Folks, The "passenger safety review" in the landing criteria is meant to ensure that new and older pilots not forget about their "passengers" and is a simple and basic review such as "Doors closed and locked, seat belts secure". It was included as too many flight test candidates used to ignore the e...

There are several reasons for the excessive hours to first solo and PPL. Too many flight instructors rush through Ex.s 5 thru 12 and are anxious to get into hours after hours of touch & go circuits. The students, having a bare grasp of how to pilot an aircraft, are given a poor demonstration of corr...

Colonel Sanders' advice is correct and worthy of acceptance by the training industry. It is essential to teach the "stick and rudder" skills from the beginning. When I was actively instructing, rolling on a point, coordinating aileron and rudder with any aileron pressures and landing straight on the...

Sorry, in my previous post I should have made it clear that the test flight is required when maintenance or repair involves the engine gear box.

In reference to triplese7en's reference to engine test flights, whenever maintenance or repairs are carried out on a Honeywell/Garrett TPE-331 an in-flight shutdown must be conducted and is mandated by airworthiness requirements to verify that the "negative torque sensing system" (quasi-auto-feather...

BPF is correct. TC no longer condones or requires that a student for the Multi-Engine Class Rating have experienced an in-flight shutdown and restart. The change occurred in early 2010 and was long overdue. Whatever might have been learned by the experience was not worth the risk involved.

Great advice, Colonel Sanders. Your posts are highly recommended for fledgling and experienced flight instructors. Keep posting.

Cat Driver and Colonel Sanders have it right, Guys.

Exactly my style of teaching; what a breath of fresh air.

On the subject of using Vx for obstacle clearance, both Cat Driver and Colonel have the right perspective.

photofly: If a Pilot Examiner is fussing about a 2 or 3 knot deviation from the book figures, that individual should be taken behind the wood shed and given a thrashing.

I agree with the Colonel. Having good instructors is great leverage towards having more safe and competent pilots.

I used to teach the "one-wheel landing and roll-out followed by a takeoff" exercise. The students get to understand why good stick and rudder skills are essential.

Hey Folks,

If you have held an Instrument Rating in the past, it is always a renewal, not an initial.

CAR 421.49 - Renewal of Instrument Rating is applicable.

The standard is at this link: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/r ... htm#421_49

Cheers.

Thanks Colonel Sanders, wise advice for the training folks and those that are shy of anything greater than a shallow banked turn.

Hey Fellas. TC is recommending that once the aircraft is under control and trimmed for a glide to decide where to land and plan that approch. If time permits, complete the other checks with the hope of getting a restart. Here is the link to the PPL/CPL flight test guide for Forced Landing http://www...

Some of us at TC agree with Cat Driver in regard to in-flight shutdowns (It was a long and ugly battle.). The new policy in regard to in-flight shutdown, feathering restart and unfeathering for the multi-engine rating is that the practice is no longer condoned or required for the recommendation for ...

Adam Oke has it right. A forward slip out-of-wind, right wing low in the scenario presented above, will appear to be a much more dramatic slip but will just be an illusion of greater effectivity. Moreover, a significantly greater correction/transition will be required to land with the crosswind from...

TP 9939 - Flight Test Guide - Instrument Rating states: "The candidate will supply the following publications and ancillary equipment: (a) Where the test is conducted in an aircraft, an effective means of excluding outside visual reference to simulate instrument flight conditions, while maintaining ...

Dagwood is correct on this one.

Please read the bottom of Page 63 of AC 23-8B, Section 23-149 at the following link:

http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_an ... ghlight=ac 23-8b

Hey Folks, Hedley and Cat Driver are correct. Their technique should be emulated by all flight instructors. It is the best way to achieve accuracy for landing at a predetermined spot while maintaining a safe performance margin. A minimum safe speed or maximum safe AoA is the way to go. BTW, "without...

Good questions. The package of regulatory amendments that were approved in 2003 are in process with Justice Canada, although it is not on the top priority list because of a lack of legal resources. We may have to wait 2-3 more years before Gazette II and effectivity. The amendments will eliminate th...

Hey Fellas, AUGER9 has it right. CAR 421.14 was finally amended 2006/12/14 (after an 8 year process) to require that a CPL candidate that is not enrolled in an approved integrated course present a letter of recommendation certifying that the required examination has been successfully completed and t...

After having spent many years in industry and having borne the cost of engine abuse, I agree with . and Big Pistons Forever that the added value of an actual in-flight engine shutdown for training purposes is neither worth the high risk of a failure to restart nor the added engine maintenance costs,...

Gentlemen, please refer to the Advisory Circular 23-8B that explains the methodology for determining crtification of the light twins. The statement..."the aeroplane is at a minimum practical test weight with a rearmost centre of gravity" comes from Advisory Circular 23-8B that explains the procedur...

Gentlemen,

I wholeheartedly agree with your recommendations for the training of the precautionary landing.

The present TC Flight Training Manual is overdue for a rewrite. Your objective approach is refreshing, thank you.

Hey Fellas,

Check out the Flight Instructor Guide - Multi-Engine Class Rating.

Here is the link: http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/gener ... 5/menu.htm

Gentlemen, The unintentional entry into an incipient or full spin would definitely result in the failure of that flight test item. Nevertheless, the candidates are expected to know how to regain control and minimize the possibility of an accident, given enough room to recover, because next time a sa...