one further - to bars and night clubs to pick up dates. First hand knowledge but that was many years ago we had a cpl guys doing this, needless to say once the rumour mill started up they were dealt with.Are the Big Men the ones wearing their 4 bars around the Mall to impress teenage girls?
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- Wed Aug 25, 2021 7:57 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: "Big men" in aviation
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6500
Re: "Big men" in aviation
- Fri Aug 20, 2021 5:40 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Floatplane Crash Thread
- Replies: 73
- Views: 21603
Re: Floatplane Crash Thread
Like a few others here I started my aviation career flying floats and skis and did it for several years. Wheels were just to get the aircraft to the hanger for changeover in the spring. No breaks, 2500 foot strip and no one thought anything of it. There were some basic things that you got you ass ki...
- Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:25 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Check that Seat is Properly Latched
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1876
Re: Check that Seat is Properly Latched
I have had the seat slide back on more than one occasion and was always lucky to have a passenger or freight behind me. After those I always grabbed the float kit strut and held on after the power was set. A very experience pilot friend of mine was not so lucky and paid the ultimate price. There is ...
- Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:44 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: General Aviation skiing trip in Canada?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1064
Re: General Aviation skiing trip in Canada?
If you are in the east Quebec and CYFJ Mount Trembant --
- Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:55 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Lamb Air Bristol
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7410
Re: Lamb Air Bristol
And it is now just part of the invisible landscape after an eventual unsuccessful arrival at trout. Nobody hurt but barrels scattered everywhere.
- Mon Jul 26, 2021 5:41 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: 1900 replacement?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3406
Re: 1900 replacement?
It was an example of northern forward thinking - Damn I personally have been involved from time to time (starting and finishing my career) with a DC-3 strapped to my ass -- and that started in 1971 -- so me alone 50 years of DC3 to DC3T with 35 years driving other stuff in the middle. There are enou...
- Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:41 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Taildragger Noseover/Groundloop Thread
- Replies: 93
- Views: 26310
Re: Taildragger Noseover/Groundloop Thread
The fire breathing tail draggers, wonder why it's called conventional gear. It would be interesting if we had stats to compare landing/Takeoff ground incidents between trike and tail wheel. Parameters from flair on landing to stable climb on departure. It might be an eye opener. I think the reason w...
- Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:00 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: 1900 replacement?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3406
Re: 1900 replacement?
They are still using DC3's so do the math
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:16 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Seaplanes at Night
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9995
Re: Seaplanes at Night
As stated, if you have lighted water runways there is no law against operating a float plane at night. They are very few and far between. Like many "old time" float drivers I have landed many times after legal dark. The reason I stopped was not because of the landing after dark but what you might hi...
- Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:24 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Flying Through Buildups on Descent
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2167
Re: Flying Through Buildups on Descent
The captain is clearly at fault. It should be obvious that there will be turbulence and he/she should advise the f/a to sit down and strap in. Extra time should be allotted prior to decent to secure the cabin. Descending through cumulus clouds is a pretty common happening. If they have a solid centr...
- Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:16 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Brampton Flying Club's 75th anniversary
- Replies: 4
- Views: 887
Re: Brampton Flying Club's 75th anniversary
Interesting they didn't mention the relocation. Almost half their life was spent at McLaughlin Rd and Queen St. basically downtown "old" brampton. That is where I learned to fly as well as my father and mother. Club had 3 champs and a great coffee pot. 2 grass strips 1800 ft long and a 1 room clubho...
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 7:24 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Air travel will suck this summer -blame airlines short sighted layoffs
- Replies: 47
- Views: 6027
Re: Air travel will suck this summer -blame airlines short sighted layoffs
Clearly the health care system is broken and when you need additional 3rd party insurance for full coverage if you are out of your home province in canada, that says it all. It might have been the liberals but health care, same as transportation should be federal not provincial. I'm a federalist and...
- Wed Jun 30, 2021 6:06 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Air travel will suck this summer -blame airlines short sighted layoffs
- Replies: 47
- Views: 6027
Re: Air travel will suck this summer -blame airlines short sighted layoffs
"without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, over-reaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion;" And their lies the problem - I have heard this argument when the no smoking revolution took place. It's not about human rights and most on this band wagon are ...
- Tue Jun 29, 2021 6:37 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Air travel will suck this summer -blame airlines short sighted layoffs
- Replies: 47
- Views: 6027
Re: Air travel will suck this summer -blame airlines short sighted layoffs
Welcome to the world of airlines. It's simple all companies are run by short sighted bean counters. Nothing will change, even when they are proved wrong more often than not when it comes to layoffs. I think all people be required to vaccinate and if people choose not to they can't travel or send the...
- Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:45 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Residential School Airplane
- Replies: 54
- Views: 12337
Re: Residential School Airplane
It seems for whatever reason I got sanctioned on my reply here but I will make a very short statement. If you don't live or have lived the situation you have no real clue on what the "underbelly" truly is. Some even transit through the reserves and hamelt of the north more interested in building tim...
- Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:28 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: YTH???
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2047
Re: YTH???
Here is some avcan speculation for you (some knowledge of that company ops) Long day, arctic return trip return and possibly not their only flight. Tired crew, F/O leg, cocked up landing, possibly off centre line, captain taking control (nose wheel) slam dunking reverse and partial loss of direction...
- Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:12 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Night VFR rule changes
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7012
Re: Night VFR rule changes
As written, yes you would have to file or have night vision, also have a gps capable of approaches etc. Not if you are day vfr -- I would hazard a guess that the majority of general aviation hobbyist will still choose not to fly at night. At the end of the day how will this effect commercial pilots...
- Wed Jun 16, 2021 7:43 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Night VFR rule changes
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7012
Re: Night VFR rule changes
Because it's a fun thing to do To me not so much, it cuts into beer time, now landing off strip on a short ass gravel bar, now that's what I call fun. :mrgreen: I would rather spend money on big wheels than a radio any day. I don't expect you need to file IFR but simply be IFR rated. If we are talk...
- Tue Jun 15, 2021 7:12 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Pop-Up IFR
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2017
Re: Pop-Up IFR
Pop ups are so much a thing of the past. We would never file an IFR flight plan and just grab that clearance. The question is why???? - just lazy for the most part. Why do pilots insist in "going VFR" yup you got it lazy and trying to save time. It's all bullshit. Just file that flight plan or itine...
- Tue Jun 15, 2021 7:01 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Night VFR rule changes
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7012
Re: Night VFR rule changes
With improved simulators and even the ability to do rides in the sim is it not likely less hassle to get the IFR ticket. With proposed luxury tax seems to me people who can afford and aircraft for night vfr xcountry should just get that instrument rating. It seems that south of 49 lots of general av...