Here is a way to get the most out of a generator heating up your plane. The fitting is welded to the exhaust of the generator the flex line is a natural gas appliance connector hose.
https://youtu.be/bgQyUD9tubQ
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- Sat Aug 12, 2023 3:34 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Winter ski operating temps
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5013
- Sun May 28, 2023 4:27 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
- Replies: 70
- Views: 5646
Re: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
I think the solution to this is not having (only) instructors doing the check rides. Along with the requirement for pilots to have check rides should be a short course for CPL/ATPL pilots to become qualified checkers. You don’t need to be an instructor to judge if a pilot can operate an aircraft saf...
- Tue Nov 29, 2022 8:01 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: US Regionals: 100k upfront bonus for DEC captains
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2864
Re: US Regionals: 100k upfront bonus for DEC captains
As Canadian pilots we need to lobby the United States Government to require AIRLINE pilots to have an AIRLINE license to fly an AIRLINER into or over the US. Americans put in the 1500 hour rule after the Colgan Air crash. There is no reason they should let foreign pilots fly airliners into the stat...
- Tue Nov 29, 2022 5:22 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: US Regionals: 100k upfront bonus for DEC captains
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2864
Re: US Regionals: 100k upfront bonus for DEC captains
As Canadian pilots we need to lobby the United States Government to require AIRLINE pilots to have an AIRLINE license to fly an AIRLINER into or over the US. Americans put in the 1500 hour rule after the Colgan Air crash. There is no reason they should let foreign pilots fly airliners into the state...
- Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:59 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Grass strip winter maintenance options
- Replies: 10
- Views: 690
Re: Grass strip winter maintenance options
You may want to try a plow but modify it with 4 longitudinal runners on the bottom of the blade. 12-18” long 1” solid bar runners with the ends bent up a bit. Weld them at an angle to match the blade angle. That will keep the blade from ripping up the grass and should only leave an inch of snow. I d...
- Thu Jan 27, 2022 8:11 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Can we sue?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3908
Re: Can we sue?
I think it would be more effective to get the US to change our domestic pilot market. The American 1500 hour rule (I do understand there are some exceptions) has had a massive impact on the American pilot wages. The Colgan Air 3407 crash lit the fire that eventually put their 1500 hour rule in place...
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:05 am
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: O-200 cold weather starting
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3415
Re: O-200 cold weather starting
I’m sure you are priming it a couple times before you try to start it. Airplanes don’t have a choke, just the primer to richen the mixture for the first few seconds. What works well on some of the small continentals is leaving the primer knob OUT. Once the engine has fired but starts to stall. Quick...
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:44 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Looking back at the airspeed should be instinctive
- Replies: 82
- Views: 3880
Re: Looking back at the airspeed should be instinctive
Just as BPF said “For me, this is a good example of getting the "what" i.e. look at the airspeed; ahead of the "why" i.e. maintaining the desired aircraft state.” The 777 guys would have been better off looking at the N1 20 seconds earlier NOT the AI. They needed to fill in the part of the Attitude ...
- Sat Feb 22, 2020 6:26 am
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Everyone’s talking about it...
- Replies: 108
- Views: 20705
Re: Everyone’s talking about it...
All safety concerns aside (I do believe there are some serious concerns having only 1800 hours of experience in the cockpit of a 705 operation). Two regional jets take off at the same time on a cross boarder flight YYZ-JFK and JFK-YYZ. let’s compare what the folks in the front are making. Let’s star...
- Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:39 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Conventional Gear Situation
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2107
Re: Conventional Gear Situation
In your license book it says something to the effect “ALL single engine land airplanes”. Really you can walk up to that 140 get in and fly away if you can get insurance (make sure you are insured before solo!). That being said you’d probably wreck it on your first landing attempt. I’d log the first ...
- Thu May 09, 2019 4:24 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Kelowna Flightcraft DC-10
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3879
Re: Kelowna Flightcraft DC-10
I don’t think Barry (KFC) wanted the Purolator contract with the new conditions. Let’s say I had a fleet of old tired airliners with a total value of a few million bucks. Purolator wants me to buy or lease 10 newer jets worth a couple hundred million. Then I need to buy 5 million worth of loading eq...
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 7:56 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Tp 103014 Toronto vnc
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2121
Re: Tp 103014 Toronto vnc
vfrmap.com Is a good resource for viewing a VFR chart. Writing an exam you should get your hands on the chart specified for the exam. There may have been changes to airspace since the exam was published and using a newer or older map may screw things up for you. I've taken screen shots on my iPhone/...
- Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:35 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: CAME in yxu
- Replies: 1
- Views: 506
Re: CAME in yxu
Dr Henry Chapeskie, 519-461-0776
Really cool and knowledgeable CAME, pilot. his office is in Thorndale,
Really cool and knowledgeable CAME, pilot. his office is in Thorndale,
- Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:10 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: how do kids afford this racket???
- Replies: 56
- Views: 6265
Re: how do kids afford this racket???
Buy a plane! Hear me out for a minute. -Get a job, try to behave so you can live with mom and dad and save a few grand. -buy a cheap Toyota car $1500 max -Get a bank loan (20k) and find a cheap C-150 with a 1/2 time engine and a transponder, owner maintained or certified. -If you are really smart yo...
- Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:04 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Tailwheel Checkout In Ontario?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11400
Re: Tailwheel Checkout In Ontario?
l_reason, are you still doing tailwheel training? Yeah I'll do a checkout if there is a need. It will depend on the field conditions as I'm on a grass runway. There are lots of airports around for the actual training but I'll need to get in/out of my home strip. I'll be putting my skis on once we h...
- Wed Oct 25, 2017 4:44 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: best general aviation paint shop? parameters...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1083
Re: best general aviation paint shop? parameters...
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Multiple Oshkosh winners, classic Cessnas, homebuilts, Harvard restoration, and making 'new' C-150's
It's not going to be easy to beat Purple Hill Air
Multiple Oshkosh winners, classic Cessnas, homebuilts, Harvard restoration, and making 'new' C-150's
It's not going to be easy to beat Purple Hill Air
- Sun Oct 15, 2017 4:14 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Providing advanced/type training
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2127
Re: Providing advanced/type training
PilotDAR, because you are off your feet for a while why not just do the instructor rating? I'm sure with a little effort you'll find a class 1 that will help you get qualified. You know a guy with an Ercoupe so using your feet shouldn't hold you back. Once you get a class 4 you'll have to work under...
- Wed Jul 12, 2017 6:22 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Looking for an experienced tail wheel instructor.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2560
Re: Looking for an experienced tail wheel instructor.
By the way, are there any pilot examiners who'd be prepared to administer the flight test in one? About 10 years ago I called TC in YHM to book a group 3 instructor renewal flight test. I told the kind lady on the phone that I'd be using my own conventional gear airplane. She set a date two months ...
- Mon Apr 03, 2017 9:07 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Floating dock
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3711
Re: Floating dock
This stuff looks like it would do the job well, durable, versatile, portable. They may even have a way to winch the plane up out of the water or 1/2 submerge the dock then pump air back in or water out.
http://www.ez-dock.com
http://www.ez-dock.com
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 6:50 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Getting quantities of AVGAS for Hunting Camp
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4874
Re: Getting quantities of AVGAS for Hunting Camp
I would find yourself a few barrels, put them in the back of a 1/2 ton and head down to smith falls airport. I think they have the cheapest fuel in the area and it's an automated pump. If you leave the barrels in the truck I'd make sure you connect the ground wire to the barrel. You'll save about $1...