My friend and DHC demonstration pilot Bill Loverseed landed a Buffalo into a stadium in the US for a military demonstration. He showed me the video he personally had of this. I do not have a copy (gee I wish I had asked him for copies of all of his videos!). As I recall from seeing it on the video, ...

I accompanied the airport duty manager on a runway inspection at a medium sized German airport yesterday. He pointed out the place along the [only] runway, where a very thoughtful GA pilot had tried to rush a highspeed exit, as he knew that there was arriving commercial jet traffic not far behind. D...

Sterile cabin in the pattern / below 1000 coming or going

I could never chat with my passenger!

However, one thing to keep in mind is that downwind is not always flown Fair enough, let's change the term to "in range [check]". I don't mind where you are relative to commencing final approach, and I don't mind how long (or short) final approach is, as long as you have allowed yourself the time t...

My theory for small airplanes is(within reason)....the first time you think about extending the gear is likely a good time to prepare for and extend the gear. It may be the last time you think about it My perspective is different. Sure, select the landing gear position whenever you like, but the ch...

Pilots can get used to the false confidence that a warning horn will sound if the gear is not extended during approach. There are at least three possible reasons why a warning horn might not sound when the gear is not selected down yet a landing conducted: The horn itself might be U/S (I have had on...

The student is shown to be blameless, but the argument will be made in court (if it makes it to trial) that it takes two to tango and the flight wouldn't have taken off without the student's consent... Not entirely blameless, but, depending upon how well and persuasively good decision making was tr...

Agree; No. Train in the Aztec. They are a perfectly fine airplane, and a little more forgiving for your first few hours of multi. There is no added value to you for the extra $500 per hour for a Navajo, until you're very confident in the Aztec, then it's just some differences training. When you firs...

Yup, that is very not good. Nearly nothing about being a pilot is showing what you can do in an airplane, it should be showing what you know you should do! And particularly for instructors! It is vital to teach good decision making, some of which I'm teaching you to be scared of that and avoid by de...

Do these things not have bleed air for some kind of heat? I believe so! As It was later explained to me, water can collect somewhere in the system, so the application of windshield defog somehow picks up that water, and makes steam out of it, which fogs when the air hits the cooler windshield. I kn...

A very similar thing happened to me flying an EC120. It was getting a little foggy inside, and I asked the other pilot to open the windshield defog. Instead of defogging the windshield, it completely fogged it over instantly. What saved the day was that the helicopter as instrument equipped, and I w...

I wear a watch which is: High contrast hands to face, so easy to read in most lighting conditions (I used to wear a beautiful Tissot which was not this!), Lower cost, so I won't have an emo tonal event if it is lost or damaged (16 years, so far, so good, even after being dunked), battery powered for...

Yes, but if manufacturers wanted, they could increase the blade angle, despite the twist, and you could get much stronger reverse Nah, you don't want more reverse for most reversing setups. The only plane I have flown where I though a little more reverse would be nice was the Basler DC-3. Otherwise...

Do this mean the aircraft will accerlate the quickest with the highest power? No, rather it will accelerate most quickly with the highest thrust. "Power" being produced to the propeller may be being used up in drag [of the propeller blades] rather than thrust. Remember that the blades have a twist ...

Well... I've seen some wings.... I think that pride in workmanship would kick in before a "number of patches" would become a factor. If the pride in workmanship doesn't kick in (which I have seen a few times), think of it this way: Would the addition of patches approach the skin discontinuity which ...

The doctrines of pith and substance and interjurisdictional immunity are considerably more complex than you're letting on

Yeah... I was afraid of that - so I just asked for permission, and received it.

Oh I'm not advocating flying with U/S fuel gauges, I'm just saying to think about their importance in a different way than an instrument which is required to assure an engine limitation is respected. Twice, a good fuel quantity indicator has shown me a fuel loss in flight, which caused me to change ...

oil temperature or oil pressure gauge either. You're not going to exceed any limitations when they aren't working either... Sure you could, oil temperature could slowly or suddenly rise, or pressure drop. I wold sure like to know that in real time, especially to see a bad trend starting. Depending ...

I also like to know how much fuel I have for the intended operation. It is unlikely that I will use a fuel gauge to make that determination, unless I have no other means. I just don't trust them that much, when dipping is easy. Unlike other airplane parameters, the total fuel aboard will only go dow...

Well, without knowing anything whatever about the circumstances of this accident, I can say that fires, and other in flight failures, have been the reason that landing gear did not extend when selected. So until more information is made available, I'm treating this as chicken and egg...

CTV News in Barrie is reporting:

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I had no problem obtaining written permission to land in the lakes of Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park which starts north of Norland. I was happily given written permission for each season I requested. At the time I asked, the phone number for the Superintendent was 705 454 3324, I don't...

As I said, not ideal. I wear a little of this myself, so have taken the lesson to heart. We will move forward, and do better!

Unfortunately this quote makes it seem as though there was some effort to conceal the changes made: I see the impression it leaves, not ideal. That said, though plural terms were used, the "change" under discussion was actually singular, the replacement of the governor. At the time, and after Seala...

It's common knowledge that I'm part of the Sealand team on this one. The quoted passages of the TSB report represent what I also understand. But the quoted passages do not address some background information as to why certain decisions were made. Believe that Sealand did not solely, nor in isolation...