Plane has been found and is recovery now with no information on how many occupants.

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IMHO the most valuable thing for boards like this is for new pilots to read and understand that even the most experienced pilots still back away from flights or, get up and realize that it was a mistake and its time to go home. The illusion of commercial aviation is that with enough experience or ba...

Hi nvestr, there is lots of really great information above from people far more experienced than me. From someone who got their ppl in 2017 here is what I found. The time it takes to get your ppl is directly related to how much effort you put into the process and how often you fly. If you can fly 2 ...

Not to contribute to the thread creep, but spot has had some issues along with some customer service problems. I went to garmin inreach mini, it’s a little more money but worth it. I hadn’t thought of pressing sos on the way down! That’s a great idea, that I hope I never need! Hope the missing are f...

Having engaged in a recent FB discussion with the Ottawa based pilots I actually think the problem is a lot more basic than needing ADSB. What became evident in the discussion was that at CARP some pilots are talking to Terminal as they are approaching the airspace and others are doing circuits are ...

B208 is right. I read a great book on this just recently, "IFR for the VFR pilot". They talk about a lot of fundamentals that simple are not taught or I forgot. Basically.... When the plane is trimmed it is cruise control for an airspeed, the wing and the horizontal stabilizer are in balance and you...

where the heck were they coming from? where are two rather elderly folks coming from to need to land at 2 am.... Certainly we have the freedom for that but 2 am.... snow showers... 80 yrs old... whats the rush... I was wondering the exact same thing. Like it or not age does produce a “profile” of e...

Hi Mxranger1, First of all good for you to take the initiative and tell your CFI whats going on. As for everything else, slow down and take a breath, your no where close to the end of this fight. The first step is that you can fly as often as you want and keep working on your ppl, just have your CFI...

I think that when one of our extend family has an accident the very least we can do is learn from it so that hopefully others don't make the same mistake. From listening to the audio of this tragic accident the lesson that I am taking away is this: You have to keep in mind the elevation of the stati...

Awesome points rookiepilot, as someone who just did the lakeshore route to Niagara Falls and back to Buttonville on Saturday all of this rings true. That corridor was a zoo on Saturday and I was not only happy to have FF but a second pilot on board to help out with the workload. The only point I wil...

Spandau, I think thats a great point and having done my ppl 2 yrs ago I would say, “no”. I think the situation is made worse by all of the great tech in our planes with an ipad that allows pilots to follow the magenta line instead of flying by landmarks. For me, it took realizing that I was putting ...

This summer I saved what I believe would have been a forced approach, simply by being thorough. My plane is stored outside and mud daubers can plug a drain that goes from the fuel scupper ( area around the fuel neck) to a harmless area on the side. I check this drain often as it is a known problem. ...

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The best job I've seen posted so far was in Fiji flying a beaver. It paid 100k Canadian per year and you needed 500hrs on a Beaver to qualify. A friend of a friend was coming home after a couple year stint, hence the opening. It was apparently a great place to work, ferrying tourists around to the i...

Great thread guys and thanks for the update. I was clearly headed down the wrong path and have been studying for a written test.....After all of that, Beefitarian you make some great points! Something I realized the last time that I was in the US and I was sorry that I hadn't done the paperwork to r...

Hi matt17, I recently went through the same process and am happy to help. I received a tremendous amount of help from talking over the phone with some great people on this board and am happy to pay it forward. I too was looking for a float plane that was a reasonable cost and of course could haul as...

Awesome News! I can only imagine how that first flight was, good for you!

Have to hook up sometime this summer so I can buy you lunch....

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I would say that my kit is an evolving process and changes as I get more experienced. I have changed my set up so that I have two kits. 1) fly fishing vest from Bass Pro shop with a ton of zipper pockets, for I think $150. I put it on under my life Jacket if I am landing on the water somewhere far a...

I did my flight test last year and honestly there are no surprises. If your instructor says you are ready and you pass the mock test with your instructor you will do fine. My biggest problem was that it was cancelled twice due to weather and I was beginning to feel rusty with the delay. Know your me...

There is some great advice here from people who have been down that road. I have never been down the commercial pilot road but as an employer and someone who hires people I can suggest some general things. Hiring people is not really a fun thing, especially for small operators, its taking away from ...

There is a cool abandoned military airstrip up in northen Quebec, 171 NM from Montreal CYUL. The gps co ordinates are 47.93 N / 74.09 W and it is called Casey airport, but like I said it is abandoned. If you search Casey Camping a lot of information will come up. I haven't been there yet but it is o...

My only concern with a night rating in the GTA is exactly what has been mentioned here, not really night. It is quite possible to spend a lot of time flying around the GTA thinking you are proficient at night and then head a little bit North or East and run into all kinds of trouble. I think its a g...

I know absolutely nothing about what it takes to get a job in the aviation business. But as a business owner and someone who hires a lot of people annual for seasonal work there are some basic things that have got to come into play aside from strictly hours. Once you meet the minimums and the person...

Nice list dpm! Sault St. Marie to Muskoka airport along the shoreline of Georgian Bay is pretty spectacular. Be fun to do a "fly in" tour and buzz from fly in to fly in, eating your way across the country. I read about a great sounding one up in Casey, Northern Quebec on Labour day weekend at an aba...

Where about is home base, that makes a difference......