I'm surprised I couldn't find this question asked here before, but feel free to correct me if my searching abilities need work. I'm planning a sightseeing trip to the National Capital (I'm aware of the CYRs) coming from the GTA. In Toronto, there's a well-established 'city tour' song-and-dance. Is t...

Has anyone used flyblocktime.com?

I'm thinking of renting from them but wanted to hear some feedback before putting down 1900 bucks to buy the minimum 25 hours.

PMs welcome.

Still looking, any info is appreciated.

Check your PMs gwagen.

I'm on the hunt for block time or a similar arrangement in the Kingston area. Willing to travel a few hours if it comes down to it.

Feel free to PM me.

Looking to purchase block time on a piston single in the Montreal/South Shore area. Willing to travel reasonably far.

PMs preferred.

crazyaviator wrote:

It goes without saying that the flowers must first be removed from the pot.

I would wholehardheadedly agree with that reasoning !

But isn't that the part you smoke?

You need to read the whole article, not just the first paragraph Garneau said his government's proposal would not be limited to large planes. "We're looking at it not just for big airplanes, but we're looking at it across the spectrum," he said. sounds like he has a 'one size fits all' concept in m...

The consequences should be prison. Should be enough of a deterrent.

WeatherMaster wrote:Any one else think this post is kind of fishy?

At least they might be able to get some free fish out of it.

dash8dave, there's no such think as a Beechwood 1900. It's a reporter's inability to fact-check. NextJet will be operating Beechcraft 1900s, which have 19 seats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_1900 In case you care, GGN operates them, painted in crybaby blue. The whole 9-seater plane is an...

Looks like a Chaika: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_Be-12

More precisely this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_Be ... 2P-200.jpg

A low-wing floating hull...I don't think I've seen that before.

Just Un Trou d'Eau finally made time for a visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qljJgt_oQdc

co-joe wrote:I don't know, didn't Quebec send CL-415's?

I spilled my coffee.

I'd still love to the the Ruskies show up. I'd bet they do things differently than we do and we might learn a thing or two. Language barrier would be a real issue in the airspace, but when help is offered and you say no thanks, the next time they might not offer. I think the last thing congested fi...

kilr4d wrote:Ended up at Brampton with a GREAT instructor. Happy as hell. Great people; aircraft; practice area, etc.

Thanks for keeping us posted (pun intended). How's the place these days? I find that place busier than Pearson some days.

I gave $15 to the Red Cross once. I think it was supposed to be for the flooding in the Philippines or something. But the amount of junk mail that I received since then, with all the fundraising efforts, personalized stickers that I don't care for, and the nickels that they send in hopes that you w...

To anyone who was pointing fingers about government incompetence allowing this fire to spread:

Looks like they did a good job considering how big the fire was: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/the ... e29930041/

That's what I thought, but I somehow understood something about them starting an airline. Pardon me if the article is a little bit ambiguous.

http://www.aviationiran.com/2016/04/23/ ... p-airline/

Can anyone understand WTF this is all about?

KK7 wrote:Anyone commute from north of Barrie? I've been considering moving to the Midland area, the 400 does scare me with respect to it blocking up especially in cottage season...

When it's bad, I use 27.

The further you get from YYZ, the more reasonable housing values get. So the question is: cost of living vs travel time. Picking a base that is driveable to YYZ if shit hits the fan is the best bet, because commuting by air is getting more and more expensive. YYZ recently introduced a new $25 tax f...

hoserjoe wrote:

HiLo wrote:It's a car that has 4 wheels, an engine and not much else:

In Manitoba, it must have a heater!

HAHAHA. That's what a coffee's for.

Jazz Q4 down in YEG. EVAS down in Gander. Hmmm, granted two different scenarios, but with eerily similar endings. Glad in the end everyone walked away. It'll be interesting to see, if and when the dust settles, what led to this. S. The only similarity I see is that they were airplanes and something...