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- Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:07 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Ontario Stay Home Order coming in.
- Replies: 136
- Views: 6968
Re: Ontario Stay Home Order coming in.
I've been monitoring Covid19 death stats since March, 2020. Percentage of people who contract Covid19 that die?.. 2% It is a statistical constant. Yes..steady, around 2%. Yup. 2% of humans who contract Covid19 die. 90% of those "victims" are 78-years of age and older. The Covid19 death-rat...
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Kenn Borek Air Operations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2512
Re: Kenn Borek Air Operations
Buy a big chunk of King Air simulator time.
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:06 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Is being a Commercial Pilot in Canada worth it?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4768
Re: Is being a Commercial Pilot in Canada worth it?
Worth it? If you are single and prefer to remain single, perhaps. If you want to live away from your paternal family and your roots, maybe. If you are willing to uproot at a moments notice and live in a remote or semi-remote community, maybe. I know a main-line airline pilot who had to uproot his wi...
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 5:34 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: How is everyone?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1494
Re: How is everyone?
Pretty, pretty, pretty good..
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 2:07 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Canadian Space Agency Political Selection
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2672
Re: Canadian Space Agency Political Selection
I prefer the formation of a non-partisan Royal Canadian Space Force. Sounds like a good idea, eh?


- Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:46 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: boeing 737 max returns - coming back
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1997
Re: boeing 737 max retrurns coming back
Families of victims of the 737-Max crashes express irrational fears, but they are fears nonetheless:
https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing- ... ns-2020-11
https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing- ... ns-2020-11
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:32 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: boeing 737 max returns - coming back
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1997
Re: boeing 737 max retrurns coming back
To sum up: "The Boeing 757 is such a good aircraft"..
BTW what is a "..retrurns.."? And if it means "return", isn't "return coming back" redundant? Yes it is.
BTW what is a "..retrurns.."? And if it means "return", isn't "return coming back" redundant? Yes it is.
- Sun Oct 04, 2020 5:29 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Air density and pressure confusion (written PPL)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 543
Re: Air density and pressure confusion (written PPL)
Hot air rises, because it is less dense (lighter) than the surrounding air. Hot air balloon come to mind? Cold air sinks, because it is more dense (heavier) than the surrounding air. Very cold and clear winter days are usually associated with High Pressure systems with corresponding high altimeter s...
- Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:49 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Class 1
- Replies: 2
- Views: 443
Re: Class 1
Did you try St. Hubert Flying School? 450-443-4555. They might be able to help..
- Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:33 pm
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: AME for Pre-Buy on Luscombe 8E
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1324
- Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:29 pm
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: YYC Headset repair
- Replies: 1
- Views: 937
Re: YYC Headset repair
Bestech 3410 - 9th St. SE., Calgary.
- Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:25 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: VIDEO : Student Pilot Crashes the Cessna on touchdown (Nov 2019)
- Replies: 65
- Views: 4673
Re: VIDEO : Student Pilot Crashes the Cessna on touchdown (Nov 2019)
I thought this was about a student pilot landing an aircraft...
- Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:57 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Question for trough (at the GFA)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1346
Re: Question for trough (at the GFA)
Both warm and cold fronts lie in troughs. Note that all the weather systems shown on the GFA provided are upper disturbances. On GFA's a dashed purple line denotes either an upper trough, or an upper ridge. The upper trough shown on the GFA provided is known as a lee trough which usually hangs aroun...
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:23 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Never heard of this old AC incident before
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3292
Re: Never heard of this old AC incident before
Another forgotten Trans Canada Airlines crash on an ILS approach to Malton, involving a near-new Super Connie inbound from Tampa: https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19541217-0 Same Captain was at the controls of a DC-4 over Quebec in 1957. Same captain, and the same root cause in my ...
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:48 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: C150 budget
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1528
Re: C150 budget
Here is a link to the Cessna 150 - 152 Owner's Club regarding cost of ownership: https://cessna150152club.org/Costs Hangar it! Yes it is a cost but worth it. Don't leave it outside year-round exposed to the elements. There is a big difference in the general condition of aircraft stored outside versu...
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:11 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: SFU facial hair study
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2447
Re: SFU facial hair study
Beards and moustaches stink. In Medieval times, beards were thought to protect the wearer's face from abrasions during fights. Like the myth of grey hair, beards could be seen as an indicator of wisdom, regardless of the idiocy of the wearer. In later eras, moustaches were seen as abbreviated beards...
- Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:21 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Flight Schools near Vancouver
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1968
Re: Flight Schools near Vancouver
Google flying schools at Boundary Bay, Langley and Pitt Meadows.
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:21 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: What is "lift"?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 4746
Re: What is "lift"?
What is aerodynamic lift? A vertical suction caused by an area of low pressure created on the top of the wing at certain airspeeds. Signed: Ace McCool, Capt., D.E.I. Ret. <a href="https://imgur.com/cfkdnWd"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/cfkdnWd.jpg" title="source: imgur.com&...
- Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:03 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Private aircraft import
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3294
Re: Private aircraft import
Just curious. What type of Cherokee? There is a lovely Ontario-based 1980 fixed gear non-turbo Saratoga for sale.
- Tue May 26, 2020 5:31 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Snowbird replacement aircraft
- Replies: 133
- Views: 11954
Re: Snowbird replacement aircraft
L39Guy said his L-39 has a stall speed of 89 knots. The stall speed of the CL-41/CT-114 is significantly slower. It is capable of a wide performance range, possessing a top speed at altitude of 795 kmh (429 kt) and a diving speed of 885 kmh (478 kt) against a relatively low stalling speed of 71 kts....