the TC written for any licence TC generally asks questions that you must have a good understanding of the subject. Face it, there is only 100 questions on the test so in order to get an assessment of your knowledge instead of asking tw...

Where I work all dual flights have a manatory 0.2 charged to the student. I ensure that the students get their money worth and then some. There have been many days when we can't get off the ground due to weather and I've hauled students into the class and reviewed weak areas off the books if I'm not...

Oh yeah, 5280ft sounds more like it Oh well, you know what they say, practice makes perfect

The biggest difference between the C-172 and the C-150 diffinitly is control pressure required and control response. The C-150 is far more responsive and fun to fly than the C-172 when you want to yank and bank partly due to it being lighter and less stable ie: less dihedral. It also spins alot fast...

Looking back at when I was working on commecial and had around 100 hrs under my belt burning off solo time with just enough skill to think I was better than I really was makes me realize how lucky I really am. I spent hours at five feet over rivers and cranking and banking around trees, under wires ...

There are some unwritten rules instructors should live by, never @#$! with other instructors students.I've seen this in the pass and nothing destroys moral quicker then unhappy instructors in a FTU. Believe it or not I onced turned down a position at the time because I knew it would cut into other i...

It must be a universal thing about management. What pisses me off is they work forty hours a week at best, get paid twice as much as us instructors and we end up doing up reports for them to help them do even less.Heaven forbid they might actually have to do some work and to add insult to injury the...

I guess I shouldn't make you wait another year and a day for another!!!

To explain lift to a student by Bernoulli's theorm alone is only giving a student a simplified version of a more complex subject. We also have to include Newton's Law and several other theories of lift to give the student the big picture. At this point I don't think anyone can say that it is 20% Ber...