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by PilotDAR
Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:21 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Taildragger Noseover/Groundloop Thread
Replies: 93
Views: 24091

Re: Taildragger Noseover/Groundloop Thread

If in doubt about the surface, wheel land, and run just one mainwheel along the the surface to get an idea first. Wit ha wheel landing, you haven't committed to stop flying yet, with a three point you're just a bit further back from going around if the surface does not feel right...
by PilotDAR
Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:03 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Taildragger Noseover/Groundloop Thread
Replies: 93
Views: 24091

Re: Taildragger Noseover/Groundloop Thread

One has to be taxiing quite fast for the conditions to become inverted.
My thought precisely!
by PilotDAR
Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:15 am
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Ferry piston aircrafts across Canada
Replies: 12
Views: 974

Re: Ferry piston aircrafts across Canada

Lots of my earlier flying was transcontinental VFR single engined ferries, and it went fine. But, I had a good mentor, and never any pressure to make it in a certain time. Certainly today's aids to navigation make it a lot easier then in my pre GPS days, using nothing other than paper charts. If the...
by PilotDAR
Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:39 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Unusual Event
Replies: 12
Views: 1292

Re: Unusual Event

Absolutely! An emergency alert is only effective if it's not being abused. What do you expect, that I will go drive around in my car in the middle of the night and go look for a grey 2008 F150 driving around 300 miles from where I live? Piss people off with irrelevant alerts, and they won't pay att...
by PilotDAR
Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:14 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Unusual Event
Replies: 12
Views: 1292

Re: Unusual Event

I am so opposed to the apparent reality that the amber alerts cannot be disabled by the owner of the phone! I nearly had a T bone car accident (which would have been my fault) because I was distracted by an Amber alert tone at the wrong moment at t stop sign! I would eagerly support a community effo...
by PilotDAR
Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Aircraft Registration Process on Import
Replies: 7
Views: 338

Re: Aircraft Registration Process on Import

As has been said, the airplane has to be registered in Canada (to get a C registration, without which flight is not permitted at all). With a C reg, you can apply for a flight permit to ferry it into Canada. Then you need an MDM Delegate to do the import paperwork. An MDM can start this process for ...
by PilotDAR
Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Is FAA AC23-27 usable/valid in Canada?
Replies: 2
Views: 272

Re: Is FAA AC23-27 usable/valid in Canada?

A Canadian aircraft is required to comply with the CAR's. Though FAA AC's can provide useful background, compliance with the CARs is required. CAR's Standard 571.06, and in particular paragraph (5) states the Canadian equivalent of the FAA AC you have identified. Standard 571, Appendix A provides gu...
by PilotDAR
Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Jet stream down
Replies: 75
Views: 20502

Re: Jet stream down

throwing rocks at people who are hurting.
Yeah, how about no rocks at all. This is sad, and we have lost two of our colleagues, and their passengers, with someone really hurting...
by PilotDAR
Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:00 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Which Beaver is Better
Replies: 10
Views: 3921

Re: Which Beaver is Better

This thread is disappointing. Not what I thought it was about at all
A few posts had been disappointing, but discussing the venerable airplane is welcomed here! I'm a fan of the deHavilland Beaver, though I have only flown four of them...
by PilotDAR
Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:32 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Which Beaver is Better
Replies: 10
Views: 3921

Re: Which Beaver is Better

Any amphibious floatplane is a compromise. The negatives usually outweigh the benefits for any commercial operation where payload and operating cost are considerations. With amphibs, useful load will be reduced, complexity and maintenance cost increased, and insurance greatly increased. Benefits of ...
by PilotDAR
Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:46 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Is buying a plane to build enough hours a thing in Canada
Replies: 12
Views: 5778

Re: Is buying a plane to build enough hours a thing in Canada

Don't knock an "extra" couple of hundred hours of piloting experience in very simple airplanes. Two things will come from that experience: You'll have either encountered, or carefully with wisdom, avoided, some difficult learning events. Either way, you learned something, which probably would have p...
by PilotDAR
Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:48 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Is buying a plane to build enough hours a thing in Canada
Replies: 12
Views: 5778

Re: Is buying a plane to build enough hours a thing in Canada

If you're rich, can you just pay to fly until you have enough hours for a good job? Would that be looked down upon by employers? I have never been rich. In 1987, I used all of my money to buy a decent 150. I flew it happily all over the continent for over 3500 hours, until I lost it in a hangar fir...
by PilotDAR
Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:01 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Ferry permit
Replies: 9
Views: 3892

Re: Ferry permit

Ferry (and other flight) permits are issued to allow specific purpose flights only, for purposes, or in conditions which otherwise would not be permitted. The compromise being that TC will insist on minimizing any other risk. So, for ferrying a GA plane, it'll be day VFR ('cause there is no reason t...
by PilotDAR
Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:06 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Has anyone bought an aircraft recently?
Replies: 11
Views: 4367

Re: Has anyone bought an aircraft recently?

JasonE wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:48 pm If you need to finance, don't buy one. That's my advice. I expect fish4life is correct that prices will fall in the next 2 years. +1. For an airplane or a boat if you can’t buy it twice you can’t afford it. These. If you're financing for cunning business reas...
by PilotDAR
Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:34 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Logging hours outside of Canada
Replies: 7
Views: 1072

Re: Logging hours outside of Canada

You must be PIC to log the hours. You must have an appropriate license to be PIC. Generally, you must have a license issued by the nation of registry of the airplane if you are flying it in their airspace.
by PilotDAR
Tue Nov 21, 2023 6:50 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Greetings from NZ
Replies: 12
Views: 1864

Re: Greetings from NZ

Ahh, I remember the Wongs! It's not the same at the Island anymore, indeed, you would not recognize it. General aviation still happens there, but nothing like it used to be!

I think back to a nice day I spent at Ardmore, which I'm sure still bustles with GA, much more so than the Island!
by PilotDAR
Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:03 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Is Buttonville Holding a Farewell Event?
Replies: 12
Views: 2937

Re: Is Buttonville Holding a Farewell Event?

A memory about Buttonville.... In the 80's, a fellow kept his 182 at our private strip at Pottageville. He was an older pilot, and our group kinda kept an eye out for him, as though he was very nice, his flying skills were not ideal. He generally stayed safe by avoiding difficult situations. My home...
by PilotDAR
Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:38 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Is Buttonville Holding a Farewell Event?
Replies: 12
Views: 2937

Re: Is Buttonville Holding a Farewell Event?

This article says they are starting to tear up some of the runways this week but there are still aircraft there? When I discussed this last week with a service provider at Buttonville, the answer was that it took time (two weeks or so) between "closing" the airport (in the certified airport sense) ...
by PilotDAR
Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:49 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Eagle Air
Replies: 35
Views: 5935

Re: Eagle Air

It’s doubtfull that it’s legal or practical to have your own spare fuel can up there in case of a slight homebase burn rate undercalculation, Indeed... dangerous goods on a pax flight!?! If you're flying a Navajo, and a gerry can of fuel is going to make the difference, you're already in bigger tro...
by PilotDAR
Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:50 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Carb Temperature Gauge
Replies: 4
Views: 977

Re: Carb Temperature Gauge

Apply carb heat to always keep the needle outside of the yellow arc.
This.

And, after applying carb heat, re lean the engine. This may change the effect of the carb heat a little too, which is a good thing.

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