Fog counts as an obscuration and as noted earlier the fog would have to be less than 4/8, or the fog would be a ceiling.

mtc, good advice. Safety, as noted in the Flight test guide, could cost you the ride. Also remember to take control when you are talking. Critique: What was good (several key points)/ one major mistake (pick the one that will do the most to correct the exercise[shouldn't be that major])/ how to corr...

The Beech Duchess and the Piper Seminole were intended to be trainers, and are said to be the two easiest planes (twins) to fly (including the Olsens). I did mine on an old Aztec (250 HP) and found it very easy to fly. I agree that the Islander is also pretty easy (both 260 and 300 HP), big wings, b...

"It's your dime, do what you want!" When you are on a training flight you are (on the honor system) required to do only what you have been instructed (and approved) to do , by your instructor. It is irresponsible and foolish for any instructor to tell you to do what you want. What your instructor pr...

In a recent issue of Flying Magazine it was mentioned that FULL Spin training was eliminated due to the fact that it usually occured at an altitude that would not permit a recovery. The same article raised the question of why that was a good reason for not completing the training. We all know that a...

I think everyone has a story to tell about what they liked or disliked at a flight school they attended, but I do not believe any of us has the experience to rate "All" schools in the country. A flight school that maintains its' fleet in a better than satisfactory manor (well above minimum requireme...

Thanks Birddog. I was wondering how many posts it would take for anyone to actually respond to mine. Not that I care what the response might be, but as usual everone seems to be posting for no other reason but to post. The debate is still the same. Is this forum about healthy discussion or just a bu...

I take it from the responses, nobody missed me.

That's what I figured.

I've been away for a while... wellnot really away, but just not on the forum. Did anybody miss me?

Harv Air in CYXD has been applying ENDURA (an Edmonton product) to aircraft almost as long as it has been available. ENDURA is a very high opacity low solids paint which translates to good colour ,low weight. It is one of the best paints available for aircraft or marine applications. Harv Air has th...

Not funny if you work for BIG RED and are not a senior rower!

178 seconds!

If an Instructor was payed $15.00 per hour and was payed for everything he/she was expected to do at the school (that would be 40 hours per week), they would be earning $30,000 per year. I believe that is more than most First Officers make on their first "real jobs". Getting $350.00 per hour would b...

The purpose of the "VFR" cross country during the Private Pilot Course is to teach the student "VFR" skills. I have worked with too many students on their Commercial course who don't seem to understand what all of those lines on a VNC mean, and can't relate them to what they are looking at out the w...

Me thinks LT is a manager or owner of an operation too cheap to read and comply with the Labour Code. If you decide on your own to pick up doughnuts for your passengers, you are a very generous underpayed pilot. If the company wants someone to pick up doughnuts and you "volunteer" you are performing...

Anything to do with Aviation is covered by the Federal Labour Code. (transportation industry) Anytime you do work you are entitled to pay. Did you ever pick up doughnuts for your passengers. Sure the Company payed for the Doughnuts, but did you get payed? Were you reembursed for the fuel you burned ...

In that picture Steve is wondering why that part of the wing moves up and down.

Steve is one of the nicest people I know, and someone we could all learn a little character from.

I will admit that I don't know if the same holds for Aircraft Tachs as for the numerous diesel Industrial engines I have known, but in my experience "tach" time is based on a certain continuous RPM of the engine and would be completely inaccurate at idle, or at higher than the rated RPM. My understa...

Flybabe:

Steve is no longer at Airco. (that is where he was last CP in Edmonton)

That was after he was CP at Centennial.

Last I heard he is working for a Company out of Calgary.

On the radio they would refer to themselves as "Chinook".

Does that help?

Me thinks the shorter list would be those companies(including flight schools) who do pay according to the required schedule of the Federal Labour Board. Can anyone name two Canadian Flight Schools who follow the Labour Code? O.K. How about two Charter Companies who pay for standby (as per Labour Cod...

YES!

You are required to hold a PPL prior to training for CPL. You are required to have 35 hours dual on course for your CPL. You cannot go direct from RPL to CPL.

This is very clear in CARs under prerequisites for each course.

I find it very sad to read comments from some who pretend to know about Air Service, the kind of things so often printed here. What determines where an Airline will go? The size of the terminal building? No The enthusiasm of the local airport authority? No The lack of other choices of where to land?...

HOME DEPOT !

The Company will operate out of CYEG. All of the initial crew have been PPC'd and are ready to begin work. A recent promo tour / flight was conducted to introduce the craft and some of the people to potential customers, and a sales staff is busy making calls. We should see them making regular trips ...